Chapter 3


    I was already caught so there was no use hiding anymore. I stepped out of the darkness and was


    fully able to take in the scene in front of me.


    Brittany was in a dress the color of a sparkling emerald. It hugged her slim features and flowed


    down to the floor. From her makeup to her perfectly styled bun, she looked like a million bucks.


    ke who was standing next to her looked equally good in a tuxedo and a matching tie. I wonder if


    they matched on purpose or if it was an ident.


    “Amelia,” Brittany said my name with no hint of remorse or surprise.


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    If I didn’t know any better, I would honestly believe she orchestrated the entire thing for me to catch


    them but from the annoyed look on her face, it was obvious that she didn’t expect me to walk in on


    their conversation.


    “How could you?” were the only words I could utter, “You are my sister. How could you do this to


    me?”


    “All is fair in love and war,” she shrugged. “Besides, you know that everything I said was the truth. I


    want him and our union will do more good for him than yours will.”


    “Did you really have to go behind my back and do it on my birthday?” I turned to ke, “And you;


    you lied to me that you were busy and you were here making out with my sister.”


    Tears threatened to spill from my eyes and I angrily wiped them away. My hand came away ck


    and I cursed myself for using Brittany’s mascara in the first ce.


    ke opened his mouth to speak but Brittany effectively stepped in his path blocking his view of


    me. She ced both her hands on his shoulders and forced him to stare into her eyes.


    “You want me, just as much as I want you,” she told him, “This is the only opportunity that you will


    get to do this. Reject her and we can be happy together.”


    “Please don’t do this,” I said as the first tear sl*pped free, “You’re the best thing that has ever


    happened to me and you know it. You said you loved me, do you remember? Don’t do this to us.”


    “You can be Alpha,” Brittany whispered, “You can be powerful and no one will ever tell you what to


    do again. You will have everyone in this pack beneath your little finger and you will have everything


    that you want with a snap of your hands.”


    “Don’t listen to her,” it was almostical how we were both trying to convince him, “I love you


    ke and that is enough for us both.”


    ke slowly ced his hands over Brittany’s that were resting on his shoulder and he pulled them


    off. I let out a sigh of relief as I realized what he was doing. He was pushing her away, which meant


    that he was choosing me. He was choosing us and our love over her desperate attempt to sway


    him.


    My relief however was short lived when I saw him pull Brittany to his side and slide his arm over her


    waist.


    “I’m sorry Amelia,” he called me Amelia, not Amy, “But I’m going to have to end this.”


    “No,” I shook my head in disbelief, “No, please tell me this is a joke.”


    “I have to reject you Amelia; I’m sorry.” He at least had the decency to look guilty, “But I am


    choosing Brittany.”


    I will never be able to trante the pain I felt into words. It felt like someone had just taken a knife to


    the center of my heart and twisted it in then ripped it out. My legs gave way and I crumpled to the


    floor in a heap of tears.


    Vibrations wracked through my b*dy as the pain took control of me from the inside out. I struggled to


    drag myself out of the balcony and away from them but I couldn’t will my b*dy to move. Even


    breathing felt like a chore and I wanted everything to just end


    Suddenly, I heard footsteps and I saw the shiny brogues that belonged to my father. I looked up at


    him at the same time he stared down at me and his l*ps formed a distasteful sneer.


    “Get off the floor Amelia; it is embarrassing,” he looked up at Brittany and ke, “What is going


    on?”


    “Father, ke and I are going to be together.” I could hear the glee in Brittany’s voice, “Aren’t you


    happy for us?”


    “I am darling,” he smiled genuinely and I felt another wrack of pain go through me.


    I must have cked out briefly because the next thing I realized, I was in a pair of arms hovering


    over the floor and for a second I thought it was my father holding me until I heard Brittany’s voice.


    “I don’t see why you have to carry her ke,” her voice held annoyance and disapproval, “You are


    my mate now, do you realize how weird it looks for everyone to see you carrying my sister out of the


    party?”


    “She passed out Brittany,” his voice held patience as he spoke to her.


    “Brittany is right,” I heard my father say and the hurt I felt ran deeper, “It would look unseemly for


    you to be holding your ex so intimately.”


    “I will never speak to her again if that is what you wish,” ke began, “But just allow me the


    decency of getting her back to safety and taking care of her. I feel guilty for what just happened and


    the pain that she just went through.”


    Brittany made a sound close to a scoff and I peeled open my eyes a little to see her looking at my


    father and silently pleading with him to take her side. I expected him to but then he looked at ke


    and sighed.


    “This will be thest time youe in contact with her,” he warned, “Once she is fine; you are never


    to interact with her again.”


    ke nodded, “Yes sir.”


    Without another word, Brittany and my father stood to their feet and that was when I realized that


    we were inside my house. We were inside my bedroom to be exact. I can’t remember thest time


    my father was in here and I surely didn’t think that this would be the circumstances under which


    ke woulde in here for the first time.


    I waited until I heard the door click shut, signifying the exit of my father and sister before I spoke.


    “Let go of me,” I whispered and that was when ke realized that I was awake.


    “Amelia,”


    “Put me down,” I was surprised that my voice came out stable considering how bunched up and


    how much pain I was in on my inside, “Put me down and get out. I never want to see you again.”


    He sighed and gently ced me down on the bed, “Amelia, I need you to listen to me.”


    “You betrayed me ke; you betrayed us,” I sat up so I was looking directly into his guilt stricken


    eyes, “over the promise of being Alpha.”


    “You don’t understand-,”


    “No you don’t understand!” I all but yelled, “I would have never done that to you, ever. I was ready to


    spend the rest of my life with you.”


    “You don’t have a wolf Amelia,” he yelled, “I couldn’t be with you.”


    I swallowed down the hurt I felt at his words and suddenly thest few months felt like a big joke.


    There I was trying to be perfect for him and this is what he has to say about it.


    “Get out,” I managed out and he opened his mouth to speak but I cut him off, “Get out, ke.”


    He sighed and without another word, he turned on his heels and left the room.