na'
ont of the mirror, sta
g back at me fel
thing like the fragile girl who had grown up in the servants' quarters. And yet,
mile curve
myself wearing a we
the way he used to. I had believed that one day, I would
rayal... I had beli
tightened
tracing a slow path along my cheek. I quickly
ry anymore for a man w
oor burst open
u're gettin
she stormed inside without knocking. Her eyes i
ose real diamonds? Did you even meet Damon
ned, but I re
entered behind her, holding an e
snapped. "If Damon hears y
na sc
ed. "Damon can't possibly become Re
s. She couldn't stand it. She couldn't acce
ly said, meeting her gaze, "Dam
ana froze for a second bef
stepping closer to me
anything else, Britan
tay with your fat
g too fast. Make sure D
box as she spoke. A so
I turne
n diamonds. The stones glowed softly under the light, radiating
widened
disbelief. "Damon gave that to he
ists clenched tightly at her sides
e," she deman
Britany sco
er toward the door without another word
on," she
nd them. The room fe
it around my neck. The cool diamonds rested against my skin, heavy and
he be so generous to someone he barely knew?
last earring when a soft
dy, we need to hurry
eplied. "I
over my head before picking up
harp pain in my heart had dulled slightly. But
Alpha Damon. You have suffered so much in this house. I've seen everything. I think the Moon Godd
hey were the kindest words I had heard all day
himmered in my eyes. I hadn't realized how badly I needed someone to acknowledge my p
e fina
" I whisper
arriage. I didn't know if love would ever bloom between Damon and
g, I knew wi
and this pack were the
fe, I silently promised myself that I
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