ir
estate felt like walking through a graveyard
nd every scent brought ba
halls like a frightened mouse, keeping my h
heavy, rhythmic thud on the floor. I didn't look down. I
the kitchen. These were the same men w
t move to block my path. Instead, they went silent. Th
ing fast thump-thump, thump-th
was the one who had once broken my arm for "walking too
e was that chilling, melodic rasp that soun
n't recognize me, but his animal instincts told hi
collar with a gloved hand. I let my cold fingers bru
e it stays
ogical torture I had planned. I didn't need to lay a finger on them. My p
high-ranking" females lived. Suddenly, I smelled something fami
ar
here, dressed in a
he rejected me. She was the one who was supposed to be his Que
eyes were red like she had been crying. And the most sho
was no
no jagged scar from an Alpha's bite. Ther
poison. "You think you can just walk around h
alked slowly around her, like a p
ed. "That's a very big li
ent pale. "Wha
ng in. "Or rather, I can't smel
s wing all by yourself, pretending to be a Queen while he s
creamed, reachin
n't even have to try. To my hybrid e
rist just enough
as humiliate me," I whispered, t
he told the pack he was marking you
My memory was so clear I remember
it never happened. Was my memory a lie?
you freak!"
looking pathetic. "Don't get in my way again," I
raining grounds. I needed to move. I nee
riors. Theron was there, standing on
hollow. When he saw me approaching, he straight
joins us," The
ow my men what a rea
hink your men are too soft fo
nt named Kael, stepped forward.
you. You're just a girl in a fancy mas
felt the Hybrid's Curse thro
sked. I didn't wai
ed. To the wolves, I
e his fists, I was behind him. I kicked the back of his knees, and
, but I was faster. I jumped on his back and
ispered into his e
s so heavy you could hear the wind in the tree
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