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It’s unusually quiet tonight as I stood at the window, my gaze falling down to see he has already gotten them ready. The great white horse Lycannar had given to me.

The white carriage Lycannar had presented as well. Both of them, gifts he offered me after our first night together as lovers.

I turned away and swallowed hard. That wasn’t the only present he gave me that night.

After we made love, he had introduced me to his family, gifted me a horse and carriage, and entrusted me with a personal maid who loved and cherished me. But now… now I must return them all.

My eyes slowly roamed around my bed chamber and fell on the robe hung up against the wall. That white great robe with the Lycan crest, made to fit me perfectly.

And finally, those rings. The rings that once made me one of the happiest women alive. I swallowed down the bile in my throat just as the sound of approaching footsteps reached me.

I turned slowly as the door opened and Blue stepped in. Her head bowed before me, then she straightened, looking at me with that innocent humility that always pierced through me. My heart ached knowing she was about to be sent away.