* Regina *Everyone was still busy with laughter and music mixing in a haze of smoke and the scent of perfume coming from the she-wolves. My eyes stung, though I didn't understand why. Perhaps, I am disappointed with myself that he hadn't chosen me. Alpha Archer does not prefer me.He had glanced at me, more than once, I knew he had, but in the end, it was Carla's name he uttered. Carla, with her colored lips and perfect smile, who slipped her hand into his arm like she had been waiting her whole life for it. The hall cheered, their voices rising, and I tried to join in. I even clapped my hands softly, but the sound felt hollow, but deep inside I am not happy. Was I disappointed? Yes. But the truth was, I didn't even know what I had been hoping for. I was too young to truly understand what it meant to be chosen, what it meant to follow the Alpha into his chambers. I had only heard whispers, scandal and reverence, from the older women, stories painted with both envy and warning.Still
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