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Chapter 30 Who Am I to Wed?

It had been two days. Theo didn’t say much of anything else to me, and neither did I to him.

We spent a lot of time in the library or the parlor, me looking for information and him… sulking. At least, that’s what it looked like to me. Maybe he was using the mind-link to communicate with leaders of nearby packs or had set up some sort of a network to relay information back to the castle. I honestly had no idea. All I knew for certain was that he wasn’t speaking to me.

I did my best to look around the pack house, trying to find information about what was going on with Raymond or figure out how to contact my parents, but both efforts

were futile.

All I knew for certain was that Raymond wanted to take control of the pack, and in my father’s absence, he was acting like he was the Alpha.

It was dangerous, and I had to find a way to put a stop to it,

sooner rather than later.

I wanted to discuss the situation with Theo, but I was still

mad at him and didn’t want to be the one to beg.

To my surprise, he hadn’t left. I thought he would after our argument, but instead, he had followed me around.

“Why did you follow me that day?” I asked him once.

“I ran into you,” he corrected me. “I told you I would investigate, and you happened to be there.”

I almost wanted to roll my eyes, but I didn’t. Because, deep down, I knew he had just come to check on me, to make

sure I was safe, which made me feel that maybe he did care

about me.

I guessed my blood must be just so important to him that

he couldn’t bear to leave without it.

We were in the parlor of the pack house, and I was looking through an old journal I’d found that appeared to belong to an Alpha of the pack from before my father took over. It was mostly about crops and taxes and other boring things, but I was determined to read all the way through it for any

clue as to what might be going on in our pack.

A maid came in and announced, “Miss Ciana, Beta Raymond is here to see you.” She curtsied and then turned

and left.

I stared after her, wondering why she didn’t wait for me to say I’d see him, but he was there an instant later, walking in

like he owned the place.

“Aw, there you are!” He swept into the room wearing a nice suit, his hair slicked back, like he was on his way to a business meeting. “It’s lovely to see you!”

I stood, my forehead still puckered at his unexpected appearance. “Good afternoon, Raymond.”

was still sitting on the coach

Theo should be standing next to me, like any other servant. But then… he already thought there was something romantic going on between Thorn and I,

into one another’s ears.

probably expecting the Omega to stand up immediately, bow to him, and offer

comments on how a servant should behave, so I asked, “How may I

you?”

let you know I was

certain you will be overjoyed to hear it. I couldn’t wait another

as I studied his face. “Wh-what is it?” I braced myself, thinking I probably didn’t want

know.

told you the other day in the garden about finding a suitable

he was with his vicious plan of eliminating my family, with the nerve to make ridiculous

a bad example to the

continued, “Yes, well, I was thinking, who would be the best match for

hearted-”

up at Raymond,

“-Wonderful, loving Ciana?”

said. “When you say it like that, I sound pretty

heard the news,

the elders and the pack about this? And you haven’t spoken

as your father would want for me to do.” He

“At any rate, you won’ t have that attitude when I tell you who

I am to wed?” I asked, my tone conveying I was anything

widened so that I

back teeth.

repeated, my

his hands together this time. “It’s

hair that was always standing

I was not marrying

“You are not in a position to force

wrong.” He clapped his hands twice, and the doors opened. A flurry of servants came rushing into the room carrying all sorts of wedding materials, mostly dresses, jewelry, shoes, and other accessories. Some of them had flowers in their hands, like they were going to assemble the bouquet

and now.

is all of this?” I shouted. “No! We are not doing this!” I yelled at the servants to stop, but they were

positively evil. “I’m sorry to tell you this, Ciana, but

I shouted at him, but now, several of the female servants had a grip on me. They were moving me into position, trying to get me measured for my wedding gown, I

“Don’t worry,

yelled after his

eyes said, “You will stand still, young lady! We

wild and her white hair pulled up so tightly into a bun it had to be painful on

Theo. He was still sitting on the couch, his arms folded, and I couldn’t tell what he was thinking

busy being poked and

and run away, but I knew it wouldn’t be possible without Theo’s help. Judging by his aloof attitude toward the whole thing, it didn’t seem he was interested in picking

thirty shifters at once, so getting changed and measured, and

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wasn’t life-threatening enough