Brian's POV
The whiskey burned as it slid down my throat, but it didn't even come close to quenching the fire of my rage. Without thinking, I hurled the expensive crystal glass against the cold marble floor of Alpha Manor. The sharp shatter sliced through the silence of the empty hall, echoing just like the sound of my heart breaking into pieces.
"I don't love you anymore."
Ashley's voice, cold and emotionless, replayed in my mind like some cruel, broken record. Every word was like a jagged blade, dragging itself deep into my soul, over and over again.
That night after the banquet, my mark started to ache.
Ashley... she'd rejected me, and then she chose to be with someone else. Another wolf.
And when I called her, desperate for answers, I found out I had been blocked. J
