VALERIA

"Really? I thought I heard you murmuring something," she approached me with suspicion.

"No, I was just thinking out loud. Did you manage to sort things out with your boyfriend?"

I descended the steps and found her sitting on the last one, suddenly bursting into tears.

Between sobs, she confessed her struggles with her mate and her parents—being the Alpha’s daughter wasn’t easy.

"Don't be like that. There’s got to be a solution. Don’t you have anyone who supports you? Maybe a sister?"

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