Alexandra’s POV
I could still feel the sting of Nathan’s betrayal as Marcus and his men dragged me out of the palace. My wrists throbbed where they’d gripped me too tightly, but the pain was nothing compared to the bitterness that twisted inside me like a knife. How could he? How could he throw me aside so easily? After everything I had done for him, for this pack, for our people—this was my reward? I had loved him even before Nicole ever showed up and now he tossed me out like trash!
The further they dragged me from the palace, the heavier the realization became. I was being exiled. Banished. Cast out like some lowly It was a fate I’d never imagined for myself, not in a thousand years. I was not even going to kill his son,it was just a threat to get to Nicole. I had spent so much time
