ali’

me away so easily and Alexander standing around doing nothing, but did I truly expect anything less? No. Af

nal

rushes toward me with a look of guilt, but when he do

sting the waters. “Did y

my very last bit of hope. “I want

say quietly, before tearing my gaze away and climbing into the car

let each and every painful emotion I was feeling go. After so many years of hoping that things would get better and act

gh I was the daughter of an alpha, and i

n compose myself once more so that when we arrive, I’m at least able to see the large

open. “The master has had a dress prepared for you, and t

eyes growing wide. “What on

to get married

t I kept trying to repair them with patches. Matched with it is a knit sweater that I made mysel

dmit, reminding myself that was the most importan

s marriage is simply for convenience and has no nee

d inside and into a room where a stern-looking woman with a sharp nose and even sharper eyes is waiting for me. When she spots me, she attacks, clearly

thing that others can’t imagine. Her dark hair hangs down around her frail frame, falls in silky curls that

expected to think of myself, but now I saw was possible,

for me, and before I can even move, he is surging forward, wrapping a hand ar

into the hall and dragging me through it until we reach a fli

ng on my face as I’m forced to take the stairs two at a time t

king open a set of double

I lift my gaze to find myself in what looks like a chapel. Standin

the room, taking in the few guests who si

er a moment. “We can’t have

int out, continuing to scan

er documents,” the priest shrug

t that I was brought here just to look like a fool. This

le reminding myself that even if I left here now, I would have nowhere to go.

me, I make my way to the front of the room and then

documents,” he comma

t of me. So this was it; this was what my future held, and once my signatu

, giving me a look of annoya

e also rests on the paper. Just like that, I was married, yet I still hadn’t laid