#Chapter 61: Pairs

Olivia’s words struck through me like a fatal blow. I didn’t deserve to be here. I knew that. Everyone knew that. But it wasn’t because I had loose morals or a child. It was simply because they were nobility, all prim and proper, and I was a shadow of my former self. A wolf-less waitress, just trying to get by. I had no right to waste the princes’ time. They didn’t know that I wasn’t here for romance. I had no intention of marrying any prince. I just wanted medical care for Elva, and to find my wolf. I couldn’t tell them that, though, so I kept it all bundled up inside of me, buried down into the deepest part of myself. Let them think whatever they wanted. They would anyway, no matter what I said. Olivia sneered, smug like she’d won a victory here. Yet before she or I or anyone else could say another word, Nathan tapped onto his microphone and drew all of our gazes up to the lifted platform. “Congratulations again, on surviving the first round of eliminations,” he said. Now th