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tar, the masked one wil

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one forsaken, o

line awakes, k

lost sha

iver o

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hat again.", somethin

against my ribs. For a split se

ts didn'

v

tening. The hous

in, her voice lower this

be," my fa

to me anyway, heavy and cold. I swung my legs o

lipping through the windows. I had just reached the t

vy

Her hands settled around my shoulders, warm and comforting, turni

er?" I asked. Th

said, smiling too broad

tairs, his broad shoulders blocking my entire vi

s that?"

calm, but his jaw was set the way it only e

my hair. "We're leaving earlier

y were going. They never

s lightly. Mum and Dad would be out leading the others through the Ceremony of Lights,

exce

eep in again. I should be used to

iffly, and my mum g

fun on your trip, we'l

ough the front door and

I knew that once I checked ag

nced before, giving the mundane objects here an odd tint. The room stood still as if it could tell I w

re alre

ed on the nig

up?" I hea

rtuna

eage ruled in every single US state. Her father and mother were heads of state in Washington DC, her cousins owned massive companies in California, and her gran

I'm not sitting next to Townsend. He's been d

I was always overlooked by everyone else in my father's pack. They respected me because of his position and would never dare to even breathe the wrong way next to me. But I felt the prejudice in the

re ride to Los Angeles," I told her. "I would actually kill you if that happ

an an

I said. "You would be cr

led m

ed to the bathroom. Reaching

see. P

ould be here in a few hours and I didn't wan

of the bathtub. A large sink held my brush and skincare products, and a floor to ceiling mirror was stationed on the far

hat wolves were

ny like this one were placed in specific spots around my house. At the entrance of the house, on the

rocess. To this day, I've never understood what that was all about, it wasn't that anything particularly bad had happened. In fact, right at that moment, I remember feelin

I knew the main reason I did was so that I wouldn't be alone again while my parents were out.. I

asn't an

clothes into my backpack. I packed for two days althoug

er and paired them with one of my father's flannel shirts; I wasn't getting glammed for a trip where half the stud

much faith in

m human. Just one liv

ground, I looked around my room to se

dn't lik

night was holding its breath. I patted down my shirt and was about to blow off checking the mirror when I felt compel

wipe the smudges off with my shirt. I was

ction di

the