And she had the nerve to speak to me like that?
I slammed my fork down, stood, and yelled. “I have no business with your son! Stop picking on me! I am sick and tired of your s**t, Martha!”
The table went still.
“I hate that I’m here. Do you hear me? Hate it. I never wanted this. But here I am, stuck in this house, stuck in this mess. Leave me the f**k alone! You don’t get to dictate my life.”
Martha's mouth fell open. Lucian froze beside me. I wasn’t finished.
“Darian will be Alpha. I will be Gamma. I earned that. I’ve worked harder than anyone to get there, and I won’t throw that away because you can’t stomach me. You want to hate me? Fine. But keep your poison to yourself.”
I turned to Alpha Vander, voice shaking. “Alpha, with your permission, I’d like to excuse myself.”
He stared
