Gloria did not want to go back to those memories, but they would not leave her alone. But those memories hit her hard and overwhelmed her.
Once, Gabrielle said to her with a troubled look, "I don't like Alpha Patrick."
Once, Gabrielle comforted her warmly, "It's OK, Gloria. That's who Alpha Patrick is. Gloria, you're awesome. I'm sure Alpha Patrick will accept the Moon Goddess' arrangement."
Once, Gabrielle said shyly, "Gloria, I've found my mate, but I'm afraid of Alpha Patrick. Get him to mark you as quickly as possible, OK? So, I will no longer be afraid of him."
That night, Gabrielle pulled an innocent face and said, "Gloria, take me to a pub, will you? I have never been to one before. I'm so curious."
Gloria thought, 'How ridiculous. I simply trusted her!
After that, Gabrielle was raped by rogues on the other side of the Shadow Forest, and I was sent to werewolf prison by Patrick. I was humiliated and tortured for three years, and everyone addressed me as a murderer.
I can't put away my hatred and anger toward her!'
Gloria raised her head and forced herself to smile. Her eyes were sour, but she told herself not to cry!
"Patrick, just kill me if that's what you want! I'll still say this even if you kill me! Gabrielle deserved it!"
She almost blurted out in one breath. After she was released from prison, she had never acted so hysterically.
Pain replaced the trust she had for Gabrielle.
Gloria was about to lose it from the moment Lanny questioned her in the room.
She thought, 'I should have let it out a long time ago. What could be worse than being betrayed by one's best friend? Her betrayal was fatal and almost got me killed!
I put up with everything. However, Patrick crushed me easily with his simple words.
He has a way of sending me over the edge with a few words.'
A crisp slap sounded in the ward, and the air froze.
Gloria was on the bed. Her head tilted to one side and her hair covered her face.
She felt the pain coming from her cheek.
She did not reach out to touch it. There was a salty taste coming from her mouth, and blood streamed from the corner of her mouth.
"Gloria, you shouldn't have said that about Gabrielle in front of Alpha Patrick. Don't be so stubborn. Just apologize, OK?" Sean's heart almost ceased beating.
He was shocked and thought, 'Did she lose her mind? How could she say something like that in front of Patrick?
I don't want Patrick to lose control in the hospital. Though I don't like Gloria's unrepentant attitude, I don't want Patrick to kill her.
I must persuade Gloria to give in, and after that, I'll take Patrick away.'
Patrick never showed his emotions. However, right now, he put his hand behind his back, and it was shaking slightly.
Patrick's wolf was roaring madly in his mind.
Leo said, "How dare you! Patrick, how dare you hurt our mate? The Moon Goddess will not forgive you."
Patrick looked at Gloria lying on the bed. His eyes were stung by the blood on the corner of Gloria's mouth, and there was a flicker of regret in his eyes.
For the first time, he didn't tell Leo to shut up.
Gabrielle's face was already blurry to Patrick. However, for the past three years, he didn't forget about Gloria.
This wasn't how he remembered her. Gloria never complained about others before.
He didn't want to see such a hideous Gloria.
"Don't say this again. I don't want to hear it," Patrick said in a low voice.
The corners of Gloria's mouth raised slightly, and she smiled.
She lowered her head and said, "Mr. Hammond, set me free or send me back to the werewolf prison."
She challenged him in despair.
She was out of werewolf prison, but she was still not free. Therefore, there would be no difference if she was locked up or not.
She looked at Patrick defiantly with her chin raised and the corners of her mouth turned up.
Sean was stunned. And Patrick was more than surprised.
This was the Gloria they knew.
Patrick heard what she said. She wanted to leave him, or she would rather go back to the werewolf prison.
The place where she lost her wolf.
The shock in Patrick's eyes vanished. His voice was very cold. "Get out."
Sean wanted to say something, but Patrick used Alpha's aura, making it impossible for Sean to disobey him.
Under Patrick's cold gaze, Sean bowed his head, obediently stepped out of the ward, and then closed the door.
Patrick turned to look at Gloria. "Do you realize your mistake?" he asked.
"My mistake? I didn't do anything wrong," Gloria replied.
She didn't have a wolf. However, it didn't mean she couldn't feel pain. In fact, the pain was killing her.
She didn't get it. How could Patrick ask her that?
"Mr. Hammond, if you say I'm wrong, then I'm wrong. But if you ask me why..."
She raised her chin, and her proud look was dazzling. Although she felt pain in her injured mouth when she spoke, she kept smiling, and the smile was exactly the same as she used to wear on her face. The most dazzling girl, Gloria.
She said provocatively, "I don't know what I've done wrong."
She couldn't lie to herself anymore. Gloria thought, 'I might as well forget about everything else and go crazy for once. So what? What's the big deal? At most, I'll be sent to that horrifying prison again!'
"Let me go!" She raised her head and stared at Patrick. "Let me go!"
Patrick thought, 'You want to leave me so badly?
You want me to let you go? So that you can be together with Mike?'
Gloria called out to Mike affectionately in her dream. At the thought of that, Patrick was furious.
He looked coldly at the woman on the bed and said, "Stop dreaming. No one can put an end to you and me unless I say so!"
He thought, 'You want to leave? To be with Mike?
You wish!'
Gloria couldn't help but tremble, but she kept her chin up and said, "Patrick, you asked me if I knew I was wrong. I know it now."
She smiled, "I was wrong." Pain flashed across the corner of her eyes, and she buried the pain deep in her heart. She looked at him and said seriously, "I was wrong. The biggest mistake of my life was falling in love with you. Now that I know I was wrong, I will correct my mistake."