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he Alpha King's household cleaning department, bellowed at me as she bran
he evening hunts. But yet, everyone was here, including my father, who sat in a corner like a pariah, gazing forlornly into s
life has shifted. They said my wolf was weak, worse than an omega's, which was the lowest rank in our caste. I'd never been able to understand it. My parents didn't either. Nothing
on properly without a mate. Father rejected all the young females the Pack Elders brought to him until he was forced to step down, and the title passed on to a new famil
pha, Alpha Brennan's house, to become a maid. There were talks about our fam
fight for me t
sente
tful
Pathetic
r had died b
g down every bathroom in the Alpha King's quarters. It kept me out of sight unless someone entered the bathroom I was cleaning. So
re back. I closed my eyes and clamped my teeth over my bottom lip as pain engulfed my entire b
or hours; the other girls are done with their ch
m that echoed. A chorus of high-pitched sounds accompanied the whip crack, cackling behind me as my back arched from the pain. My body fell forw
r the edge onto me. Splashes hit my back, and I hissed at the new sting from the soap against my open wound. Foamy water got into my eyes and burned like hell. I heard a few things crack, and I knew
ld break me and how fun it could be to shatter something fragile. How simple it would be to put me in the infirmary w
ot to make me feel this way in my pac
ed the water and filth around me. The dirty water soaking into my clothes would be hard to wash out, along with the blood on my
os
u're not as strong as they are. You will never beas strong as them. You will always be a mess. A patheti
ed against the wall, trying to numb
footsteps of someone approaching. I looked up, my vision
g of this? You were meant to be
arried away. I'll make sure I scrub the floors extra hard and be th
onse. He wasn't as violent as his father,r Brennan, the Alpha King, but he wasn't exactly nicer. I knew better t
o get yourself treated at the Pack clinic. There will be a par
s,
y knees were hugging my chest, tears stingin
ey belonged to. A chocolate scent filled the room, and I let my breath out slowl
the goddess y
yes wide. "What the hell happened to you?" she asked, pulling a hair tie from her wrist and gathering her wav
me more. If we could ever grow strong enough, she would be the first on my list. It f
ould get a better look at the injuries
beaten up like this. You're bleeding s
, there was a little cut there, and blood was see
d to Amarie. Of all the Omegas they'd given him to choose from, he'd chosen the devil's spawn." She took something from her pocke
d some creams and other supplies to help with wounds from him. They helped with some of the injuries the pups got from playing. Their wolves not having emerged yet meant they didn't have the rapid healing
and even a little
ritory that I liked to visit on the rare off days I received. It was a gorgeous patch of soft green grass, f
re into for days because I'd get so lost in them. The power that radiated from him always made me feel safe, as if n
n the forehead, and tells me he'd kill a
dreams c
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