Chapter 82

Shock hit me like a lightning bolt, freezing my breath and leaving my thoughts in a tangled storm.

What?! Fiancée?

No. No. No. It can’t be possible. Absolutely fucking not possible.

Or… was it?

With a swift move, I turned toward Clinton, who still stood rigid, glaring at his mom and the woman—his fiancée.

I expected him to refute his mother’s words, to at least try and defend himself, but he didn’t. He simply glared at them, like he had been the one betrayed.

And that was when it started to sink in. The realization hit me like a freight train, so strong I nearly stumbled.

The truth had been there all along, but I had been too blind to see it. He was using me. He claimed me as his mate but not as his Luna or Queen. Clearly, he had another woman outside who would fit into that role. For all that was worth, I was just an ordinary wolf to him. One with a terrible past that he couldn’t see a future with.

“Did the Alpha mention anything to you this morning before he left?” The Gamma's words