Chapter 36

I was surrounded by handmaidens who prepared me for my ceremony of presentation to the elders, they braided my hair and put gold jewelry on it, I wore a long black dress studded with diamonds, My eyes were painted black and I wore a necklace that had the symbol of a white wolf, the symbol of the Chase, the Alpha.

When I looked at the necklace on my neck I ran my fingers through it, and remembered the last night I saw the commander in his room... with that woman.

I could still feel his touch on my skin, the rubbing of his lips on mine, his smell... all these memories made me bleed. 

— My lady don’t cry in front of the handmaidens...— Lina whispered beside me as she pretended to put a clip back in my hair, I looked in the mirror and saw a tear coming down.

I dismissed everyone in the room except Lina.

Then I sat on the bed and took my hands to my face and cried.

Lina sat next to me and hugged me, the tranquility and positive energy emanating from her