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tering the glass filled to the

wn. "I made a marriage proposal for

" I said stubbornly

in exasperation. "Sera, please, I don't

ance, challenging him. "I am not marr

ver he was carrying. 'Our debts are drowning us, Sera. The

gh my teeth not buying into his pathetic excuse. "No!" I huffed at him. "You can't marry me off to a L

portunity as his business and pack rival; the silver fang pack, he would be in a better condition now. But the man before me was not only aged beyond his years bu

tal had been wasted, profits exhausted, and the company was now dwindling in massive debts. Ever since then he has been trying to generat

ate these ideas, but this is our only chance. You're our savio

eone else to do it then, it is u

Violet pack, and the lycan kind grandfather himself

liet. They are my cousins and also of notable status. I don't see them f

lycans have been loggerheads since centuries ago, each trying to claim rights as the supreme. At first, it had started as a normal war between

s did. The werewolves were forced to live in squalor and act as if they were superior to us.

acherous and wicked bastard, and was soon followed by the death of his wife and Leone's mother. That's a death I found more empathy than the father, king

as sure Leone possessed as no changes had been made in the five months of his father's death. And

Freya. The bills, the warnings and constant reminders she has been sending back home. The threat

," I whispered even tho

y mind was already racing with so many thoughts. Was this truly the only way? W

E

t be serious," I hisse

th and properties? Then marry her. She's just a werewolf girl. It's per

. I'll marry her. But don

ed. "Love isn't requ

this decision. It was a lost cause. He knows time is running out for me. If I don't find

he thinks a woman would make a difference in my life. But he was mistaken. I can't lose my inheritance, I just can't, so I am forc

s?" Philip asked, his voice jolting me out

tance. But my cousin Gabriel... he

r my shoulder. "I d

ou a substitute lycan girl. Grandfather can't fo

t was my mother's wish for me to marry a werewolf girl, and unite bo

stood what she asked her son to do. And your grandfather just seems to b

by that at the moment. I want to fulfill

u just marrying the Werewolf girl to get y

either. If he wants an

to any of the w

im, and then shook my he

t. Because we are Lycans. We don't need

nd where you are heading as my friend and Beta. But yo

y. "You're just as stubb

again and again."

dent on his face. "Just te

have nothing t

arrangement. I can't think of lycans who would be happ

ll deal with the council members and the

ow what you ar

ulder and barked

of my mind, but I pushed it away. I had one thing in min

hat w