Even the fates have given up on me.

My vision dims, my head is heavy. I see the officiant stop as Nolan raises his hand, his lips curled in a smile that is as disgusting as his insides.

His voice reaches my ears, each word hitting me slowly, “Today, the plan was to take Thea Knight as my second mate, this tribe’s second female Alpha. Someone you could all look up to as she brought our tribe to greatness. But things have changed. Thea will be subservient to my first mate, Clarice. And she ...