It hurt.
But didn’t I come first?
Didn’t I approach her first?
The worst part is that Jeremy looked to be just as interested as she was with him.
And just like that, he plucks her from me. The attention was all on him yet again, making a fool of me in the process.
Just when I think it couldn’t get worse, Cora calls me from across the gardens, demanding my presence like some servant under her feet. I tried to resist her order to stay with June, but Cora was still my future Alpha and I could not refuse her, no matter how much I hated it.
I glanced at June just before I left, her eyes on me now, waiting for me to answer my Alpha’s call. She didn’t look at me with laughter in her eyes, but with understanding like she knew what it was like and, if it was possible, was encouraging towar
