Rejected, And Became A Heiress

Chapter 30

It's never enough, I think. While I don't enjoy listening to a roomful of people bashing my Beta, I can't deny that I haven't been harboring these same exact thoughts about Cara.

On any other day, I might have stopped this gossiping. I might have told the nobles to hush and mind their own business. I might have even punished them for their words.

After all, speaking like this was exactly why I exiled George. But this isn't just one insubordinate Gamma talking. This is the entirety of the pack nobles and elders gathered together in a public setting. All agreeing that Cara is a low-born gold digger.

A good Alpha King should put an end to this talk.

But I don't

My mind is racing between all the turmoil of the last several weeks.

Lilia, and Cara, and George, and Grey, and all the other million roblems that I have to deal with in a single day as Alpha King of a large pack. Chapter 18

I breathe deeply, trying to clear my head and focus.

But as my mind stills, all I can hear is Cara's voice that time in t father's office, pleading, begging for more money.

...She never loved ine.

This affair, it's an incorrect one. It should end.

"They used to be Fate Mates, did you know that?" Lilia says to the crowd of nobles. She says 'Fate Mates with a babyish, mocking voice.

The group is noticeably shocked.

"He rejected her, OBVIOUSLY," she says with a laugh, but then turns to eye me closely. "But I think there's still something- there. A residougal... a resumable.." She trails off, trying to find the right word, her mind fuzzy with drink. "Residual?" A noble offers.

"RESIDUAL! That's what I said!" Lilia yells. "A residual mate bond, is that possible?" She looks to the elders, a new sparkle in her eye.

"It is possible for traces of a very strong mate bond to remain intact after rejection... but the mark of a new mate should

just have to mark me as your new mate, then we can finally be rid of Cara!"

and see the expectant support from the circle of nobles

and I know that's distracted

fiancée.

brother is a very strong and influential ally Alpha King. Severing the bond with Cara once

would help the

to do. For the

as I

long silence. I look back at Lilia's drunken

I hear myself say

Cara

stopped by the apartment frequently to see me. To kiss

give in. I didn't want to let him close

no more dizziness or headaches. When he was close to me, I felt better. Perhaps because we once

made him feel better too. He looked more relaxed, more comfortable. We were so nice to each

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Chapter 18

tomorrow," he said yesterday, planting a soft kiss on my

remember? 1idn't want him to shirk his

it my bountiful Beta's birthday." He winked at me, playing our little alliteration game.

at the door, at the clock, at my phone, I'm one on my

but he promised And Alaric always

TV,

news tonight just in: The Alpha King of Pack DarkWood as publicly marked his

ringing in my

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voice is in my