It had been hours. It had been late into the tonight since the confirmation that my position had been for someone else's. A humourless laugh left my lips. Ivy's. No wonder the woman looked down on me. She had practically been bred for the position, just like... my mouth watered. Just like Astra.
Then I had swooped in and taken it from her - them. Didn't that make me a thief?
All my life, I had been relegated to the second best. I had been chosen last by everyone. By my parents, my best friend, and now by my mate. What kind of life was that? Knowing everyone around you only saw you as an option?
Daya and Arc had left after my food had been delivered, courtesy of Malachai Saint Jon Vhering.
"I know it might not seem like much, and I can't claim to understand how you feel," Daya said before she exited the room hesitation clear in her countenance, "but Alpha Kai stayed with you the whole day when you were unconsciousness. He never stopped looking for you all these years."
