Fiona's POV
Present Day…
Dear goddess, this couldn't be happening.
The words echoed in the great clearing. Like a well-planned cruel joke. My heart thumped in my ribs, the white lace of my ceremonial dress too tight, too confining.
He rejected me.
My mate just rejected me in front of the whole pack.
I couldn’t see. Hundreds of eyes were burned into me, and the murmuring was growing louder with every second. I blinked. Trying to regain my senses. Trying to figure out this whole mess.
This was never supposed to happen.
This was supposed to be the happiest day of my life. The one day in my sad life that I’ve been waiting for.
I tripped forward, my bare feet sinking into the cold ground below.
"Ragnar... " I whispered. My voice cracked. I reached out to him. I wasn't even spared a
