Rejected, And Became A Heiress

Chapter 0004

Cara.

"BITCH! I will RIP her, I will TEAR her!!"

Lucy's vicious thoughts pass through my own mind, doing nothing to help me remain calm.

Alaric doesn't believe me. Alaric doesn't love me.

Alaric has never loved me.

He loves Lilia. She's his.

And...he's also hers.

"Treacherous SCUM! Vile, hateful TRASH!!" Lucy's insults are relentless.

I push the complete and utter despair deep down, way down, just to get through the next few moments without making things worse.

I can do this.

For my baby, I can do this.

Lilia's still in the Alpha King's arms, crying about how cruel I've been to her. Alaric ordered the secretary away from the room, so it's just the three of us in the conference room now.

It's Lilia's word against mine:"I was doing exactly as you asked, showing her around. I can't help that others may have made certain comments about the surprise of the choice in the pack's Luna..."

This is my professional integrity on the line now, and he needs to understand that I'm the same level-headed she-wolf he's always known.

A fresh sob erupts from Lilia and Alaric holds up a hand.

"Enough!" he orders.

makes a show of stroking the Alpha King's thick and muscled shoulder. She bares her neck to him,

continues in a softer tone, "That's enough now. Once the pack has more time with her, they'll see as I have already seen that Lilia is a kind, gentle, and loving she-wolf." Lilia smiles up at him, her teeth gleaming in the

it, my eyes narrow

attribute as a Beta. Or have you forgotten how much he cared for you? Mentored you?" Alaric's father was an excellent King, and it was he who first promoted me to Beta, despite all the elders

"I trust that your work ethic and sensibilities have not been compromised here

an eyebrow to me, daring me to refute

and get me out of the

challenged my integrity. He's letting Lilia spin this hateful web of lies and

"Apologize."

asking. It's a direct

didn't even do!

let myself

for how despicably you've treated her. To disrespect my Luna is to disrespect the

she said! It's

freezes, a deadly stillness taking over his face. "So that's what this is really

cross around my own waist, subconsciously hugging the one person I must protect above all else, above even

so ashamed to have such a disgraceful Fate Mate as

"FATE MATE?!" Lilia shrieks.

about our past intimate encounters, clearly the Alpha King forgot to

all that's happened. Lucy is barking and growling up a

Alaric's hug, fat heavy teardrops falling from her eyes to a puddle on the

handsome Alpha King to love me... I just didn't realize you had a mate bond with someone else..."

to Pack Bloody Moon, and pray my brother, the Alpha King, doesn't find out about how I, his only baby sister, was treated here... I'm sure I'll be fine..." Her whimpers fill the room. Alaric glances between the two of us for nearly two full minutes. No one speaks. The

steely resolve firmly set in his blue eyes. He turns to

I reject our Fate Mate bond,

ears, as if I'm watching a movie of this scene unfolding, rather than participating in it. As if this is all one big joke,

a deep-seated throbbing, a gnashing and tearing and stabbing, ripples through my body. It starts slowly in my toes at first then painfully rising higher and higher. It peaks at my heart, burning

mate bond between us isn't simply severing. This is no clean

pieces. Each piece splintering through my flesh, leaving no

my belly as I fall to the floor, "Please,