Just to favor a beta she-wolf, he protected her while disgracing me.
I should have never met him.
Ava had known him for many years and was very close to him, but I was his mate.
Even if I was his rejected mate, I was still his mate.
But now, he didn't care about anything.
I found myself clenching my fists as I walked toward my quarters, biting my lips.
My heart was filled with unconscious sorrow, like a bird with broken wings, unable to fly and enjoy the view—the very thing that once brought it happiness.
I was just like a silent star.
Behind me, Emily stood like a silent statue, not saying a word.
I didn't want to trouble her—she had already witnessed too many terrible things.
I only hoped this wouldn't ruin her mindset, that she wouldn't start believing her Alpha might treat her the same way mine treated me.
