Rejected, And Became A Heiress

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Chapter 143

For better or worse, that spotlight is about to come for me.

As Eamon and I stand backstage behind the curtain, Alaric and his beta John approach from the other side.

When Alaric spots me, he stops, stunned by the sight of me

Alaric:"...Cara?!"

His eyes are slightly wide, his lips parting.

He doesn't have time to, as host of the event, an actor I hired named Charles, starts to speak through the speakers.

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Thank you all for joining us tonight! In the celebration of the completion! Of the joint project between our Bloody Moon and DarkWood packs!"

The crowd erupts in a rambunctious cheer. A few people whistle. A few others howl.

"As you know, this joint project took tremendous effort and dedication from both packs, and signifies the pack bond between two communities - This collaboration ushers in a new era of peace for both packs!"

As Charles continues on with his speech, rousing the crowd Alaric seems to recover somewhat from his stupor. He takes a step toward me.

"Cara..."

afterwards," Eamon says. He glances back at me. "Assuming that

"Later, Alaric,"

I manage to say.

continues to stare. "...But where is your beta?" he

smirks. "Wait

his speech and the velvet curtains part, revealing

before the spotlights land upon us, blinding me to almost everything but

are there, but only white, hot light exists beyond the few feet around me. Eamon looks at me, smiling fondly, before turning toward the

looks at me too, his face somewhat scrunched in confusion, though there is affection in his gaze. When Eamon turns, he does too, and together the two kings step forward on the stage, approaching

them, each standing to the

looks back at me again, even

crowd's loud applause blocks out all other noises for a time, echoing in

ears.

microphone, walks on from backstage. He comes closer, but then stops, holding his

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King earlier, but surely he can see how much he is

for the pack

Charles says.

looks all around the stage, like someone else is magically going to appear from behind the curtains. He must be looking for Aylon, not

says. The people cheer and applaud in a thunderous roar. Charles waits for

we have

though slightly more impatiently this time. "Many of you know Cara as the recently returned princess of the pack. You might not know that she has also taken on the