Chapter 31: Viral Humiliation
AVELINE
Three days had passed since the fundraiser, and I hadn't seen Thorne once. Not even a glimpse of him in the corridors or the pack house. It was like he was deliberately avoiding me, and honestly, I couldn't blame him.
I had made a complete fool of myself—getting drunk, bleeding in his car, and confessing he was beautiful like some lovesick teenager. The memory made me want to disappear into the ground every time it crossed my mind.
The other pack members had started treating me differently, too. Word had spread about what happened at the party, about how Cece had humiliated me and how the Alpha King had carried me out. Some looked at me with pity, others with barely concealed disgust.
I was arranging flowers in the main hall when I heard familiar
