Chapter 77

• Lavender's POV
• I found myself standing before the mirror again to be dressed up on this brand new day. Despite it being hours since I spoke with Alpha Toot, I could not get his words out of my mind. When I was thinking about it or was trying to push it out of my mind, it kept replaying in my mind, and I hated every bit of it. Worse, I could not take my eyes off my neck. As though they wanted to torture me, they made me put on a dress that was off shoulder so I could always see my neck.
• A part of me believed if I was put in a cloth that covered my neck, my mind would be calm. That didn’t happen, and it wouldn’t even if I asked. I really wanted to stop thinking about it. I was reading too much meaning to it. I knew Alpha Caramel had not marked me, but I did not let that define us in any way. Just because I was not marked does not mean I was not his wife.