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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.”

eyes immediately went to Theo, who was still sitting on the coach and didn’t

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

into one another’s ears.

glint that surfaced in Raymond’s eyes-he was probably expecting the Omega

want Raymond to make any more comments on how a servant should behave, so I asked, “How

you?”

you know I

I’m certain you will be overjoyed

me as I studied his face. “Wh-what is it?” I braced myself, thinking I

know.

garden about finding a suitable mate?” Again, he was looking at Theo with disgust written all over his

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

bad example to the entire village by dating

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

hearted-”

looked up at Raymond,

“-Wonderful, loving Ciana?”

I said. “When you say it

of someone. It’s the perfect match for you! The entire pack has already heard the news, and the elders have agreed,

already talked to the elders and the pack about

want for me to do.”

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

it that you’ve decided I am to wed?” I asked,

grin widened so that I could

back teeth.

I repeated, my forehead wrinkling.

said it again, clapping his hands together this time. “It’s absolutely perfect isn’t

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

was not

sorry, Raymond,” I said, trying to sound as convincing as possible. “You are not in a position to force me to

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

and now.

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

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

the female servants had a grip on me. They were moving me into position, trying to get me measured for my wedding

backed toward the door. “Don’t

Wait!” I yelled after his

We will

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

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

being poked and prodded, spun and turned, until I didn’t know

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

at once, so getting changed and measured, and

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