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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.”

immediately went to Theo, who was still sitting on the

thought there was something romantic going on between Thorn and I, so he likely thought we were reading love poems to one another or whispering sweet

into one another’s ears.

I caught a slightly offended glint that surfaced in Raymond’s eyes-he was probably expecting the Omega to stand up immediately, bow to him,

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

you?”

you know I was stopping by. It’s

be overjoyed to hear it. I couldn’t wait another moment

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

know.

the garden about finding a suitable mate?” Again, he was looking at Theo with

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

bad example to the

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

hearted-”

at Raymond, narrowing his

“-Wonderful, loving Ciana?”

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

pack has already heard the news, and the elders have agreed,

“You’ve already talked to the elders and the pack about

as your father would want for me to do.” He sounded a bit more stern now,

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

decided I am to wed?” I asked, my tone

widened so that I could

back teeth.

repeated, my

said it again, clapping his hands together this time. “It’s absolutely perfect

few years older than me-big, loud, brutish, with unkempt curly hair that

I was not marrying

trying to sound as convincing as possible. “You are not in a position to force me

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

and now.

yelled at the servants to stop, but they were not

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

over me!” I shouted at him, but now, several of the female servants had a grip

“Don’t worry, Ciana. This is

Wait!” I yelled after his retreating

of the servants, but an older woman with a tight grip and piercing eyes said, “You will stand still, young lady! We

hair pulled up so tightly into a bun it

arms folded, and I

was too busy being poked and prodded, spun and turned, until I

to fight them and run away, but I knew it wouldn’t be possible without Theo’s help.

more, no Omega could fight thirty shifters at once, so getting changed and measured, and trying

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and accessories, wasn’t life-threatening enough