Married My Ex's Alpha Uncle by Aurora Starling

I grabbed my phone and checked it multiple times, expecting to hear from Elliot at least once. But he didn't bother reaching out to me and that hurt more than anything. I feel as if he cared so little for me and

now, he was stepping on me like I was nothing more than a small ant.

I pulled out my message thread with Rebecca and decided to send her a text.

Me: Date night was a bust.

Rebecca: Did he not like your dress?

Me: He loved the dress. But his girlfriend called, and he left.

Rebecca: Are you talking about Shirley? Did he ditch you for her?

Me: Apparently there was another attack and he got hurt. She's at the pack hospital."

Rebecca: Strange; I didn't hear anything about another attack.

I sighed and messaged her again.

That's the story she's going with. I don't know what to

don't fight anymore. Get some rest. We

my phone

Erik said he was going to do a quick sweep of the perimeter before he turned in for

outside, I first went into the kitchen to put my leftovers away. The kitchen was empty because most of the staff had gone home for the night. I was relieved about that because I wasn't in the mood to speak to anybody, including

retreating to the bathroom for a quick shower. The hot water helped burn the memories of Elliot from my

stay in the parlor and read a little before bed. I was too wound up to settle

door ot the parlor, a shadow swiped across the room, making me whip around and gasp from fear. Most of the palace staff should have been gone by now

me whip

into

which made me even more nervous. If it was someone who worked here, they would have told me for sure who they were and what they were doing here. But this person was silent, and it gave me an uneasy feeling in

that my voice came out firm

Another shadow.

whoever you are...

so hard that it hurt. I whipped around again to face the intruder and my breath got caught in my throat. I was faced with piercing yellow eyes and the

a

me into