pter

ra'

hell was

n. He had a grin that to

forsaken place

rom the brother of a heartless human

ne here was i

e me after I realized I had been

rother." Alpha Kai

as if the questi

xpect she'd be the hunt," he said a

You lied to me? What the

ff with those words that sounded

she is dressed for the vows

face. I stared at him with something dark settling insid

the things I would do to

mattered more than wha

rds dragged me back. My breathing became uns

the same dressing roo

ime, he mea

, watching me closely. A different maid s

anding a dress. "You're suppose

, my voice shaking. "Is this

the Alpha says you're his mate

I turne

lot of she-wolves have dreamed of being Luna. But the

" she added, unlacing my dirty dress. "

word felt l

on my body. It was beautiful in a w

little while I ran

g like this or imagined

his even possibl

akes everything pos

d, but her answers were confusing

n the hall, Alpha Kai neatly dressed

that sly smile that onl

t wear whit

only glanced at him a few times as

my mind away f

ped, the moment I almost escaped, and

a forc

er than a running bride. Don't you think so?"

" A man dressed like a p

e interrupted.

tartled at h

. "Alpha, the bondin

g to poison me," he said. "I th

ead throug

f my dress as his

cleared h

dey, take Elara Thompso

with no hesitati

fted sligh

priest turned to me, squinting, "t

ed. But noth

." His aunt's v

one t

orward, her

"You cannot marry her. She's human.

insisted on marrying me w

ne raised in shame." She cont

ned at her sp

ing someone who tried to kill

mate," h

ery she-wo

se my last matches, remember? A

frow

inued, "if I don't trust

hin line. "Your mother wo

cut in. "And you are don

er before he turn

with th

anced between

u sure,

plied, twist

ou," he asked me again softl

the priest,

o tuck my hair. "You don't want to die tonight

t just from what he s

g the guests. Her face was half-covere

then immediately she noticed my stare; she

twisted t

nocent death? For what reason? Because I could tell she wasn'

ght there, my mind solved half

d to Al

your face and make it

es, I will." I nodde

est p

lf into, but seeing Sarai had just pu