The pain started in my chest and spread like wildfire through every nerve ending. I stood in the great hall of Shadow Creek Pack, wearing the white dress I'd saved for three years—ever since the night Ryker first told me I was his mate. The same dress now felt like a shroud as five hundred wolves watched my world crumble."I, Alpha Ryker Blackstone, reject you, Aria Winters, as my mate and Luna of Shadow Creek Pack."The words echoed in the vast space, each syllable a nail in my coffin. My wolf, Maya, howled in agony inside me, but her cries seemed distant, weaker than they should be. Everything about me was weaker than it should be."Ryker, please—" I reached for him, but he stepped back, his green eyes cold as winter frost."You've been sick four times this month alone, Aria. You can barely shift anymore. How can you protect this pack? How can you give me strong heirs when you can barely stand through a ceremony?"He was right. Even now, my legs trembled, and the familiar nausea ro
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