Chapter 3

I was nearly in tears from desperation.

"Alpha Caleb, I won't force you to marry me or mark me anymore. But please give me back the wedding dress!"

They were doing all this to force me to give up on Caleb. I'd satisfy them.

But Caleb's face only grew darker. "Still won't hand over the ring? Looks like you need to learn a lesson."

I instantly understood what he intended to do. My face went pale.

"No! Caleb, please don't do this!"

Caleb just stared at me coldly and tore the wedding dress to shreds with force.

Pain made my whole body shake. I lunged forward trying to salvage the dress, but Caleb's men pinned me down.

The wedding dress became complete tatters. My heart shattered with it, and tears fell silently.

Caleb looked down at me. "That's your punishment. Hand over the ring!"

I gritted my teeth and glared at him.

Elizabeth looked at me smugly, then spoke up. "We've searched everywhere... Could it be on her body?"

My heart sank.

Caleb narrowed his eyes, agreeing with Elizabeth's suggestion. "Mia, hand it over yourself. Don't make me search your body."

I couldn't suppress my rage any longer and shouted, "I've never even seen any ring! Kill me if you dare!"

Elizabeth pretended to persuade Caleb. "Forget it. I know Mia is your mate. If you really strip her and search her body, you'll definitely feel bad for her."

Caleb's men were unhappy hearing this.

"But that's your mother's keepsake! She chases after Alpha Caleb every day. She's already so shameless-does she care about dignity?"

Elizabeth gave me a triumphant smile.

I glared at her furiously. "Bitch! You're framing me!"

My insult toward Elizabeth enraged Caleb.

"Mia, you asked for this."

Then he told his men,

"Strip her clothes off and search thoroughly. Don't miss a single spot!"

The moment he finished speaking, several hands reached toward me.

I could only hug myself helplessly. "Get away! Don't touch me!"

But Caleb's Beta pinned me firmly to the bed so I couldn't move.

Those wolf warriors tore at my clothes while groping my body, even roughly squeezing my breasts.

I felt sick with nausea.

Just as their hands were about to reach my private area, I started screaming.

Caleb, who'd been standing aside, suddenly shouted, "Stop!"

I held back tears and grabbed the torn fabric from the floor to cover myself, glaring at Caleb.

"Are you satisfied now? Get out! All of you get out!"

Caleb moved his lips as if to say something, but swallowed it back in the end.

His Beta shrugged and said,

"Maybe she's hiding it in her most private place..."

Caleb glared at him. "Enough! Shut up!"

Elizabeth noticed Caleb softening toward me slightly and shot me a vicious glare.

Then she took Caleb's arm and said,

"Forget it. If she really likes that ring that much, I'll just give it to her as a gift."

They finally left.

The moment the door closed, I finally broke down sobbing.

To survive, I'd tried everything to marry Caleb and get him to mark me before turning nineteen.

But he humiliated me like this. I didn't want to continue anymore. In the two days I had left, I would live for myself.

I gathered up the wedding dress fragments and stuffed them into my suitcase. It only took half an hour to pack all my belongings.

As I passed Caleb's study with my suitcase, I heard Elizabeth's fake apology inside.

"Alpha Caleb, I just remembered-I had the maid put the ring away a couple days ago."