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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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

ma'am." The woman tells me

of how much power I'm about

walk down the aisle, I pass nobles and elders, all gazing at me with approval

Arbun

wedding

Alpha King's marriage to her must be

envy me! Who wouldn't want to be

deserve this. I've

born to enjoy all of

into Alaric's blue eyes at the altar, I picture the blue gemstones I'm going to have put on my new Luna crown. The smile I give Alaric

Whatever.

things are for

And I'm no sucker.

take Lilia to be your

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

this over with! I

But he doesn't.

He's not saying anything.

within me the

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the fuck

Alaric's POV

"A-HEM!"

clear her throat in a

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

my and

and I are tucked in together under a beautiful canopy of red roses, pink peonies, and lush green

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

to the officiant, trying

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

at Lilia and she's

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pure gold have been woven into her hair, into her dark red braid. Diamond jewelry covers her throat

any man or wolf stop in his tracks.