Charmaine's POV
I stormed out of the cafe, my blood boiling with anger. How dare they? How could they even try to dictate my life? I felt like I was going to explode, like my anger was going to consume me whole.
I walked home, my feet pounding the pavement in time with my racing heart. I couldn't believe what I had just heard. Those people, they had no idea what they were talking about. They had no idea what I had been through, what I was still going through.
I reached my front door, still fuming with anger. I pushed open the door and stepped inside, slamming it shut behind me. I leaned against the door, taking a deep breath and trying to calm myself down.
But my calm was short-lived. I spotted a note on the kitchen counter, and my heart sank. "Come to the Alpha's Palace," it read. I g
