Chapter 22

Mia's POV

There was so much pain in my heart I thought I might faint from it. I couldn't stop the tears from falling. My parents had never shown me much love, but the rejection still hurt.

I wasn't expecting them to welcome me with open hands, especially since the only value I ever held for them was my prospective mating with the alpha prince. But I wasn't expecting them to reject me so cruelly either. I wasn't expecting them to throw me out of the house to fend for myself.

I had spent the last two days in the shed, having nowhere else to go. But my father found me out this morning and almost throttled me. I had no choice but to leave.

Where would I start? I don't expect I can ever feed myself just from working on people's gardens. And even if I could, they had banished me from the pack, warning me severely never to come back.

My feet was already sore from running. The capital city was far behind me now, and the forest that bordered it loomed in front. The area in between was barre