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

of my handmaiden's

time, ma'am." The woman tells

much power I'm about to have. "Let's go get my

I walk down the aisle, I pass nobles and elders, all gazing at me with approval and admiration. They would kill to take my place; I

Arbun family!

that wedding gown complements

marriage to her must be the

should envy me! Who wouldn't want to be

deserve this.

to enjoy

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 might be the most genuine one he's seen from me yet. The officiant blathers

Whatever.

are

And I'm no sucker.

you, Alaric, take Lilia to be your wedded wife?"

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

say 'I do' and get this over with! I mentally

But he doesn't.

He's not saying anything.

rise within me the longer

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the fuck is

Alaric's POV

"A-HEM!"

clear her throat

from my distracted thoughts. I look at

is my

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

in all around are miniature wooden and gold carvings. There's wolves and the moon, and that forest. They tell the story

lean in closer to the officiant, trying to look contrite,

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

and she's just

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hair, into her dark red

aside from the very alarmed look, would make any man or wolf stop in