It felt like the world just opened up below me and swallowed me whole. Everyone in the room knew what this meant, including me.
Rain had made his choice – and he picked his mate!
Everything inside me burned. The pain felt like it was searing into my heart. Eating away at my self-worth and self-respect. It burned like acid, chipping away at my soul and leaving me feeling hollow inside.
When Rain left, so did I. I ignored the victorious grin that Katie threw me. As much as I hated that she’d won, I couldn’t deny that she had.
She’d gotten the man!
And why should I feel any type of way about that? It was my own stupidity that led me to this. I was the naive i***t who believed that a werewolf would want me. I was the fool who let a couple of sweet gestures and softly spoken words blind me
