Isabella
"No… Why would you want to stop the alliance?"
My voice was sharper than I meant, but I couldn’t help it. My heart jumped in my chest. I stared at Alpha Dorian, trying to hide the panic rising inside me.
Dorian looked tired. His eyes didn’t meet mine. “My daughter’s health is all I care about. We almost lost her during the engagement. That’s enough reason to reconsider everything.”
And with that, he turned and walked away.
I stood still. My lips pressed together so tightly they hurt. Seraphina sat beside me, quiet as always, just blinking slowly like nothing had happened. As if her father hadn’t just shattered everything I worked for with a few words.
My fingers curled tightly around my silk shawl. I smiled, fake and polished. The kind of smile I wore when people stared. I l
