|Aria| When I made the resolution to be beside him without giving him my heart, it was highly influenced by his mother’s actions. The way she ridiculed me for going out with Damien, and he ended up coming back wounded, as if that was my fault. As I left his chambers that morning after tending to him all night, I was about to eat breakfast when she barged in and landed two slaps on my cheek without mercy. My eyes blinked in confusion as I held tightly onto my red cheek. “How dare you deceive the alpha and take him out to get him hurt?” Her voice filled the room with a loud yell “He took me out himself. What power do I have to take him out?” I didn’t know where the audacity came from. I was so pissed beyond what I could control. A scoff followed my response. She didn’t expect me to sta

