Bella's POV
“You have to leave now! Before Bran meets you here, or else your head will be fed to the dogs.” The nerve of Lucian's beta to show up here.
What is he thinking? Does he think I'm going to allow him to show up here and destroy everything I've worked hard for? For some weeks now, he has been on my tail, telling me lies in the name of custom—”rogues can't be born outside their territory”—and who cares about that f*****g custom? I have to make him leave before Bran comes out.
That might arouse suspicion in him, and I wouldn't want that. “Leave now!” I shout again, but it seems this is not going to work.
“Do you think I'll leave without you going with me? You don't belong here; you are ours… well, until that pup comes into this world.” He insists, mocking the guards' attempt to
