I run home and burst through the door.
I cannot believe what I have just heard.
Father emerges from the kitchen.
He looks at me expectantly.
He is smiling.
He is expecting me to announce my engagement to Nathaniel.
"How did it go?" he asks.
I shake my head.
"I am not marrying Nathaniel," I blurt out.
His mouth drops open. His face falls.
"What?" he says.
I stare at the floor.
"He has arranged for me to marry someone else," I say angrily.
"Who?" he asks.
"Jeremiah."
"There is no wolf called Jeremiah," he says, frowning.
"He is the Alpha of a neighboring pack."
"What?" Father says, his eyes wide. His mouth is open. He is clearly shocked. "That's absurd."
"I know."
"But...but why?"
I pause. I feel guilty. I know Father loves me. I know he loves Alpha. And I don't want to h
