Rejected By One; Claimed By Three

d to regain my composure, trying not to sh

d my side, but I didn't d

front o

You're here because Kelvin needed someone...

-too clear for comfort-that I wasn't here because he cared a

, burning feeling that made me want to scream, run, or do

s lingered, his di

t, but not for the reasons I expected. His indiffe

I was just another problem to deal with, another

myself get lost in the

, and a maid stepped insid

erbs and meat, but I wa

wisting with everythi

, placing the tray on the s

l

served that name, infact

be called sweet names

ke help with

sted to say much. "No, tha

sat down at the edge of the roo

and I couldn't help but feel a

oice soft, like she was treading carefully.

at the absurdity

from it. But I couldn'

ietly, focusing on the tr

eat, but I wasn't s

ere was a little of s

e only one in this house. If you ever need someone to

she glanced down, as if u

ndness. "Thank you," I said quietly

I would do without

I could see the weight of he

ion as me, but she knew what it me

ser

at, then," she said,

ything at all, don'

re in silence, my eyes

dn't bring myself to eat. I wasn't hun

e as nothing more than a tool. The King's cold words

I could keep going, but I ha

other werewolves, so this time its

thoughts and get determined

clear-whisp

la.

reath catchin

You need to underst

hit me lik

spered in my mind, unable to fu

why woul

mate. He just doe

v-cold, distant King Kelvin-was my m

ld it b

wrong. I could feel it, deep

wolf repeated softly, "a

hought away, but I couldn't. The p

ver, he can ne

t myself fall f

look like a fool

the bond was