Auren's POV“Mum, what is this about? Why are you even here? You didn't tell me you were—”“Save it.” Queen Isolde lifted a hand.The force in her voice made me tremble. I lowered my gaze, my body going rigid as the entire courtyard fell into an uneasy silence.Ronan stepped forward. “Mother, you're making a scene.”Isolde turned toward him slowly. “A scene?” she scoffed.She walked straight toward him and stopped inches away, her finger pressing against his chest.“I came here because I heard about your sick decision to marry a girl with no background, no awakened wolf, and a history of rejection.”Each word struck me separately, No background, no awakened wolf, history of rejection.Thornridge flashed through my mind, my stomach twisted.Suddenly, I was back in the courtyard at Thornridge, back before the elders, how they looked at me as though I was something shameful that had been allowed to live too long.The exile, the rejection, the whispers, was history about to repeat itself?
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