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.”

men, dressed in black

planting my hands on

wants

to-marriage–I mean marry

me?”

one in front

my eyes to get a better view

can’t stand straight anymore. I want to sit down and shake my head a few times to grasp

for

think you are doing?” Hazel’s screechy

I wince, closing

ever shifted three times in 1 year. Mom says she was like this in the start, but she got a rare white wolf, like

to you

“One man commands the

adjusts just enough to

Ayla. Tell them you

find her but everything is blurry again. I can’t see anything clearly.

my mind

getting dragged towards an unknown

Ex

Alvarez. Our Boss has accepted your

to seal

I am not

need for a single breath of freedom is profound. The desire

Hazel continues to shout

would I do

some space. I hear a

cold. And

shiver, wrapping my arms around myself. ” M—Marry—Do

as cold hands touch my arms. The touch makes me freeze. The roughness and size

A man.

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Danger.

as he runs his hands down my arms, reaching for the back of my palms. Electricity runs down

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