Rejected, And Became A Heiress

Chapter 36

My breath hitches at a flash of bright red. Is it her?!

I look again and realize it was just a noble she-wolf's red scarf. My shoulders slump the slightest bit.

Not Cara.

"It's time, sir. We need you at the altar."

Still no sign of her.

It's too on late.

Lilia's POV

This is the moment I've been dreaming about for my entire life. I'm going to become Luna. I'm going to lead the most powerful pack in the world!

Well, I guess Alaric will be there too, but that's a minor detail.

Victory is so close I can almost taste it. The throne is almost mine.

Now, if only I wasn't surrounded by idiots. No one can do anything right today, apparently.

Alaric just looked really terrible. But I'm about to be his wife; how dare he treat me like this?

Thank goodness he'll have me to mold him. I'll turn him into the perfect then, obedient Alpha King, or a husband. He'll do everything I ask, and the pack will be under my full control. "Any sign of Cara Wilson?" I ask my handmaiden for the tenth time this morning.

"No ma'am. No one has seen her all day," my servant replies.

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"Marvelous!" I can't contain my gleeful smile.

At least one of my plans must have worked, then. I had several plots against her going at the same time. One can never be too careful.

George is supposed to sabotage Cara's car then "accidentally" cause a wreck. Just in case she somehow turned up at the wedding anyway, my brothers were assigned to watch the door and intercept her. I found a nice broom closet she could be shoved into until the wedding was finished.

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the useless DarkWooll low-borns. I humored Alaric by pretending to give a shit about that stupid free kitchen he's

handmaiden's

time, ma'am." The

of how much power I'm

gazing at me with approval and admiration. They

beautiful daughter of the Arbun family! She's elegant

perfectly that wedding gown

Alpha King's marriage to her must be the best one

Who wouldn't want

this.

was born to enjoy all

have put on my new Luna crown. The smile I give Alaric might be the most genuine one he's seen from me yet. The officiant blathers

Whatever.

things are

And I'm no sucker.

you, Alaric, take Lilia to be your wedded

give Alaric the most charming, most endearing, sweetest look I can possibly deliver. I bat my beautifully long and thick eyelashes at

with! I mentally scream at

But he doesn't.

He's not saying anything.

within me the longer

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the fuck

Alaric's POV

"A-HEM!"

her throat in a comically annoyed

sound draws me from my distracted thoughts. I look at the officiant, who is staring at

is my

together under a beautiful canopy of red roses, pink peonies, and lush green vine

around are miniature wooden and gold carvings. There's wolves and the moon, and that forest. They tell the story of our pack, of our people. I can't help but remark that Cara's really outdone

trying to look contrite, "Apologies

C

sound and her face falls. "Alaric! Are you kidding me?!" she

Lilia and

C

hair, into her dark red braid. Diamond jewelry

or wolf stop in his tracks. Blood red lips, warm pink cheeks,