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DOMINICFor the past three days, the castle felt like a cage. And I was completely losing my mind. Adeline was avoiding me. She wasn't being unprofessional about it, which made it worse. She showed up to the travel meetings for the trip to the Bloodcrest Pack, she approved the budget for our guards, but she did it all with a completely blank face.She never even looked at me. If I asked her a question, she just gave me a flat "Yes, Your Majesty," or "Whatever you say, Alpha”. And it was killing me. She had her walls right back up and I couldn't break through them. ‘You deserve it,’ my Lycan snapped, sounding completely disgusted with me. ‘You kissed her until she couldn't think straight, and then you called her a traitor’s daughter to her face. I want to bite you myself.’“I had to do it,” I argued back, pacing around my study. “If I didn't push her away, I would have dragged her to bed. I can't just trust someone who tried to pack up and leave me.”But I knew I was making excuses

ADELINEThe air completely vanished from my lungs.The music, the laughter, the warmth of Dominic’s arm under my fingers…it all shattered in a single second. The entire ballroom seemed to tilt and I couldn’t hear anything but a high-pitched ringing filling my ears.Alpha Hilton Mayers.I could feel the blood draining from my face. My knees shook so badly l that they nearly buckled. Every single piece of confidence I had spent the last few months building up, every ounce of pride I felt standing as a Luna, vanished into thin air.In a flimsy second, I wasn't a Luna standing beside the Lycan King anymore.I was back in the dark, cold dungeons of the Redpool pack. I was that helpless, defenseless girl again, locked away in a cell where nobody could hear me scream. I could feel the cold stone floor under my bare feet. I could hear the heavy sound of the door swinging open, followed by the terrifying thud of Hilton’s boots coming toward me in the dark.My body began to ache with the memori

ADELINEThe iron lock on the suite door clicked into place with a loud bang. The sound echoed through the room, cutting off the last bit of warmth left in the hallway.I stood completely still in the center of the bedroom, my legs feeling like lead. Slowly, the strength drained out of my body entirely, and my knees buckled. I sank down onto the carpet, my gown pooling around me in a wrinkled heap of green silk.I covered my face with my hands and let out a loud, broken sob.The tears came rushing back soaking against my palms. I couldn't stop shaking. Every time I closed my eyes, I saw Hilton’s face. I heard his rough voice calling me trash in front of the entire High Court. The beautiful necklace around my throat suddenly felt like a heavy iron collar, choking me, reminding me that no matter how high I climbed, my past was always waiting to drag me back into the dirt.I was so stupid. I was so incredibly stupid to think I could be a Queen. I was an orphan omega. I was a maid from th

ADELINEThe morning of the betrothal day arrived with a brutal, freezing fog that rolled off the horizon. It crept through my bedroom window, making the indoor air so cold it was freezing. I stood by the small wooden basin in the corner of the suite, my body shivering beneath the thin, fabric of the gray dress I was given yesterday. Suddenly, my stomach gave a violent heave.I instantly dropped to my knees, my hands gripping the cold edges of the washbasin as I heaved into the. My throat burned. My chest felt tight and constricted. I squeezed my eyes shut, forcing myself to take slow, shallow breaths through my nose.No. No, no, no. Not now. I had to suppress the morning sickness with everything I had. The servants were already suspicious, and the guards watched my every move. If anyone caught me throwing up like this, they would ask questions and possibly call a pack healer. And the moment a healer laid a hand on me, my most dangerous secret would be dragged into the light.I stay

ADELINEThe world around me completely stopped spinning. The cold stone wall pressed hard against my back, but I could barely feel the freezing temperature of the rock. All I could feel was the terrifying weight of Hilton’s massive body trapping me in the dark corner, and the rough, thick texture of his large palm slamming flat over my mouth.His face was only inches from mine. In the dim, gray light of the narrow service corridor, the deep scars running across his cheek looked like jagged lines of twisted leather. His dark eyes burned with a wild, brutal hunger that made my entire body go completely numb with fear. I could smell the old blood, the heavy winter furs, and the dark, suffocating northern Alpha aura rolling off his skin in thick waves. It hit my nose like a physical blow, making my head spin with a sudden, violent wave of dizziness."Did you really think you could run away from me, little slave?" Hilton whispered into the dark. His voice was low, rough, and full of a sick