The park buzzed with whispers and furtive glances. Everywhere I went, I could feel the eyes of the courtiers and servants on me, hear the murmurs and rumors that spread like wildfire. They had said the Alpha, Jayden, was having an affair with me — a werewolf. It was unthinkable, a betrayal of everything the lycan kingdom stood for.
Everywhere I went, every place I had entered, the atmosphere grew more oppressive with each passing day. I could feel the weight of the disapproval and jealousy directed at me. Some of them, from the people I knew right from when Jayden and I were really young. I even tried to find solace in the quiet corners of the aisles, but there was no escape from the scorn and the judgment.
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After a terrible nightmare in my chambers, I heard a knock from one of the
