Chapter 63 

~Valeria ~ He was there. He was right there! I wanted to touch him. I wanted to kiss him, hug him! He looked so… broken. I can’t do it. I can’t break this bond. I love him. I want him. I need him. I cry in bed, my hand on my chest, trying to soothe the pain in my heart. My face is covered in tears and snot. He said it was all a lie, a plan. Is it true? The angry part of me, my mind, wants to reject the idea. It tells me he’s lying. My heart—the part of me that loves him—tells me it’s true. Which one is right? What do I believe? What do I do? The light of morning enters my room after a restless night, and I’m shaken up by rapid knocks on the door. It’s Dagar who stands in my doorway with a dress in hand, and it looks so familiar. “Valeria, we’ll be meeting Alpha Trent. The Alpha who gave us the truck and all the supplies.” “You better not be pimping me out!” “I really do not understand some of your modern words.” He looks unamused. “Whoring me out or something like that,” I explain. “Yo