Chapter 58

She had told Cedric that they were not mates, that everything she’d been doing was only because she wanted to get this over with and return home, and he had agreed in the blink of an eye, without even needing convincing, his unreadable expression not betraying even the slightest hint of mere confusion as he accepted her falsehood.

As she lay there, trying to catch her breath, the door to her room swings open, and Lily hurries in, her eyes shining with excitement. Seeing this, Marisol forces a pleasant expression onto her face, not wanting to have to reveal the turmoil raging within her.

Lily, oblivious to Marisol’s inner turmoil, takes a seat beside her on the bed, her excitement palpable as she launches into conversation immediately, “Marisol, you won’t believe what’s been happening,” she exclaims, her words tumbling out in a rush. “First, what happened between you and the Alpha and Luna?”

Marisol shrugs, the recent happenings too complex for her to even try and a