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Chapter 3

Candy Sweetie
My body was on the verge of collapsing, but I finally managed to regain a sliver of awareness

I heard a shrill voice beside me. "Hold her down! She might hurt herself! Patients in the later stages of desensitization therapy can exhibit extreme behavior. Don't let her hurt herself!"

Alex ran over.

His fingers clamped around my hand like a pair of pincers before he pried open my palm.

"What's this?" He frowned and snatched the insignia from me.

"N-No. G-Give it back. T-That's from my dad." I tried reaching for it, but I immediately fell to the ground.

"Your dad?" Emily sneered. "Elena, didn't you say you were an orphan?"

My entire body went rigid.

Three years ago, when I'd left my pack, I'd lied to Alex to conceal my identity.

I'd told him I was an orphan from the north with no family and no connections.

Alex had believed me, and so had Emily.

"I–" I opened my mouth.

"That's enough." Emily waved dismissively and slipped the insignia into her pocket. "We'll talk about it after the treatment."

Alex nodded and reached forward to grab my arm. "Get up. Stop kneeling on the floor. You're making us look bad!"

He pulled so hard that my entire body lurched forward. My forehead slammed into the leg of the table with a dull thud.

The pain came slowly. By then, I could no longer tell which parts of my body hurt because of the poison and which because of the impact.

Everyone in the banquet hall watched with undisguised amusement. Some even held up their phones to record the spectacle.

"Alpha Alex, your mate sure knows how to drag out a scene." One of his friends approached with a glass of wine while grinning. Alex's expression darkened, but he didn't argue.

He simply hauled me off the floor and dumped me back into the chair.

He then turned around and said, "Stop recording. Spare her some dignity."

But they'd already stripped me of every last shred of dignity.

I slumped against the chair. Just before my vision went completely dark, I saw Emily holding my insignia.

Someone splashed a cup of cold water in my face.

The icy liquid jolted me into a violent coughing fit and reignited the burning pain in my throat.

Through my blurred vision, I saw Emily standing over me with an empty cup.

"Feeling a little more awake?" Her voice was soft. Only I could hear her. "Don't pass out. It wouldn't be any fun if you did. Hang in there a little longer. The banquet isn't over yet."

I looked past her at the familiar face behind her.

Alex had his back to me. He was drinking with his friends.

He never once turned around to look at me.

For the first time in three years, I understood with absolute clarity that no one in that banquet hall would help me.

They'd all decided to watch this spectacle play out to the very end. They were waiting to see whether I would finally be 'cured' or die right there.

"E-Emily." My voice was extremely hoarse. "W-What exactly did you make me drink tonight?"

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    "It's a healing potion I specially concocted just for you." Her voice was as soft as a sigh as her fingernails dragged across my face and left one bloody scratch after another."A generous dose of silver powder mixed with wolfsbane juice, plus a little something hallucinogenic. Once you drink it, your nervous system will slowly burn away until the very last moment!" she added.My fingers clenched around the armrests of the chair. She reached out, grabbed my hair, and forced me to lift my head to face her."Alex is the esteemed Alpha of Darknight Pack. You're nothing but a filthy rogue. You're not worthy of him!"She straightened up before slipping back into her usual gentle demeanor."Personally, though, I wouldn't recommend going around telling people about this." She glanced at Alex. "After all, even if you tell him, he won't believe you."It felt like my body had been thrown into a raging fire. The agony burned through me from the inside out, leaving me unable to make a sound.

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