A Mate To Three Alpha Heirs

{Elira}

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I didn’t make it very far down the hallway.

Halfway between the dining hall and the grand stairs, my legs simply refused to carry me any further. My chest squeezed, and something inside me broke.

Uncontrollable tears burst free, spilling hot down my cheeks. I couldn’t hold them back this time.

I fell to my knees on the marble floor, burying my face in my palms as sobs racked my chest. The pain felt bottomless, raw.

Why can’t anything good come to me?

Why is it always disappointment, always rejection?

In my haze of grief, I barely heard it at first — the quick, heavy footfalls behind me.

"Elira!" Rennon’s voice, soft but filled with worry.

"ELIRA!" Lennon’s, sharp, urgent.