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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

servant. But then… he already thought there was something romantic going on between Thorn and I, so he likely thought we were reading love poems to one

into one another’s ears.

eyes-he was probably expecting the Omega to stand up immediately, bow

didn’t want Raymond to make any more comments on how a servant should behave, so I asked,

you?”

sorry I didn’t let you know I was

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

as I studied his face. “Wh-what is it?” I

know.

I told you the other day in the garden about finding a suitable mate?” Again, he was looking at Theo with disgust

what you said.” How could I possibly forget? Here he was with his vicious plan of eliminating my family, with the nerve to make ridiculous

a bad example to the entire village by dating

well, I was thinking, who would be the best match for our

hearted-”

looked up at Raymond,

“-Wonderful, loving Ciana?”

don’t know,” I said. “When you say it like that, I sound pretty

chuckled. “Oh, I thought of someone. It’s the perfect match for you! The entire pack has already heard the news, and the elders have agreed, so the marriage is set. All we have to do is hold

I implored him. “You’ve already talked to the elders and the pack about this? And you haven’t spoken to

you, young lady, as your father would want for

had that jovial look about him. “At any rate, you won’ t have that attitude when I tell you who it

Who is it that you’ve decided I am to wed?” I asked, my tone conveying I was anything but

His grin widened so that

back teeth.

repeated, my forehead

his hands together this time. “It’s absolutely

was a few years older than me-big, loud, brutish, with unkempt curly hair that was always standing up

was not marrying

“You are not

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.

and now.

this!” I yelled at the servants to stop, but they were not listening to me. They would only obey

turned back to look at him, and the smile on his face was still there, but it looked positively evil. “I’m sorry to tell you this, Ciana, but from now on, you’re on house arrest. You and your servant boy there do not leave this

had a grip on me. They were moving me

“Don’t worry, Ciana. This

I yelled after

woman with a tight grip and piercing eyes said, “You will stand still, young lady! We will complete our task! So unless you feel like fighting all thirty of us, I suggest you get it into

hair pulled up so tightly into a bun it had to be painful on

arms folded, and I couldn’t tell

was too busy being poked and prodded, spun and turned, until I didn’t know which way was

of me wanted to fight them 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

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

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and accessories, wasn’t