"You look beautiful," Joan says as she places the veil on top of my head and gently strokes my hair. "Beautiful or miserable?" I turn toward the mirror, finally seeing myself for the first time today. Sure, on the outside I look like a normal bride. Red lips, pink cheeks, long, wavy red hair. The makeup artist has done a great job covering the scars on my arms and the one on my chin. No one can see the scars that matter, though."Well, as your friend, I try to focus on the bright side of things," Joan says brightly, placing her hands on my shoulders and gently squeezing them. "You'll be fine, Lena. You always are." The thing is, I don't want to be fine anymore.For once, I just want to be happy, whatever happiness means. And leaving my parents behind could be something to be happy about if it wasn't for the fact that I'm just switching jailors. I don't know a lot about Alpha Jack, but he seems to be the cut of the same tree as my father. Ruthless on the inside. Nice, upstanding bu
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