HIS to CLAIM ALPHA ZEKE

y eyes open, and my vision was blurry.The surroundings around me were unfamiliar.Finally, al

at me, then nudged the others who were sti

f, shouting

opened

he last thing I remembered was sitting on my favourite nest on the sea-cliff and crying.The rest was fuzzy.As I

m the resemblance."Easy now," she said, settling into a c

to me, I looked around to see if I could reco

, then handed it over to me with a

was something more salt in it than

gasped."I rem

nd you washed up on our shore thr

ious for three months?"I've bee

al.Whatever happened to you

h of pain, and I nearly toppled the cup as I

the endless horizon.The tears wouldn't stop coming.How long had I being played for a fool?Weeks?Month

ht and soft, I suspected that it should be Layla but I didn't t

The way she used to speak when we were children

t want to see those perfect features that ever

ed to

ing white dress, her golden hair catching the afternoon su

while playing the devoted sister?About how you smile a

most; the complete lack of surprise or shame."Yo

listened to the warning bells in my mind."The pack needs strong leadership.You'

cause my siste

ld now, all pretense gone."Zeke sees it too

my voice was above le

Moon Godde

ose enough now that I could see the glint of

r hands slammed into my chest with surprising force.For a moment, I teetere

ister," she whispered, and there was almost something like sadness in

ng waters beneath me.The last thing I saw was he

a."I could recall hands pushing me, the shock o

."Your own sister?Thi

inty settled in my chest along with grief I couldn't name.The betray

hardened with r

sorry," I said, looking at her ashen face."You saved my life.But I need to find my

orld tilted.I was falling

o be hale and hearty.You've been still for months so you

atch my breath."Being in a coma s

ped me."That's not the o

made my blood run co

nds."You're ca

desperately."Th

months along.The babe is why you

erfect smile twisted into something cruel as she pushed me to my death.The timeline made terr

ke this.Not when I'm pregnant with his chil

anymore.Not with a baby."The injustice burned through me.She had tried to kill

a said."Choose something di

ought you to us for a reason.And everyone dese

this plac

rmers.We are simple folk, but good people."She paused."R

of the man who had betrayed me, but innocent of his father's

ittle."Just you and me now," I whispered to