THE REJECTED BETA
"Get some sleep. Tomorrow, we announce the date of the wedding. We show the District that the South is united. And you will smile, Noah. You will smile as if you are the luckiest man in the world."
She disappeared into the bedroom, the click of the latch sounding like the closing of a trap.
I stood alone in the dark, the wine in my glass untouched. The moon was high now, casting long, distorted shadows across the floor. I looked at the spot where she had stood, then at the heavy doors that led back to my father’s chambers.
I was an Alpha. I was a Thorne. But as I looked at my own reflection in the window, I didn't see a leader. I saw a pawn that had finally realized it was on a board.