Adeline pursed her lips."Cassia, you don't have to do this. Nobody's going to laugh at you."Contempt flashed through Kieran's eyes."Don't worry, Cassia. For your sister's sake, if no one ever takes you, we'll still take you in."My father's frown pulled tighter.They all thought I was talking out of temper, scraping together whatever dignity I had left.But from the moment Adeline said yes, I knew that even if I had wanted Kieran, I could never have taken him.My mother was the mate the Moon Goddess chose for my father.She pulled at him in a way he could not resist, and he hated that the choice had been made for him, so he came to dislike her for it.My mother was a proud wolf. She could not bring herself to bow and please anyone, so she kept everything shut inside.She died not long after I was born.Adeline was born to my father's second mate.That one he had courted himself, and the two of them were happy.From the day Adeline was born, he was hard on her.He hired six tutors an
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