Kennedy I looked at the gun in Bella's hand. " Bella, what c.c.can I do to convince you that I d.d.don't want your husband?" I asked her. " Oh you d.d.d.don't?" She mocked me, just like all the bullies I faced growing up. I turned away from her and limped to the end of the veranda. I swung my leg over the railing and dropped over the side to the ground below. It was the only choice I had. She yelled at me from above. " I will kill you if you show your face back here ever again!" I nodded, trying not to show the agony that I was in. I was hurting fiercely now. My legs were strained. I heard the crowd inside applauding. The Alpha must have arrived. He was a rock star to his people. I stayed put in the grass. I didn't try to go back inside. I heard a loud commotion as the

