The ceremony...

Desmond was finally making his move that he would be going to introduce Sander as the next heir of the House of Marquis Verlice and the next Alpha of the Rising Diamond pack.

The act that he wished to discuss with me was just a decoy. In reality, he was really making a decision without me.

I opened the door of his study room without bothering to knock. I came to see Desmond who was wearing his spectacles as he always did in the past as he looked at me to meet my darkened expression.

"No," I immediately said as soon as I locked the doorknob. "You are...