Mated to the Forbidden
the woman said, almost casually, as though she were reciting a fact.
My teeth sank into my lower lip until I tasted blood. Shame curled through me, stinging sharper than any blade. My family’s name, our pride, our legacy had already been stained because of me. Because of my frail body, my weakness, my failure. If my parents heard whispers of such gossip spreading through the pack, their hearts would break beneath the weight of humiliation.
“That was a weak one. This woman is different,” the man said with a short laugh. His words struck like stones against my chest, cruel and deliberate.
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