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Chapter 21: Beta's Love

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Scarlet’s POV

As the ceremony dragged on, I could feel Aurora’s eyes burning holes into my skin.

She hadn’t stopped staring—not once.

It wasn’t curiosity. It wasn’t even jealousy anymore. It was rage. Cold, coiled, bitter rage. She looked at me like she wanted me to vanish from existence. And she wasn’t alone.

Callan’s glare matched hers. So did most of the pack members seated below the dais. They weren’t celebrating. They were judging. Measuring me. Hating me.

And yet here I was, seated on the Queen’s throne.

The gold crown still felt too heavy for my head. Like it knew I didn’t belong here.

I let my eyes drift over the room, but my thoughts were far from the celebration. They slipped back to Kayla and Alex, two people I had once called family.

What were they doing now? Laughing on a honeymoon in some cozy cabin? Twisting the knife deeper by mocking me, reliving how pitiful I must have looked when she’d shown up and claimed Alex?

My jaw tightened.

“Scarlet,” Damien’s voice pulled me
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