pte

y M

ttered someth

d something like that to me, b

that we were mates, he made my life a livi

nothing. I hadn't even had my first kiss, not because I was wai

alpha was my mate. I remembered the smile

last for l

e and said mea

had no idea why he did it, but I was grateful. At least

finally n

Luna of

who was always on Wendy's bed. With time, I grew a thick skin to their gossip, b

lways prayed to the moon goddess to ma

ed him to love me. I always compared myself to Wendy. Wh

he gradually w

e wouldn't be with me if the mating bond was up to him. H

hat he had fi

g was crumbling ri

ruth." I turned to Wendy, my voice dripping with

ng you can say or do that would save you. J

the gravity of w

suffer for a crim

ling to do anything just to bring me down.

nishment for mu

unforgiv

thrown into the dungeon as punishment. Ju

myself actually b

e to do this," I whisp

trace of warmth. "Go back." He s

mean it the

to give me a

because I wouldn't need any of it where I was go

ied alive in darkness fo

o speak, he shunned me. "Don't say a w

walked out slowly, my gaze fixed on the ground. As

hair. I wanted her to suffer the way I was suffering. I wo

coul

te to kill me if I tri

es on me. Hushed whispers rippled through the

guilty and waiting pati

ence or there was no way I could escape the

ed a m

I increased my pace and w

already waiting for me at the gate. She pul

d. Are you okay?" She asked with

framed for murder?" I asked, shaking my head.

ent and we will find a way to prove it to them." Her vo

possibly prov

have any pow

uldn't be of m

hought of being thrown into

o happen to you." She add

ed Wendy in front of me." My stomach ch

elena muttered, more to herself than me. "Tha

y behind the murder? And f

d go as far as killing Conrad's best friend. She k

had a

idn't kill

ldn't tak

ler was stil