In the Shadow of Lies

I was five months along, carrying the pup of my fiancé, Ryan Hebert.

On our marking day, Ryan rejected me and marked Daisy, also with pup.

He claimed my pup wasn’t his, a bastard of unknown origin.

Worse, he called my father a traitor in front of everyone.

At the banquet entrance, my father collapsed, and I miscarried.

I knelt in blood, begging him to save us.

“Daisy can’t handle stress. Stay away from her.”

Then he walked off, holding her close.

Later, my childhood friend Andrew saved me.

He brought in the most skilled wolf healers for my father,

and stayed by my side, night and day.

A week later, my father had another heart attack.

Before he passed, his only wish was for me to be protected.

Andrew knelt by the bedside,

and solemnly swore to my father’s lifeless body

that he would marry me,that he would protect me for the rest of my life.

And I believed him.

After the funeral,

I ended things with Ryan and married Andrew instead.

But five years later,

I overheard a conversation between Ryan and Andrew.

“If Eleanor ever finds out that it was you and me who traded her purity for Daisy’s happiness on the day of the ceremony…

do you think she’d still love you?”

So Andrew’s love was a lie too.

But when I left, why did the one who broke me beg to have me back?