It's my turn to stop. "What the hell Dad?" I yelled at him. "Shhhh." He looked around. "Look, we knew, but we couldn't interfere, you know that. Ryce had to tell you himself. We thought the mate bond would win him over before now, and we wouldn't have to worry." Dad admitted to me. I stared at him, mouth agape. "Un-f*****g-believable." I whispered as I turned back around, and headed to my stupid wedding. I'm fuming. Was I not good enough for Ryce this whole time? Is that why he didn't tell me? "Aureaila, you cannot give up on your mate if he's finally admitted it to you. You could be happy." Dad said as he caught up to me, but I didn't stop. "He didn't tell me." I said. "What?" Dad asked. "He didn't tell me. Just like the rest of you, he lied to me. All of you. Is there anyone