LAYLA It was painful and heartbreaking to watch him choose another.I told Nira I felt sick. I said I had a headache, I even tried lying, said I had a fever, maybe the flu, maybe worse. Something that would let me disappear for a day, just one damn day.“The pack will start talking, they will call you wicked and jealous.” She said, “Please, just go. Be in attendance.”Because no matter what Del did, no matter how far he pushed me aside, how much he distanced himself, I was still his mate.Not by court title, not in name.But by bond, by history, by pain and fire and everything we’d clawed through together.So I got dressed.Nira helped me into a light blue gown. It used to be my favorite. Pale as the morning sky. Flowing, soft, gentle on the skin. I used to feel beautiful in it.Now?It just felt tight at the chest. Like it was choking me. It was too heavy around the shoulders, too fragile around the waist. Like a costume meant for someone else.My hands were shaking the entire time
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