Chapter 13: Never Again

ASHAMED? This blood was what kept me apart from everyone in the city. It disconnected me from them. It burned all the bridges I could have had with them.

Many times in my life, I hated this mixed blood within me. I questioned it. I thought if I didn’t have this, maybe the people in the city would have learned to accept me as part of their circle. But with Beatrice-the current Queen’s-arrival, I realized that my blood was only an excuse they made to distance themselves from me.

Whether I was pure breed or not, people were still bound to toss me away because my mother was not the King’s mate. She held no solid ground in the kingdom. And in the royal system, they value the importance of mates. For others, Beatrice was the most suitable partner for Augustus. They believed that their bond would lengthen his life and would strengthen him and the kingdom. True enough, Augustus had been more powerful with his mate by his side. His wolf was in its best shape, it had become stronger than it was