ste
arden. The evening air was cool, rustling
iant beauty I had never seen in my past life. But that didn
t hold back. I stepped into her personal s
. You deliberately bypassed me, going straight to the elders to move the Mating date up.
her desperation to marry me. Instead, she looked at me as if
repeated, her voice lac
age faster. But let me make one thing clear: I am an Alpha. No one forces me to do anything. If you
laughed. It wasn't a sweet, nervous laugh. It was
?" she said, shaking her head as if witnessing a spectacu
a physical blow. "What i
deadly calm, "that since you feel so trapped,
thought I h
peace. She was here to
two bottomless pools; for the first tim
my voice turned cold. "Do you
interest in you, or in your Sullivan family. This marriage was a mi
en up almost everything to marry me.
ad done to her in the vision, and I was trying to compensate he
er wrist, my grip so tight it made her frown. "Take
en from the pain, to c
t me, her eyes filled with a disg
aid, the words
and saying a few harsh words can threaten me? You're too naive. The Mati
of panic or regret on
o have forgotten. I am not just a Harrington daughter. I am the sole heir to t
knife, striking me exac
lth, the Sullivan family's stan
nly become so clear-
n from the gentle, submissive, and so
ling her hand free and taking a step back, pu
ingly firm, as if no
ven realize I was doing it. My thumb found the signet ring on my left hand, twisting it vio
nd. She stared at the twisting ring, and a flash
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