Bound by Secrets, Broken by love

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oing to want you after

could only hear her voice in the distance-loud and angry-but my thoughts had spir

respond angrily, my voice sha

pack. What on earth were you thinking, Ashley Grant?" my mom says, shaking her head in disapproval. He

disgraced yourself in the most scandalous way possible. Why do you think your mate

ything, but she doesn't know how much Phil and I want to be together. He was the other person in

t politics," my voice is harsher when I speak, an angry glare directed

r everyone. Phil is a future alpha, not a lovesick puppy like you think he is. He'll do what's best for his image and the pack."

She dismisses me icily. I wish the ground would open so that I could disappear. I've done nothing but seek my

thing

ger to get away from everyo

od my head and continue walking. I'm glad Stephen, our driver, doesn't ask questi

the window. Tears stream down my face . Every tim

pack is beyond my reasoning. My wolf-whose name I don't even know-is still howling in my head. The pain from the rejection still tugs at my hear

drift my restless mind into an abyss of unconsciousness-

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against the ceramic dishes. I know I look like a mess, something tha

f how to fix this?"

ave. I don't tell her though-I

her cutlery down. "You're leaving f

t, and she holds up a ha

prepared. It's one of the biggest warrior academies. You'll stay with yo

to meet mine, eyebrows arched angrily. My gaze flickers back to the d

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out my phone , mentally preparing myself for the worst. The first five notifications are abou

o boil as I slide my tongue along my teeth. So now I'm the leech? A few other headlines go ahead to show that the media is against me.

. I make a mental note to call her later. There's no text from Phil-no call-and I'm disappointed. But then I wonder if

guards to keep me in. Maybe she just thought I'd stay in. I decide

re he went?" I

aid not,

or just when he wants to get away. It's on the outskirts of the pack, his par

m-something I've never been able to do. I'm barely a few feet from the front porch when I hear a sickening rhythm

voices. It's Phil-and another female's