You know what hurts the most? Alpha Knox was kind of nice to me earlier. He told me I was beautiful. And foolishly as I was, I began to hope. Even I found it hard to believe he said that. Now, here he was, cheating. I hung my head like a dying flower and was about to leave when someone grabbed me by the waist and covered my mouth. My eyes flew open. “let me go! I —” “It's me” came that dark raspy voice. I stilled. I turned around immediately and there he was. My mate. He grabbed my arm, willing me to look into his eyes. “ Where did you run off to!?” He growled. “You are hurting me” I yelped, trying to free myself from his grip. “That was my intent,” he smirked. “To cause you pain,” I whimpered as he tightened his grip. “You will get punished for this” he sneered. “ That is a promi

