Chapter 32

Noella POV

“What was I thinking? That I will tame a wolf and make him love me?” I laughed at myself, at my current status, and at my useless life.

I would have just died with the others—with my family rather than live such a useless, tasteless life.

I curled my legs up to my chest with my chin resting on my knee. My eyes were wide open, staring at the empty prison, and outside was the prison guard. The wailing and crying of other prisoners echoed in the dungeon; it was hard not to hear it no matter how you closed your ears.

“What made me think he would trust me? I have been fooling myself all these while,” I said sadly.

To me, I feel like I have wasted a lot of time. I wasted a lot of time believing in love and thinking a vile man would love me. I sighed loudly, resting my back on the dirty wall. Do I have a choice?

“But...” I stopped talking when I remembered his words to Aragon and me in the private cabin.

He had desperation in his