“Exchange… my mate?” My eyes widened with shock as I stared at my father.
“Don’t you agree?” Father squinted his eyes and continued, “Chloe, you’re the eldest child in our family, don’t be selfish! You need to put the pack’s reputation first! Got it?”
I could not believe that the only time my father willingly acknowledged my identity as his eldest daughter was because he wanted to take my mate away from me.
I felt cold, like fell into endless abyss, more bleak dark! I turned to look at Vanessa, who was calm and kept smiling. It was clear that she had expected this.
It turned out that this was the revenge she had planned for me. She would take away my only hope in this world—Alan.
Alan was all I had!
If he was taken away from me, I would truly be left with nothing.
I bit my lip hard and tried my best to suppress the anger. I would not give Alan up anyhow.
I had to stick up for myself this time!
“Father…” I clenched my fists and screwed up enough courage to say, “I’m willing to sacrifice everything for the pack, but please don’t take Alan from me. You know how much I love him. I can’t be without him.”
It was the first time I had rejected any request from my father since I turned 14. He seemed a little taken aback, but he was not in a rage as I had expected.
He frowned as if he was considering my words over in his mind.
A glimmer of hope rose in my heart.
‘Perhaps he does care about me.’ I was imbued with full expectation.
“Forget it, sweetheart. You don’t have to force Chloe…” Lisa suddenly sighed aloud, “Vanessa can put up with getting looked down upon by the other royals. We can’t force Chloe to give up on her love…”
As she spoke, she looked over at Vanessa, who kept her head down, hiding his features, seemingly aggrieved.
“Well... if they mock our next Alpha, I would fight them to the death,” Lisa continued.
Upon hearing that, the way my father looked at me change drastically. Lisa’s “kind words” meant to work in my favor had planted a seed in his mind.
Lisa had indirectly implied to my father that all I cared about was my love and I did not care about the pack’s honor.
My father was a domineering but conscientious Alpha. What he cared about the most was our pack. If anyone tried to do anything to affect the pack’s interests, he would not let them off easy even if they were his relatives.
Lisa’s words would make him more insistent on getting me to exchange mates with Vanessa.
As expected, my father said sternly, “Chloe, I’m not negotiating with you. I am merely informing you!”
“Father, please...please don’t take my mate away!”
“How did such as you dare to against me? For someone with a weak wolf like yourself, what could you possibly contribute to the pack other than sacrificing your mate?” My father interrupted my pleading, and yelled impatiently. “You have three days to break your mate bond with Alan. Don’t let me down, Chloe!” He demanded without hesitation, ignoring my desperate pleas.
the study, Lisa followed closely behind him.
dejectedly, overwhelming
him. If I refused him, he would definitely force me to obey his order with his
I had to let Alan go?
No...I couldn’t!
wasn’t possible! Alan...Alan would help me!
the whole world went against me, I was sure Alan would still be my side. He loved me too much to do that. I was certain that he would defy my
was the pack’s most distinguished Sentinel. His words held weight. Alan would definitely be able to persuade my father. Anyway, I had to find him first. I could not
seek Alan’s help?”
ground and sprinted to
turned around to look at
sofa, stood there with her hands crossed. Her lips were curled into a mocking
Alan truly loves you, right?” she asked with a
and clenched my fists as a
I asked, staring at
face. “Aah! Alan
in an instant. What the
to tell me that Alan had
With her?
another trick she was pulling to provoke me?
I glared at Vanessa.
me?” Vanessa raised her eyebrows at me, then walked up to me in her high
light soon enough! Poor guy, let’s see if that your confident tone will still
me?” I questioned her, trembling
life is really in your hands?” Vanessa clenched my chin, forcing me to meet her
disease. You won’t die so easily.” She lowered her head, inched closer to my ear, and whispered,
chin and walked away with
entire body was frozen in petrification. I felt oppressed by worry.
Vanessa was lying. I could not help but
of his gaze in the banquet, I
the most sincere smile on his face, and he had been nothing but kind to me all these
He loved me!
had to believe in Alan.
me. I consoled myself by that
had allowed Vanessa’s nonsense to get
going
so
think of making dinner
simply spend my days as a freeloader. So I was forced to take a series of boring
was an activity that allowed me to temporarily forget all my worries.
I started cleaning the steaks. To ensure that they tasted great,
had already calmed down and tried to connect with Alan via the mind
was doing, even though I was sure that everything Vanessa said had