Odessa's POV
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"L– Lucinda?"
I tensed up when I turned my head around and spotted her. The most powerful young witch of the Luminari Coven and a rising prodigy.
But she was also the one at the forefront of most of the bullying I had to endure all my life. Ever since we were kids, she's managed to steal the spotlight in everything, with her beauty and her power.
What the fuck was she doing here?
"Odessa," Lucinda called my name with disdain as she finally got in front of me, clasping her hands together as she scrutinized me. "Who would've thought that your weak ass would end up standing here as the Alpha king's wife after years of serving at the bottom?"
I clenched my jaw, glaring at her as I did everything in my power to hold myself from lashing out at her. As much as I wanted to, I was attending this Charity Ball as Kaelos' bride.
I couldn't do anything that would indirectly stain his image.