c Chapter 87

AYLA

I don’t know what I am saying. But my words have caused a heavy silence among people.

My mind spins. I grin, pointing towards a tall, blurry guy in the crowd.

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Will you—marry me? “I stutter, stumbling over my feet again.

It will destroy Mom and Dad’s plans for me if I can just change the course of my life by getting married to a man they don’t get to choose. The thought keeps hammering my hazy mind.

But whoever I point to, just runs away.

Who would dare to marry—Ayla Alvarez?

My lips pucker out. “1—I am not that bad. I just- -can’t let

any- -any man-

The words feel heavy on my tongue. I can’t let any man touch me. It’s like my fight-or-flight response activates as soon as a man gets close to me. I am either, inclined to hurt them or run away.

I chose to do the latter with Henry. Whenever he got close, I made an excuse and ran away.

But he figured out I was only running from him. And he pressured me more into getting intimate.

It made me sick.

Why am I only realizing it now?

He made me sick when he told me he wanted me in his bed without caring if it was alright with me.

But Dad and Mom shouldn’t have pushed him away. They had no

right.

“So—Someone, just— “Marry me.

Marry me and end this misery. Let me be free for once.

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Ms. Alvarez.”

two men, dressed in black fitted suits

my hands on

wants

to-marriage–I mean marry

me?”

you. “The one in

squint my eyes to get a better

straight anymore. I want to sit down and shake my head a

is waiting for you.” They

are doing?” Hazel’s screechy voice makes me flinch

wince, closing my eyes. Now, it will hurt for a

she was like this in the start, but she got a rare white wolf, like

do to you

“One man commands the

open my eyes: My blurry vision adjusts just

f**k up, Ayla. Tell them you don’t want to

see anything clearly.

end when his hands touch my waist. Instantly, my mind goes on high alert

getting dragged

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wanted someone to marry you, Ms. Alvarez. Our

to seal this deal.” The man

me that I am not doing

The need for a single breath of freedom is profound. The desire to ruin my life runs deep in my

stairs. Hazel continues to shout in the background, telling me to do

why would I

space. I hear a door click shut, and try to adjust my

room is cold. And the presence behind me

arms around myself.

arms. The touch makes me freeze. The roughness and size of his hands prove that he

A man.

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Danger.

open as he runs his hands down my arms, reaching for the back of my

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