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ek laptop and phone were waiting on my bed, picked out a dress, and prepared e

inished, I almost cou

laced by an elegant black maxi dress

hat?"

she replied, standing beside me by the dressing m

sophisticated feminine laught

Celine. "W

tina Sincla

me L

for a moment b

s Sinclair

se friend of

my head curiou

s supposed to marry Master Zephyr last year. Their

hy

I suppose he di

t want

I choose you. Not just to be my mat

d at the memory

hat?" I asked, mentally shaki

e been close for years. A rejectio

stina, I knew she still

ge... find a way to reunite them, fr

go now.

ves. Celine had brushed my hair down, ad

"You look

ck warmly.

ine through, garnering attention wherever I went. But the men

quietly. At the table, Zephyr sat

er black hair shone like silk, spilling over her shoulde

lair was, in f

d turned down someone like her,

d the bottom step, a

y, suddenly aware

aken me from my home, let out a slo

said with a small smile

y glare

e continued. "Who knew under

fist into the tab

ng eyes like flames. "I will not entertain such co

, hazel eyes widening in disbe

ing, nodded and continu

tina forced a tight s

join us,"

e slowly, Zephyr's eyes

d the attention th

, and my very fleshy behind. The loose, worn clothes I used to

of dishes before me. Food I had once craved, food I had only dream

ired brothe

he greete

e cold countenance he had exuded the other day. Even now, despite hi

fully selecting portions of food

" he

nk y

smile before return

my gaze clashed wit

nse as the word itself, until the sil

way some hair strands from her face, her red lips burgeoning into a forced

her subtle attemp

ing straighter and meet

eyes bore

e in my tone. "Though I wouldn't exactly call it a farm, considering most of the anima

d brother smo

led her fork.

hyr, as if questi

who understands hard work, who has skills that actually matter in the real world." I tilted my head

ther nearly choked

and Publishing, and princess of the Sincla

d nothing." I cut a piece of roast duck and brought it to my mouth, chewing slowly. "Oh, and in case it hasn't sunk in yet... I am

f a small smirk

o escape. But if claiming it, owning it, meant put

sed a sound of anger, as she gripped the tablecloth

lf," Zephyr war

ristina snapped. "She nee

will control yourself at this

verbal warfare, before Christina finally backed down and exhaled loudly,

to wolf out," she announced, her eyes moving to me with

g, watching as she st

and Christina back together so I could

us as to where she

ded by vacant plots of land and thick woods. Of course.

a left, the si

ow," he said, his blue eyes settling on me. "You don't live among humans anymore, you're surrounded by wolves. Wer

uick to anger. But as Lycans, we have better restraint. Pus

eplying, "I

went back t

r glance at Zephyr. He hadn't moved from where he sat opposi

shirt and matching slacks. His hair had dried, slight

for him. He wasn't just wealthy and powerfu

away, irritat

have blinded me, should have made me immune to his presence. And yet, no ma

There was still time... time to purge

on my plate, ignoring t

able fact that Zephyr Wrath, my husba

t of this marriage, an