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Rhys

She ignored me totally. She didn't even acknowledge me as she walked in nor even after I grunted to show dissatisfaction.

I didn't know what bothered me more, the lack of acknowledgment or Nadia giving her my last name.

I was fuming. Dawn exchanged looks with everyone in the room except me. A whole me! Now she was in the arms of Nadia who cradled her like a baby. I wanted to rip them apart and hold Dawn’s face so I could stare her in the eyeballs and ask what gave her the audacity to disregard me.

It then occurred to me that I may have done something to warrant the treatment I was getting. But what? What happened? What had she heard? Was it because I wasn't there for her last episode?

Why would she even be mad at that? I was off in Silver Moon, fighting for my life against a deranged Alpha. If Dawn could only stare at me, even for a brief moment, then I'd know what was going on in her pretty little head.

When did you start wearing your heart on your sleeves, Alpha? Nadia’s voic