It all came crashing down moments before the ceremony. Joric, the Alpha I loved, had never filed the papers. He never planned to mate with me.Tears pricked my eyes as I remembered the last time I saw him.His hips ground against mine in a frantic rhythm, his teeth grazing the sensitive skin of my neck. "Don't worry, Faelan," he'd whispered, his voice rough. "I've already filed the papers with the elders. The ceremony is just a formality. After the next Blood Moon, nothing can keep us apart."I arched into him, kissing him back.My wolf had howled with joy inside me. He's ours! Finally!After all, Joric and I had been in love for five whole years.But because of my low birth, we could never make it official.For those five years, no matter how hard I tried, Joric’s mother, Senna, a high-ranking elder, had despised me. She never spoke my name in public. To them, I was just "that Omega." At every pack feast, I was seated in the farthest corner. Even when I brought back rare kills fro
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