Chapter 3: The offers
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I made it to the kitchens before my hands stopped shaking.
Darius followed me. Of course he did.
“Rae.”
I didn’t turn. I scrubbed a pot harder than I needed to. “Alpha Kade said all Omegas are off-limits after curfew. Leave.”
“I’m not leaving without you.”
His footsteps came closer. My wolf whined. I hated her.
Three years I built these walls. One look from him and they cracked.
“Why now?” I asked. My voice was ice. “You had Selena. You had your perfect Luna.”
“She’s dead,” he said.
The pot slipped from my hands. It crashed.
I turned slow. “What?”
“Rogue attack. Two weeks ago.” His silver eyes were hollow. “The bond broke when she died. And it came back. To you.”
So that’s it. I wasn’t chosen. I was the backup.
Laughter bubbled out of me. Bitter. “How convenient.”
“Don’t,” he stepped closer. “I was cruel. I was young. I thought I was protecting the pack by choosing strength over—”
“Over me?” I finished. “Save it.”
I grabbed a towel and walked past him. “Here’s my offer, Alpha. You want your mate back? Earn her. Because the Omega you threw away is gone.”
I left him standing in the kitchens.
My wolf howled the whole way to my room.
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