Rejected, And Became A Heiress

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When the moment to leave arrives, I fear I won't have much time.

I look down at the slip of paper in my hand. It's an address for someone I haven't seen in a long time. Too long.

"Cara," I hear the old man's voice behind the door after I knock. The door swings open. smile that's greeted me since I was a young pup in a strange new pack. and I'm met with the same warm

It's exactly who I'm here to see. The former Alpha King's butler. Edward, now happily retired and living in a small cottage just outside of town.

A butler might be considered "the help" by some, but Edward was always kind to me. And Alaric's father loved him like a

brother.

"How are you doing, Edward? Are you well?" I ask the old man, gently hugging him.

"Fine, fine, don't worry about me," he says, brushing off my concerns with a wave of his hand. "What brings you to me today?"

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I look over my shoulder for anyone in listening distance before responding quietly, "I just need to check. My debt to the former Alpha King, it's been fully repaid, riglu?"

He exhales through his nose nisl looks at me with a playfully annoyed stare. "You know the former Alpha King told you, you didn't need to pay all that back. Your Grandmother was an important member of the pack."

father and Edward were the only ones who knew about the loan I'd requested to pay

I know. But I promised to pay it back, every cent. So, I just need to know-it's

something. Like he's

because he said simply, "Yes, it's been paid back.

it's time to leave, I give him the warmest

never see

Alaric shouldn't be there, which relaxes me a little. I haven't seen him or Lilia in what feels like a very long time, and I'm hoping to continue that streak. As I walk out of

kiss, and

folders in my hand, making

sound must have roused Lilia from her romantic embrace, because she's yelling at me in

full view

a good moment, aren't you, Beta?" Her voice feels like ice as it hits my ears. She said the word "Beta" like it leaves a bad taste

anymore, you've resorted

Alaric's face was indifferent.

say the same to the other

party, about Lilia's drunken outburst. She called me a gold digger

between her and the Alpha King... Can't trust anyone these days..." I

everyone openly talks bad about you is that it prepares you for an adulthood where everyone openly

all the

hearing Lilia's hateful words, I feel only anticipation. The fact that Alaric isn't even paying attention is all the signal I need that my moment to escape is approaching. 15:28 Wed, Jan

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