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yet. And it w

eeks. Fourteen days. Three hundred and thirty six hours sinc

door reeking of whiskey, smoke, and something bi

e rumors were just that, rumors. He was eventually going to

ked it shut. My heart thundered in my chest. My hands trembled around the cup of tea I hadn't touched. E

en?" I asked, my voice hoar

me like I was some nuisance. Some pest. Like I hadn't carried the

e growled, slurring slightly. "and definitel

h too fast, a sharp pain shooting through my lower back. I

be guilt, maybe rage crossed his face, then disappeared be

"There was no deal! You chose

ring over me. "Because it was never real. You were convenien

ack as if he'

o, no

me, I am your mate an

akness. I should've known better than to thi

he. The walls were closing in. My pulse was a drumbe

virginity. You told me

you what you w

bed the edge of the table to steady myself. My stomach twisted sharply, something inside

You can't just... pretend I don't e

le of scotch from the counter. "W

r, and that's when it happened. And for a moment I thought I was hallucinating but th

ldn't even move. My legs felt like lead. My body wasn't my o

hing feral. "You used me. You chose me. And now you're pretending like I'm

to me like that, omega. You think you're special because I fucked you a few tim

ddenly I doubled over

rickled dow

arm. Thi

The world spun as I hit the floor hard,

strangled. "Something

dn't

panic rising like

ht I saw fear in his eyes. But he turned away, tipping the b

for the wall, for anything to hold on to but my han

mpered. "No

dn't be h

ing that was keeping me sane, the

I never even once thought I had a chance with him.

andon chose me as his mate, I was his mate. My crush was finally mine, I never expected him to be my mate but he really

life omega like me as their Luna. So Brandon told me, he would introduce me to the pack as h

rted going around that he was seeing Ashley,

tiful, charismatic and a total bitch too. But she also came f