Thor
to close around the box, I d
r's ashes, fell slack. And then, in a movement that sent a shock
hard marble floor was a dull, sickenin
froze mid-grab, his face
I bowed my head. I tilted my neck to the side, expos
complete and total surrender of one's life and will to a superior. A gasp rippled through the onlookers. A Luna performing suc
I crushed her dissent with an iron will. My pride was a currency I was
rembling thing that clung to the floor. "I
e role they had assigned me-the unstable, hy
weaving a pathetic, nonsensical excuse that would ap
cold stone. "I was wrong to push Zane. I never meant to frighten Freya. P
pleading whine. I was dis
the lie coming to me in a flash of despe
ck had taken him years ago. His name still carried weight with the pack elders. I felt a few p
my "insanity" that they could understand, a reason that
mission. His authority had been challenged, and now it had been affirmed in the most pu
a flat, dismissive disgust. He was repulsed by my weakness, by
her advantage, but Ryker shot her a look that sil
ooked down at me. His voice was still cold, stripped of all emotion. "Yo
e icy floor, a gesture of even deeper debasement.
y my own pathetic form. I was a mother animal, using my own
To punish his Luna, now that she was so thoroughly broken before him, would
d was for me
be decided after the ceremony. For now, get out of my sight. G
he sweetest sound I had ever he
for what felt like an eternity finally
ashes w
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