"Get me more wine" I ordered the maid that had been assigned to me.

The irritation I was feeling wasn't due to the wine or the fact that the one being I hated the most had been invited to my not-so-special occasion, or because I hadn't even seen-my-soon to be bride.

No, the irritation came from the fact that I was about to be bound to someone I knew nothing about while the one whom I was mated to was out in the wild, either frolicking around or lying dead somewhere.

"Easy on the wine, Asher" My beta, William, carefully spoke as he entered my room. "We don't want you...