The Alpha's Commoner Bride

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tone leaving little room to ar

rough doors and letting themselves into every home that might conceal an unmated female. Being a common

me? What if they chase me? I won't be able to outrun a royal and even more, what if his wolf tries to violate mine? I'll be impure before my o

ie from my North Woods pack, had tried to escape. She was seen taking a beating in the streets outside the palace, the stain of her blood st

e wrong look, one mumbled insult, and you will end up dead. They run the world, they make the rules, and they are brutal

ng pull, and until I'm claimed as a commoner, I run the risk of being take

als bust out of the house just two doors down

ce cold eyes now dark and soli

ke? I could be killed if foun

ls, his teeth clenched shut. "Please, Aurora

earing off and left in the ground as I sprint behind my family home, ducking

Luke's wolf keeping pace behind me. He is running the same path as I am, trying to mask my scent with his own, but we won't know for sure if the royals have my sc

nto the mind link and making me wonder if they ha

still so early in the morning and I haven't exactly prepped for a

mountain range. I shift, tumbling mid-sprint, and fall straight into the edge of the shallow water. My elbows blister, blee

y, wiping away the blood, and I realize soon he is trying to mask the scent of it with the dirty, clouded water. "

aken by the warriors back to the palace or having one of them claim me out here in the woods. I want t

atched from the woods, taunted before we will inevitably be ambushed. They'll kill Luke, the man I've always felt would b

ng both in terror and at the

mall as he cages an arm over my side, looking around fran

ls just came through the house, tore everything up. They found your bedroom and

ith me. He tried to run behind me to mask my scent. Did

nce in my mind ma

home and his parents said they didn't know

d you t

ook you. Luke parent's thankfully heard me link over and said the

ey hur

of them grabbed my neck and threw me across the room. They saw my mating ma

're bot

longer, just incase they wait to see if you come home, Auro

churn. In the past we have been able to bribe one or two royal warriors with gold pieces or homemade tapestry from my mother's shop in town, b

d my back and pulling me into his side. I steal his warmth, curled up in a meek ball

rrow," I remind him, try

ees surrounding us. "Being twenty isn't n

mate is," I breathe, hopeful th

long, wet hair, white in color where the blood didn't soak into my scalp from another mark made when I stumbled. He l

o his warm,

I at least get the one thing I've ever yearned for. We are commoners, poor and weak. We aren't given many options for clothes, and we d

to enjoy i

tly after. I jump at the sound, listening as a young woman begs for it to stop. Luke look

my ears to make it s

n of a mate. I just