er
dark hunger. I haven't felt alive in five
d too close to my skin, it was p
you find," I said,
tricity shot up my arm. Her wrist felt like
y. She stood her ground with a power tha
ow much my hand was shaking. "You will stay in
s lingered against my palm for a second too
as not a respectful b
that seemed to vibrate in the air. "But remember, once you l
in my own house?" I as
simply telling you a fact. You hired me because you are weak and your borde
hed the way her black silk
ot even in the strongest Alphas. She didn't just w
e shadows. He was squinting at her ba
lls like death. She has no pack sc
ather," I said, though
ple. If a monster is what it takes to
red. "The way she holds her shoul
y, Father. Nothin
uld not stop thumping. That magnetic pull was
back together, like a broken bone trying to
looked at the little blue ribbon on the table, the
"She's a nightmare. You were an ang
"monster" was currently walking through my halls, her fingers touchin
ng exactly how she was going
d out onto my balcony to seek the cold night
e Huntress. She was standing in the middle of the r
oing down there
mp. She stood
back. "You planted these roses to hide a me
blood, not so
den," I commanded, m
the mask on, I felt like she wa
her voice dripping with venom. "But you couldn't spend
petals can cover the
irl!" I roared, gripping the s
d. She raised a hand and blew a kiss toward my balcony.
. She simply disappeared into the
r into my home. I had given her a key to my gates. My wolf
nd, it looked like a wolf with huge wings. I rubbed my eyes, an
e. I dreamed of blood and black silk. I dreamed
he just squeezed it slowly, watching me gasp for air
er to sque
y lips. The sun was just coming up. But w
om, was a single black feather. It was as dark
ave killed me. But she hadn't. She had left a toke
ather. I realized then that I didn't kn
rom or why her presence felt l
s, the world wasn't gray. I was terrified. And I was s
I whispered to
sun. Today, the tr
y capable of. I didn't know that by the end o
irl I was mourning was c
inside the house.
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