neck where the collar was tight. The sleeves and the skirt did not fit well and the skirt was h

al hall. She had red marks on her wrists as they had grabbed her too firmly before. Her knees we

e. Her name, her dignity, her place in the pack stripped. And now they were hauling her into the

e some cold wind. The fact is, the whispers stalked her into the room not behind her

still

e girl who threw he

ve banis

hose voice was heard dimly cutting in upon the mutterings, and it said, "Mam

er. Ryder was standing there, fully dressed as an Alpha, all black with silver. His face could not be rea

inked

, just like everythi

d whispered, "Careful how you walk. Wouldn'

were shaking, but she did not

w in preparation. Ryder hadn't moved. Renna was beside him, he

een carved over her, and flowers in her dark hair. But her eyes, th

whispered something into h

to quiet the room. His voi

Ryder and Luna Renna is sealed,

before it happened. Nevertheless, the words

tood incipiently at the centre of the altar. The audien

itate. His vo

. I sever all bonds of wolf, name, and soul. And

e was not an element of remorse in his v

Her heart knotted, her wolf howled inside her, and a deep feeling wrack

d, someone laughed. "Did y

y that she was

oor and tried to catch her breath, through the

he walked back into the c

tinued as if she

blade. Ryder stepped forward. He

when they clasped hands, the hall filled with the low chant of the elders

r eyes swam and it seemed to her like a hot iron was

d have b

er legs shook, and sh

her lips was full of venom. Having cheered and finished her chants,

wn the steps of the altar

py. "Don't go anywhere. I've already chose

s caught behind h

'll be scrubbing the floor of our wedding chambe

e. Didn't speak.

d his throat. "One

ked up. His eyes

a Ryder's protection and within this house, by order of

d murmur

He didn't protest.

was handed down. The shame wasn't

ow instead of being finally abandoned she was still being kept in the house th

d slipped her hand into his. She smile

awn. The man she hoped would save her had just turned blind eyes to what the elders have

Alpha and the broken girl m