Auren POV


    "okay" I replied, anxietycing my voice. "But no one


    ut no one will bebeve this fa?ade, Al-Lucien


    "You have to pull this part. Auren,” he said in a strict voice.


    I stifled a whimper and said. “Okay. What about staying away ''forever'' pan'' I was really confused by Alpha Lucien


    "You can go shopping for the dress appropriate for the event," he continued. "The driver will take you to the mall"


    "But I''ve several in my closet," I protested.


    Two hourster, I was looking at a pile of dresses that I had tried on me, but nothing fitted. I felt like crying because we were nearing the time of the event and I couldn''t choose one dress. Every dress was hanging loose on my shoulders. Moreover theck of not knowing how to shop was also


    big factor. I was getting frustrated by the minute as I looked at the pile in my trial room.


    "Are you going toe out or spend the whole time there?" a nasal voice interrupted my thoughts. "Stupid omegal


    gal Where the fuck do theye from)* Then she muttered under her breath. "Bloody whorel Must have got a sugar daddy."


    closed my eyes as tears stung. This was the some she-wolf who was ring at me while picking up the clothes for me. She had practically thrown all the clothes on the chair inside the trial room before leaving.


    Just as 1 was about to give up on the idea and decided to wear one of the dresses in my closet, my phone rang


    "Lucien


    "Auren," his deep voice answered. "Tarian just called me to say that you haven''t exited the sixth boutique for two hours."


    "What? How does he know?" I pecked through the curtain. Where was he? Howe I didn''t notice his presence? "Are you following me?"


    "I''m not following you, my people are."


    "Why?" Why was he stalking me? "I''m just finding a dress for the event."


    "The event is in two hours and you still don''t have a dress. Tarian will take you to my personal stylist." Before I could protest, the phone


    disconnected


    As soon I exited the trial room, I spotted Tarian standing outside, leaning against a shelf with about five girls, blushing and flirting with the Beta of the Shadowfang pack. Immediately, he straightened. He was talking to someone. Perhaps Lucien.


    I handed the clothes to the store girl, and sheshed at me. "I know girls like you" She shouted, "You''ve ruined so many dresses! Who is going to pay for it, you idiot? Your sugar daddy!"


    I gasped as humiliation coated my insides. "Is there a rule against trying


    dresses?"cked innocendy, clutching the sides of my jeans.


    "Shut up!" she screamed. "You fucking omeg


    Tarian strode to us and narrowed his eyes on her. The store girl was so flustered by his p


    presence that she paled. "Beta Tariant"


    He nced at the pile of dresses in her hand and said, "If you shout at her again.


    Il rip you into pieces! We''ll buy all these. From the corner of my eye, I saw that


    his phone was on and he was still talking to Alpha Lucien


    The store girl''s eyes widened in shock. "S-sorry. But a-are you sure? These dresses cost over ten thousand dors, Beta Tarian!" She nced at me, her eyes filled with fear, and an emotion akin to jealousy.


    "Come on." He motioned me with his chin towards the exit, ignoring herpletely. "The stylist is waiting for you." Then he looked at the store girl who hadn''t moved from her ce. "Pack them," he growled, "I don''t have all the time in the world!"


    She gasped at his words, but she quickly bowed and ran away from there, tucking her tail between her legs. Every girl around us was now staring at me, and my cheeks heated. I was sure that it was Alpha Lucien who must have ordered to buy those dresses. "Beta Tarian," I said in a low voice, hoping he would not buy them, "none of those fit me."


    “I know,” he said nonchntly. "Alpha''s stylist is going to fix them. Saying that, he led me out of the boutique toward a very expensive store which 1 had ignored in the first ce. None of the dresses in it were less than three thousand dors.


    About forty-five minutester, I exited the most expensive boutique in the Shadowfang pack with a huge shopping bag that had a new appropriate dress for the charity event, which was professionally adjusted by the stylist. Not only that, Tarian was holding two more boxes of strappy heek. 1 had never worn heels in my life and I was scared to death as to how I would manage them. As we walked towards the car, I wondered what Alpha Lucien would think of me in my dress and heels in which I couldn''t walk. But one thing I was sure of he would hate to see how much the whole. thing cost him.


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    beckend at my reflection for the hundredth time in the mirror. I was wearing a long maroon dress that was ckce and embroidery


    retanng the neckline and my waist. And then it fell over my hips. There was a slit on the left from the mid-thigh that can down to ankles I had let my blonde hair fall naturally to my waist. My gaze went to my ck strappy heels and I let out a rough exhale. I had practiced walking in them for exactly fifteen minutes


    A knock on the door made me snap my head. "Coming!" I shouted as I slowly, carefully walked to the door.


    uren"


    “Miss Auren” she said, giving me an appreciative nce “Alpha Lucien is waiting for you downstairs. He says that you''re gettingte?


    "Oh I grabbed my red beads clutch and followed her downstairs only to find Alpha Lucien. The moment I started walking down the stairs, his eyes locked onto me. He tensed as I walked down carefully, my heels clicking over the marble surface of the stairs. Under his intense gaze, I blushed hard. In his ck suit with a white dress shirt, he looked mesmerizing and huge. His hair wasbed back and I could see his tattoos of thorns peeking out his cor


    By the time I reached thest stair, he closed the gap between us in long strides and offered me his arm. The stoic expression on his face cracked a inle, but it was back in less than a second. Anyway, I was so thankful for his offer, because 1 clutched his arm like my life depended on it as I walked on my four-inch heels.


    An unusual shiver ran down my body at the first touch. I stifled a gasp and focused ahead.


    Against this giant Alpha of the north, I looked so small. If he wanted, he could crush me in his arms with ease, like a butterfly.


    Alpha Lucien matched my pace as I walked slowly toward the car that was waiting for us in the driveway.