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Caspar considered this, then nodded.

"Fine." He sighed. "But Alice..."

He raised his hand and gently touched my head.

"To me, you're beautiful no matter what." His voice was tender. "With or without the birthmark."

My nose stung. Tears threatened. "Thank you, Caspar."

I meant it. In both lives, he'd been the kindest to me.

Then a furious voice exploded.

"What the fuck are you doing?"

Chapter Nine

Cedric

"What the fuck are you doing?"

My roar shattered the quiet. The rage in my voice sounded foreign even to me.

Alice and Caspar whipped around, shock written across both their faces. I stormed into the room and landed a punch square on Caspar's jaw, then yanked Alice behind me by the wrist.

"Cedric! What are you doing?" She struggled to break free, her tone nothing like the softness she'd used with Caspar.

I didn't let go. I gripped tighter. I'd come to tell her I was leaving for the border at dawn—who knew how long I'd be gone. We'd just had a brutal fight. She'd told me to get out.

But I still wanted to tell her. What I didn't expect was to walk in on her and Caspar looking so damn cozy, his hand on her head, staring at her with those sickeningly tender eyes.

And she looked back at him the same way! That trust, that intimacy—it snapped something inside me.

She didn't give a damn about me as her mate! My wolf clawed at my chest, howling, desperate to tear apart the bastard who'd touched what was his.

"Caspar, didn't I warn you?" I ground out each word. "Stay away from her."

"Your Majesty," Caspar kept his voice respectful as he wiped blood from his lip. "Alice and I are just friends."

"Alice? That's real friendly," I sneered. "Friends touch her head like that? Look at her with those disgusting eyes? Caspar, you think I'm a fucking idiot?"

"Your Majesty, you can punish me, but I have to say this—" Caspar's voice rose, fury burning in his eyes. "You left Alice alone at the wedding. You made her face those nobles' mockery by herself. Do you have any idea how humiliated she was? How much it hurt when everyone laughed at her?"

"Caspar, stop!" Alice's voice was filled with concern for him.

That made me angrier. If Caspar hadn't always been loyal, I would've ripped his head off last time.

"Who the hell do you think you are to lecture me?"

"Humiliating her at the wedding wasn't enough—you even made her give up the queen's chambers for Victoria! You keep hurting her, and now you want to take away everyone else's right to care about her!" Every word dripped with resentment. His eyes bore into mine.

"She's my mate!" I narrowed my eyes, letting my dominance flood the room. "What happens between Alice and me is none of your damn business!"

"Alice is my friend. I won't stand by while she suffers!"

"You've got a death wish!"

My fist slammed into his face. Caspar staggered back, blood streaming from his mouth, but he didn't back down.