I'm Your Brother's Wife Dear Ace

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protesting as I realized I was still crumpled on the cold bathroom floor. When I tried to push my

y, ragged breath

oice called from the b

b. I tried to stand once more, but my knees buckled again. I clenched

y chest where a wolf should have been. My feelings were a bitter, valid knot of resentment. I was a d

oking back was a masterpiece of deception: skin as flawless as spun silk, eyes as wide and luminous as the moon, and lips the color of crushed s

y lips into a practiced, porcelain smile. I held it until it felt natural, unti

frantic sort of terror. What is her problem

she cried, her

ng against my ribs. Why is she cr

cked me for injuries. "I know I shouldn't have listened to Lady Selene. I

nted to tell her that I didn't blame he

inally break my silence. Instead of speaking, I pulled her i

es, she pulled back

efusing to meet my gaze, "that I

vements hurried and nervous. Once I was washed and

s full of a strange, pitying admiration as she looked

set the brush down wi

draped in a gown of shimmering pink, my silver

ice I knew hadn't been mine, but the Alpha's

osphere changed. The silence of my room was replaced by the low hum of life and

real," one vo

beautiful as she i

sand times, but one commen

she looks so ethereal. Such a l

my fingernails into the silk of my gown to hide the shaking. To wish for

Her eyes asked if I was alright. I forced that big

pty chair beside my husband. He didn't look at me; he was too busy smiling sw

," my husband laughed, his

autiful creature in the world.

y put. Won me. I wasn't a partner; I was a trop

e. Eat," h

ecision, terrified that a single d

n," Lady Selene said, her voice d

e meant to apologize

plate, pretending th

sked. He turned to me, and the look in his eyes made

quickly and for

d, turning back to Selene that's her nam

er-in

practiced smile vanished. I squinted at

launting his mistress, and his mistress was family. A sudden, violen

r, wife?" he asked,

ce breaking through my mask. I took a deep, shuddering bre

didn't love me, I knew that, but to openly parade his broth

n sit at that table for another second. As I hurried out of the hall, Elin rushed to my side, her

y wing when a heavy hand lurched out

ma

idor like a gunshot. The force sent me sprawling to the floor

aven panicked instantly, but not out of guilt

ha Kael will kill me if he

"merchandise" being damaged. He was afraid my father would

!" he

" she whisper

outside. If I see her before that bruise fades, I'll

r, my cheek stinging with a rhythmic, pulsing heat. The tears I had be

my face

I knew I shouldn't speak, I knew the

ked," Elin gasped, her

ll streaming. I leaned in close to

e far worse than anything you have ever witnessed.

Just like the night before, I stumbled into the bathroom. I turned the taps on with shaki

fled and drowned, I screamed. I screamed

why,

thought marriage was a path to freedo

never getting freedo