This was something I had grown used to long ago.
For as long as I could remember, Chloe had been the treasure Everett and Eleanor Ashvale held in the palm of their hands. No matter how hard I tried to please them, their eyes never lingered on me. Everything I did couldn't even compare to a single playful whine from her.
Later, when I grew older, I learned of the mating pact between our pack and the Nightfangs. Caelan Vale was my intended mate. I had been naive enough to believe that once I was mated to him, I would finally have a home that was truly mine. So I gave him everything, held nothing back. But all I received in return was his coldness and contempt. In his eyes, from beginning to end, there was only Chloe.
And then there was Adrian Nightfang, who had quietly stayed by my side all that time, becoming the only light in my life. I fell for him, let myself sink deep, even believed he would be the one I could rely on for the rest of my days. But in the end, I discovered that tenderness had been false too.
It turned out that in this world, the person everyone loved was never me.