LUXURIA. I had been knocking on the door but got no answer. I was nervous to death. I was angry at him. At my mate. For putting me through such hell. That dark, cold dungeon had nearly shattered my spirit, molding me into something else. It broke me. I hated him for it. For everything. For tearing me down, breaking me piece by piece until the rebellion inside me died a natural death. I had no will to be rebellious or disobedient anymore. I wouldn't want to go back in there. He'd turned me into a version of myself I barely recognized, too afraid to resist. Yet, no matter the rage burning through my veins, I couldn't avoid him forever. Thanks to Zendaya for her intervention. She seemed to have delivered my message to the Alpha. I had sent her to tell him that I'd like to see him. A

