Ariana's POV

Raising my head, I noticed a smirk lingering on his lips.

With a painful glare, I shifted my gaze back to the documents, continuing to flip through them page by page.

My parents' signatures were scrawled across each page, and I couldn't believe what I was seeing.

"They sold me out? How is this possible?" I muttered to myself, my voice trembling with disbelief.

"Why would they do this? Am I really that unwanted? I'm not a commodity—I'm a werewolf. How could they?"

Panic gripped me as I grappled with the shocking revelation.

But when I looked up and saw him, I directed my attention towards him.

"You...