Ayla POV

I walk home slowly.

Not because I am tired, not because my body is protesting every step, though it is. I walk slowly because I know what awaits me at home and I chose it. 

Finally, it's happening. I only have to suffer for one more day. I only need to endure one more round of this and then face something different.

It might not be safe, it might not be kind. I know it because being handed to three Alpha heirs is the same as being free. 

But it means that I will no longer be here among people who call themselves my family but turns me...