ALMIRA
I stared at Sebastian, unable to find the right words after everything he had just told me.
I was forced to marry Aquil.
The truth kept repeating in my mind, becoming louder with every passing second.
I had spent days wondering how I could possibly go from hating Aquil with every part of my being to becoming his wife. I had wondered if something had happened to me, if I had somehow lost my mind, or if the woman I became was simply someone completely different from the girl I remembered being. But the beginning of it all was much simpler.
The elders wanted to keep the Guardian Wolf in the pack and they didn't care what it takes.
A bitter laugh escaped me.
"So that's it."
Sebastian looked at me with worry.
"They forced me to marry him."
"At first," he carefully corrected.
