Fake Mating To My Ex's Powerful Enemy

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gathering dust for months ever since Niall's mom invited me to live at

or, I fumbled with

body, and I gritted my teeth, refusin

e. Again.

ion boil

ful gesture that accomplished nothing

declared today The Epic Hu

l and slid to the floor a

rice?! Hadn't I suffered enough? Second place in m

ng on my own cries, a deep

door you're

ther fucki

apped, turni

masculine. Tall and powerfully built, with sharp cheekbones and a strong jaw. His dark hair

o didn't just win battles but erase

in, I'll need your insurance in

I'm so sorry. I thought

ad, gaze unreada

, injured, and now looking like a complete idiot

yself up and attempting dignity while looki

yebrow, gesturing to the door across th

oyed, but the way he said it ma

where

ve fool

smooth down my wreck of a dress.

with your

reboot like a malfunctioning i

ure and grace. As if the crazy woman who

de, I could feel those intens

ingers, wo

-fin

e was still watch

your door,"

surv

and pressed my

ly handsome neighbor probably thought I wa

handsome?Fuck. I re

nto my bed,

e me,hurt by rejection,her o

," I whispe

my own wolf was giving

first time he looked at me like I wasn't enough. Maybe it was the day h

e once told his friends, "Chrissy's pretty, but too boring.

into my skin, he sneered, "Why are you walking li

ironing shirts that weren't mine, baking desserts I didn't taste-all bec

d in front of the pack, humiliated and treated like entertainment, he d

His servant. A placeholder until he found what he tru

h. I pressed the heels of my hands into my eyes, but the tears wouldn't stop. How p

austion. My body gave up before my mind did. I curled into the

ed away before

ira, "Are you okay, A

nd, "Chrissy, I feel off. I c

g to catch any

I said to Akira, not knowing if I was comfort

meant she couldn't identify potential mates-a devastating loss f

t and checked

an alliance with The Frostpelt Pack. A marriage alliance with one of the North's top three packs wasn't something they'd abandon easily.Ne

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g to keep them at bay. Maybe even felt guilty?

d my pity party.And i

ive m

rrible social

ass to the door,

with legal rights to yell at me, stood there with narrowed e

olute fuck ha

he symmetrical look was gett

n't buy

tly turning my face

hit

e," I mutte

r closed, I collap

forced out a

ia

nt comple

w punches because he was calculated and precise. He was the p

ed. "Niall? Your mate Niall

arming gentleman becomes a

at happened

s photo. The slap.

ed, Ysolde looked re

isn't even here? I swear to Goddess, Chrissy, Beatrice could be o

t I found out what kind of mate h

ch growl

d lifted the takeout bags."

's weird my parents haven't called? They want

lotting. Your father isn't the t

d me into the bathroom to

ter, trying to wash away

I heard her on the phone.

ete as

t a

lieve what he

Carlisle,her brother.Unlike Niall

throat tight.She believed me without hesitation.When everyon

inst Niall's pack could create seriou

elf in a towe

y parents love

ch one stabbing through my abdomen. Each surge burn

he bathroom floo

st through

! What h

m words. "Pain...

up and rushed out

to keep from screaming again. This

d in anguis

rayal," she wh

I already r

sn't fully faded," Akira

ck someone else? Couldn't even wait for our bond to com

d with painkil

orst waves subsided, she sat bes

tard," sh

ded w

u shouldn't have to suffer alone through this p

at her in

ds, and it sure as hell isn't worth mourning.We're going out to

rejected and your so

minding you that you're Christina fucking Vance

k into bed and disappear. But lying here wallowing wh

k t

up."But if I collapse on the dan

. "Trust me, you won't