"What's going on here?" Gary asked as he entered the room with a man behind him.

Valerie ran to her father with tears in her eyes. "Didn't you see the news that had been going around? Amelia has deceived us all." She cried, knowing how much her father hated seeing her cry.

"Don't cry, Val. Talk to me. What news?" Gary asked, looking from Amelia back to Valerie.

"Just look at her neck." Gary also walked towards Amelia, who just bowed her head a bit. He was shocked to see a mate mark on her. "She was marked, dad." Valerie said before giving her dad her phone to check the...