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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Alaric by pretending to give a shit about that stupid free kitchen he's setting up. I've paid my dues, and now it's time to collect on

my handmaiden's hands and place it

time, ma'am." The woman tells

idea of how much power

and elders, all gazing at me with approval and admiration. They would kill to take

the Arbun family! She's

that wedding gown

King's marriage to her must be the best one

should envy me! Who wouldn't want to be

this. I've earned

was born to enjoy all

picture the blue gemstones I'm going to 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 on with the

Whatever.

are for

And I'm no sucker.

to be your wedded

look I can possibly deliver. I bat my beautifully long and thick eyelashes

over with! I mentally scream

But he doesn't.

He's not saying anything.

starts to rise within me the longer the

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fuck is he

Alaric's POV

"A-HEM!"

Lilia clear her throat in a comically

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

my

beautiful canopy of red roses, pink

is covered with warm golden fairy lights that gently flicker, almost like the stars at night. Tucked in all 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 herself this time. I thought the proposal setting she made was wonderful, but this...

lean in closer to the officiant, trying to look contrite, "Apologies What was

C

falls. "Alaric! Are you kidding me?!" she hisses in a

Lilia and she's just

C

her dark red braid.

look, would make any man or wolf stop in his tracks. Blood red lips, warm pink cheeks, big round eyes... she's stunning