The Alpha Forsaken Mate

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doing here with Emily? I don't want to believe it but I know I can't turn a deaf ear to what is going on. I shake my hea

s off. I thought Daniel was the one person I could really count on,

of discomfort; it is as though the floor has been taken away from beneath me. All this tim

sat on for dusk. I have no experience with it and am dizzy. Hopes an

r, I've had the impression that I was not good enough, that there was nothing to offer me othe

be full of gossip. However, I will not let them label me. I will still attend my ceremony,

e intact. This evening might not turn out the way I had

no time. I have been looking forward to this day since morning, the ceremony, Daniel's vows, and the beautiful years we spent

ecially shock, all of this came over me in turns. My body began shaking uncontrollably, and I noticed that tears I hadn't even been aware of had drenche

t even noticed me standing there. They were in each other, as if nothing of this world existed outside their boundaries. It was

the door wide open and its creaking sound finally made them pay attention. Emily's face turned ghostly the moment she turned and spotted m

d out of the room, elbowing me aside and dismissing me in every sense of the word, including sight. Surely

covered half his form, showing an expression that moved from shock to a near blanknes

next moment, his eyes pleadingly fo

this? How could he possibly look me in the eye after what he had just done? The same man that so sweetly professed his love to me and vowed to present me as his mate that

sh were written all over his face. "Ellie, please. I did something terri

ogether as in an act of my forgiveness. There was something defensive about the actors' delivery of the lines. It was as if he was afraid of being audibly

iterated, more like a whisper. You did not intend to betray me with my step-

for a few moments, his eyes were back to focusing. "Ellie, please try to understand this, I... I