r
after the guards dragged me aw
top thinking
onal o
t? And why had he looke
ad lost, but the pain wasn't the worst part. It was the way Darius had loo
meone would finally see me
d chosen the one man who mad
" one of the
ushed me through t
you taking
r ro
ro
a look. "Yo
me grabbed my arm and forced me up the stairs. By t
he door open
hes wer
obe, my shoes, the few books I owned, and even
at the em
pened to
gged. "Orders
ere are
im you
inside and
rabbed the handle, b
the
e ans
door wit
ed to speak t
gh the hallway before
ng for someone to respond. When n
ked me insid
ith my hands. I wanted to cry, but I was tired of giv
had rej
had bet
ck was treating m
d they possibl
nst the silver pendant
th
to its surface. It was the only thing I had left from her,
ld still remember how it had burned
dmoon he
ice returned t
ok my
r was. Perhaps the pain of the rej
the pendant be
xt, I wouldn't let a
ounded at
ed to
is
's
her's
e. I hurried to the doo
n the door. I nee
g, and the door ope
his usual dark suit. He looked at me br
ening? Why did the
our voi
red a
hy
e room and closed
ings difficult fo
couldn't believe
ck. Selena knew what he planned to do, and now my belong
rubbed his
assment. You need to accept what happene
hing tighten
y fated
has rejected you. The bond is broken, a
aiting for him to
did
r I was all right. He didn
hispered. "I have
ession h
ut that before making yourse
ds sile
d toward
u going?" I a
e situation w
se any trouble. I can leave the pack if he wa
ther
oment, I though
looked b
Aria. It will be e
fore I cou
clicked i
e of the room, stari
had aban
me after my mother disappeared had just
e and forced m
n't sta
ms. I didn't have much money, but I could find work i
ad
e was a small window near the bed, and beyond it l
wasn't
ins aside and push
rushed in
ground was several feet below, but there was a
breath and beg
the stone as I
ce sounded
ou think yo
fr
nside the room,
my dress and pulled me inside. I landed hard
go of
this room without th
done anyt
t for me t
o the bed and f
ry that again, I'll
at him in
and locked t
st my knees, struggling
t going to
t
lear in front of everyone. There was no reason to
ran down
sonal o
s debt. I remembered Darius asking his Beta to find out
the way Darius
mach t
I whis
ldn't
ed him. I had never asked to be his ma
ldn't sell me
rned in
feet as Darius
as a
His eyes moved over my face, then
ly covered it
you want?
the door b
ed to
at? Your
w tigh
't s
laugh e
pack, Darius. You humiliated me, and now you've locke
lked
t you to
shoul
r future dep
red a
oes tha
nt from his jacket and
mount of money. Our lands, our warriors, and our protecti
ded m
hat have to
ryth
began t
hed me with
accept a personal offering in
a step
N
t even hear
't nee
es nar
u have no place in this pack, and I
ok my
n't be
a
send me to th
y made the a
th fel
at the man before me, searching his face
was
voice broke. "You're sell
t sound worse
ipped dow
e treating me like I'm s
ssion rem
a chance to serve a greater Alpha. Some
appe
racked thro
ead turned
. I had never struck anyone bef
ard," I w
turned b
s had g
your
e again? You've already t
bbed m
arm as his fin
are yourself. The king's carria
to pul
lease. Don
ing. I didn't care if he thought I was
anted hi
l never come back. You wo
ased my
sion has
d toward
ai
but didn'
voice shaking. "Why ar
seconds, he
he an
ing has agreed
oor o
, leaving me alon
ction was the worst th
been
imply throw
er to the most feare
ng, I would belong
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