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y drink I'd touched the night before. Panic crept into my chest when I realized I didn't recognize anything around me. The wal
grand reception hosted by the Alphas. My entire family had attended the masquerade celebration. Dad had spent the whole evening reminding
ster and I had slipped away from the
everything
hin
y of this room rem
eal. My stomach twisted painfully from all the alcohol I'd consumed. The moment I s
nearly
fast my head
beside me w
t to me compl
ha Valentin. The ruthless Alpha who ruled the most feared pack in the
r discovered thi
tomach dropped. I wasn't wearing any clothes either. The soreness between
n't remembe
remained. A bitter thought crossed my mind for a second. If he'd left me unable to remember anything, th
in this city, it
vibrated somewhe
rabbed it. Anna's name flashed across the scree
el
old him you stayed with me, but he's demanding we bot
iliar room again before glancing toward the window. Everyt
n i
otel where the gathe
the Bank Hotel
ed the line
diot Alpha," she whispered nervously. "You k
passed out. His mouth hung slightly open, and he looked almost unreal lying there so peacefully. F
harder. What if he decided to h
ickly. "I just passed out
was terrible at lying, and the last thing I wanted
and me. Amber's coming to pick you u
all e
efore slipping back into my tight dress. The fairy wings strapped to my back were compl
my makeup. Glitter covered almost every inch of my skin, and th
Valentin was definitely going to wake up lookin
lking to him. I remembered feeling drawn to him in a way that made no
y couldn't tell who had
he floor, spared the bed one final
de, I slammed directly int
ption the night before. Luckily, I'd been standing far from the stag
e stepped back with a surprised loo
d for that. Without the makeup hiding half my features, he might've realized I wa
y spread acr
there?" he as
lowered, I gav
do you want me to walk
l of your Alpha's one-night stan
e ones," he replied
off before hurrying away down the hall
d was going to tear the entir
week
had been enough to
ery day, and for a werewolf, that wasn't normal. Our kind rarely got sick. After wat
on Pack stood as the second strongest among them. Dad had always prepared me to inherit everything one day. I was
ast, it
k into the office holding
t him, something inside
or spoke. "Sh
the green chair across from his desk, unable to move or brea
uldn't
Not after one mistake I cou
night destroy every
tor Daniel, and the disappointment in his ey
even found her destined mate y
he same thing every she-wolf learned. We were supposed to save ourselves for our destined mates. And
ed bond would've been co
ce, Alpha," Doctor Dan
ately shoo
ouldn't do somethi
me werewolf cities banished women like that beyond their borders. Those exiles eventually lost their minds wandering outside the protection of a pack. Mount
look dow
d I was about to b
gain," Dad dem
oor closed, Dad began pacing across the room. Heavy tension filled the space
ly. "You wouldn't do somethin
shed me. I could
ying the new results. One look at his face was enou
haven't cha
ed straight t
inside me, my wolf wouldn't awaken completely. I wouldn't be able to shift
wl while his fists ti
as she been
ext week. That should give us a cleare
it now." His voice turned cold and sharp. "This
my head at once, horrified by what he was implying. Ending a pregnan
I crie
not having this child. We'll erase this mis
trembled. "At least let
en he looked toward Doctor Daniel
yes so quickly I
ss any of it. But no matter how terrified I felt, I couldn't
between us. "Alpha, I can't do anything with
y turned
o it, don't
ent silent. I lifted my head an
N
y head snapped sideways. The s
, and for a second, I could
. "Then from this moment on," he dec
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