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But I’d already stepped back as she approached me, unable to hide my disgust. She noticed. Her
eyes widened, realizing I no longer saw her the same.
I didn’t stay. I rushed to Maurice, lifted his small, broken body into my arms, and carried him to the
doctor. He was unconscious for three days after that.
The only thing Alpha Hamilton had said afterward chilled me: “Don’t do that again, Bella. I can’t see myself being with another woman just to have an heir.”
That was the day I knew for certain, I would never tie myself to that monstrous family.
I released her wrist, stepping back immediately. I didn’t want her scent clinging to me, it felt wrong, almost tainted. My voice came out low but firm.
“Whatever feelings you think you have for me, burn them, Bella. I already have someone I love and cherish. Go find that for yourself too.”
She scoffed, tilting her head back with a bitter laugh. “You must be joking, Osborne. Did you forget? Because of you I rejected my mate! I threw him away for us, so we could be together. And this is how you repay me? By marking another woman who isn’t me?”
I chuckled softly, the sound dry, humorless. “I never asked you to reject him, did I? That was your choice. You’re the one who sneered at the goddess’s decision. ‘How could she pair me with something beneath me?’ Those were your words, not mine. Or did you conveniently forget?”
The memory burned fresh in my mind. I couldn’t recall the poor man’s name now, but I remembered his face well-the desperation in his eyes, the way he begged her again and again to take him back. He would have worshiped her. But Bella only spat on his devotion, hurling insult after insult, stripping away his dignity until he broke. And now she wanted to put that blame on
me?
Her eyes glistened with rage as she hissed, “But it was because of you! Because I loved you! How dare you do this to me, Osborne?” She shoved at my chest, but I didn’t flinch, just watched her
coldly.
“If this hurts you, Bella, then I’m sorry,” I said evenly. “But I love someone else. I’ve marked her. I told you years ago I could never wed you. Did you really think I was joking?”
Her expression faltered, just for a breath. Then she stepped back, her lips curling cruelly. “Oh, I see. That’s it. That’s why you settled for less. Her? Really, Osborne? That fat thing that waddles around
like a pig?”
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Her words sliced through me, not because they were true, but because they were aimed at Aind.”
Insults thrown at me, I could endure. But not her. Not my mate.
I felt my body stiffen, and she noticed. A wicked glint lit up her eyes as if she’d found the crack she
was looking for. She laughed harshly, pressing on the wound. “Let’s face it, Osborne. That girl is
nothing but a fat, disgusting, low-life hippo-”
That was it. The last straw.
In a flash, I had her by the throat, lifting her clean off the ground with one hand. Fury burned through me, tightening every muscle. Her feet kicked against empty air, and still her lips curled into that mocking smile, like she’d won something by driving me to anger, her hands held mine.
But her words fell flat against the fire in my chest. My grip tightened, and my voice was a growl,
vibrating with fury.
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