The following morning in the Norfield pack, Charlotte awoke to the early morning sunlight that peeked into her room. As she sat up in her hospital bed, she saw her mother beside her, smiling at her.
Charlotte smiled back at her mother, momentarily feeling as if it were a dream—a life where she wouldn’t ever see Teddy again. She wanted to ask her mother, "Where are we, Mom?"
"Charlotte, you're awake! Come and change into your dress. You have been discharged, and we are going home," her mother told her. Charlotte's brows knitted together in confusion.
Realization dawned on her that she was still in the pack's hospital and it wasn't a dream.
"Mom, I don't want to go back to Alpha Teddy's mansion. You know that he doesn’t like me, and I’m not his true mate," Charlotte complained as she ros
