Chapter 20 : I'm done

*Charlotte*

“I’m sorry.”

That’s all Alexander said before he ran out of the party, leaving me alone at the top of the stairs.

I stared blankly at the spot he had just been, the utter cold silence all that was left to keep me company in his wake. Everything around me vanished as I stood there, and the memory of him looking at me, her voice echoing in my ears, and the last words he said to me repeating over and over in a matter of what seemed like hours but was only seconds.

A chilling cold crept from my heart down to my fingertips.

“Announcing Our Future Alpha Alexander and his betrothed, Charlotte Rosewood!”

The curtains opened, the spotlight falling upon my still form and I slowly gazed out at the crowd of hundreds staring up at me, but in my deranged mind, they looked only like beasts ready to pounce at the slightest hint of weakness.

It was only then and there, feeling numb and empty at the foot of the staircase did I realize that Alexander was not coming ba