Page 99 of Love Bites

We all pointed to what we wanted and turned around to head to a table.

That was when I realized the whole room had gone quiet.

Everyone was staring at me.

“Come on,” Cori said, taking my elbow and dragging me to a table in the corner. “Don’t let it get to you.”

We passed a couple of tables of women who eyed me sympathetically.

Kendall was sitting with a group of women by the big window.

“Breeder,” someone whispered. This time, I had no trouble hearing it.

The others snickered.

“Sorry about that,” Anya said.

“It’s the least of my worries,” I told her honestly.

By this time tomorrow, I would be bonded to a lord protector.

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