Chapter 438

"Hey," I said to her, putting my hands on her small shoulders. "Just breathe. They are gone... it's okay..."

Judy took in a deep breath as she fought to control her breath. Once she was finally calmer, her eyes peeked up at me through her long and dark lashes.

"Thanks,' she whispered.

"Want to tell me why you didn't tell me about your running in with my mother," I asked, my voice firm, though I tried to keep it calm.

She bit her lower lip and looked away, but I grabbed her chin gently and brought her head back up so she was looking at me again.

"Tell me the truth," I demanded. "Why didn't you tell me?"

"Because it wasn't exactly a pleasant conversation and I didn't want you to think

so little of me," she admitted, her eyes meeting mine.

My brows furrowed

you?" I asked. "What

I got up to go to the bathroom and they cornered

through my veins and a

did they say to you?"

tire of me soon enough," I murmur. "That you're destined to marry Daisy and I'm just a distraction. That I won't be a problem for

I was seeing

she was out with her family and then feed her such lies. There was no way in hell I was ever going to mate and marry

rip someone's head off their shoulders, but when I saw the tears filling Judy's eyes, my anger started to fade and all I felt

cheeks as my fingers traced the nape of her neck. "Why would I think little of you?" I recalled her reasoning for not

as a tear escaped her eyes, I had it wiped away before

training to be an Elite Gamma... I won the Gamma competition... and yet I can't stand up for myself when it comes to your mother and Daisy," she whispered. "It was embarrassing, and I

hand on the back of her neck to keep her in place as I absorbed

getting under your skin," I told her. "Not fighting her was the best thing you could have done in that situation, so you've done well. Don't beat yourself up over it. They shouldn't have cornered you and they certainly shouldn't have said those things to you. None of it

moment I realized it did hurt

unconventional relationship, it

mother spat at her. I wrapped her

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