Chapter 222 Offered on a Silver Platter Part 1

Lilac's P.O.V

Hope…

It shouldn't even exist in my vocabulary.

'This is why strays shouldn't be picked up from the streets in the first place.'

Krimson's words still rang out loud and clear in my mind, even though he hadn't said it loud enough for everyone to hear.

But that didn't make a difference. It was clear enough for me. He could've said 'I hate your guts' in a thousand other languages and it wouldn't have hurt this much…not as much as those words had.

Alpha Krimson knew exactly how to cross all boundaries. Knew exactly where to shoot so it hurt the most.

I backed away from the crowd as Alpha Killian and Alpha Elijah followed Krimson out of the room, followed by Beta Luca. Now that the drama was done, people seemed to go back to their usual chatter, not caring that my world was just being ripped apart.

I couldn't give voices to the screams inside my head; to the tumultuous racket inside my heart…the sound of it breaking into a millio