"I was only 18, but already a powerful Alpha; I lunged at him to tear him apart, but then, my father and his Omega intervened.

"As usual, that woman twisted everything. Her brother said he loved my little sister, and they were both in love—I clearly saw him forcing her! Cough, cough, cough…"

"Don't get worked up. Drink some water. You don't have to tell me, Elijah," Ophelia said, handing him the glass of water again.

"No, I must... I can't stand it anymore that you don't know why I've hurt you so much.

"Though rejection was visible in her eyes, I don’t know what that damned woman told her, but in the end, she submitted and became the wife of that lecherous old man, who was hundreds of years her senior.

"She even lost the chance to meet her mate because that man had already marked her as his."

"Everyone was happy, everything stayed within the family, and I grew more disgusted with the situation each day. I tried to talk to my father to stop the ceremony, but he said it was my sister's