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Amelia's POV

"He saved me." I said in disbelief.

I stared at my reflection and grimaced at the bruise on my cheek and jaw. It'd be gone soon.

Yet I couldn't put it together. He hated me... so why had he saved me? Maybe it was just a possessive thing.

"No one can beat her or violate her, but me." I could very well imagine him saying that.

"Amelia?" A soft voice said and a knock followed.

"Come in." I said and in walked Nancy. She wore a little blue dress and I smiled softly. I walked out of the bathroom.

"Are you okay? Kaden told everyone what happened. He was scary looking." Nancy said and I sighed.

Her eyes widened when she looked at me.

"I can't believe they did that; I'm glad Alpha killed them." The little girl huffed.

"Yeah..." I said unsure of what to say.

"Amelia can I ask you something?" Nancy said staring at me and I nodded.

"Okay; how do you know when you've met your mate?" She asked and I blinked several times.

"Well you feel a connection. When they touch you there's sparks. They make you feel whole and it's something no one else can do." I said softly and she nodded slowly.

"Okay." She said and I raised an eyebrow.

"Why did you want to know?" I asked and she smiled softly.

"I just wanted to know what I'd feel so I would know." She said and I chuckled softly.

"Most of the time you won't start to feel it until you're sixteenth or seventeen." I explained and she nodded in acknowledgement.

After a few moments there was a pounding on my door. Nancy and I jumped in shock.

"Amelia have you seen--" the door opened revealing a beyond-confused looking Ryan.

His eyes settled on Nancy and he let out a breath.

"Never mind." He said and held out the plush wolf.

"Ryan!" I jumped as Nancy leapt to her feet and rushed at the beta and grabbed her toy. Ryan on the other hand looked as if he was on the verge of having a heart attack.

"You named it Ryan?" I asked and Nancy hugged the wolf to her and nodded. The beta beamed.

"Where'd you find him?" Nancy asked and Ryan chuckled.

"He was under your bed, if you hadn't freaked out you might've found him." Ryan said with a smirk and Nancy huffed.

"If he wasn't under my bed I wouldn't have freaked out." Nancy shot back and I chuckled softly as the beta frowned then raised an eyebrow.

"Okay, calm down Cinderella." Ryan said with a small smile.

"But I don't have a Prince Charming. Ryan can you be my prince?" Nancy said exasperated and I laughed softly. Ryan's eyes widened and he rubbed the back of his neck.

"Oh me? Or the toy?" Ryan said and I laughed harder.

"You." Nancy said.

"Oh uhh... sure. Why not?" Ryan said shooting me a 'help-me' look that had me doubled over laughing.

"We're going to watch Cinderella!" Nancy called out and I held in a laugh at Ryan's expression.

"Have fun." I said and Ryan's mouth gaped and he shook his head at me as Nancy grabbed his hand and tugged him toward the door.

"Wait Amelia you've got to get ready." Ryan suddenly said. I looked at him and raised a brow.

"For what?" My head tilted slightly in confusion.

"There's an Alpha Meeting get together-party tonight. You've got to go." Ryan said and I growled softly.

"So as Kaden's servant or his mate?" I said and couldn't hide the snarl in my voice. Ryan looked down then shrugged.

"Wear something nice Lia." Ryan said softly. I nodded curtly and then him and Nancy were gone.

I groaned and began rummaging through the closet. After about thirty minutes of going through the same clothes I shook my head in frustration.

I was going back to sit on the bed when a knock on the door interrupted me and I changed my course. I opened the door to see Ryan and Nancy. Ryan held a lovely black dress and Nancy handed me some black heels.

"There you go. Now hurry it starts in two hours." Ryan said and they were gone again. I shut the door and slipped out of my clothes, leaving only my undergarments on.

I stared at the dress. It had lace black material decorated with flowers and leaves over the arms and chest as well as against the stomach. I slipped it on then realized I needed a strapless bra. I wriggled out of the dress and changed bras before putting the dress on entirely.

I realized then that the lace decoration was just that. There was no fabric under it and my tanned skin now seemed to be tattooed with floral designs. I gulped at the fact it stopped high above my knees. Not to mention that it was skin tight, but not necessarily tight, and hugged my body like an extra layer of skin. I slipped on the heels and made my way to the bathroom to look at myself.

I looked at the mirror... it wasn't too bad. I combed out my dark hair. The dress was beautiful, but it showed off my curves and breasts and buttocks. I was never one to deliberately flaunt my attributes, especially not in a room full of alphas... maybe I should change.

I was exiting the bathroom when the door to the bedroom swung open revealing a gray tuxedo wearing Kaden and a red dress wearing dumbass, power hunting, pimp chasing, cock sucking, prostituting, man stealing, evil ass bitch named Amy.

I frowned softly and Kaden looked at me in shock. His eyes traveled my body and he looked back up into my eyes with a glare.

"You're not wearing that; take it off." He growled and I crossed my arms. You know what, come to think about it who cares if I show off a bit? I smiled inwardly.

So he didn't want me to wear it? No way was I changing now.

"No. You get to bring your whore, I get to wear this." I spat and flounced passed them.

"You're still in heat; you shouldn't even be going." Kaden snarled and I shrugged.

"It's not my fault it happened to come along now, I'm still going; I can look after myself." I said and my mate scoffed.

"Yeah; because you sure had it covered earlier today." He said sarcastically and I spun around and glared at him.

"Actually I was fine until I got punched in the face." I growled.

"You took on all those rogues and won; why was today any different?" Kaden said with a lopsided smirk and I scowled.

"Everyone has their bad and good days. That's just how it is." I growled then stopped and gave a bitter laugh.

"Any other day I wouldn't have needed your help." I spat.

"Its like talking to a brick wall. Pointless." I said and laid my hand against my forehead before dropping my hand back to my side.

I turned back around and slipped out of the room.

It wasn't long before I made it to the car and I scowled as I had to get in the backseat while Amy sat up front with my mate.

So that's how tonight was going to go; so be it.

A bitter smile graced my lips.