The Williams family often hosted overly extravagant galas to fund raise money they already had for foundations they didn't really care about and somehow, Ruby always ended up dragged along to keep up the facade that they were some happy family that actually spoke for more than a few minutes at dinner on a Sunday night, dressed up in a beautiful gown her mum had made just for her.

That was why she was at this stupid party, far too close to her heat and mingling with pervy alpha's who thought her being here at this point in time was all for them.

This was how she'd ended up cornered by an alpha she didn't know, faking a smile and trying to locate an escape route that wouldn't upset him or cause more disappointment with her parents.