ra's
th day, I w
couldn't tell whether it
Fever burned beneath my skin, and every breath felt like a s
w
e back of my mind. She was fighting me, pushing ag
the bathroom and
tared back at m
remained, flickering beneath my lashe
ft in the bottle. My hands shook as I splashed cold wa
y mother's voice tremble
der than I'd ever heard it. "That you've
ened around the
protect
you intend to k
nd out what
lowed. I stood frozen, with
t a
to act normal despite the fever m
I had even opened it, appearing out
sual grin was absent, replaced by som
ar." I fumbled with my combination l
his hand cool against my burning skin. "Y
away. "I
utiful. My favori
cern, searching my face like he
ng and walked me to class, staying close eno
eir expressions a mix of jealousy and di
y hallway. "Have dinner with me tonight. N
u doing thi
s didn't answe
and the familiar amusement
y don't kn
w wh
ore they even speak to me. They either want my
do you thi
turned, although it wasn't quite as careles
's nothing t
let me pass. "Have dinner wit
g behind his usual confidence. Against my better judgment, agains
face. "Be ready by seven, sister. I have somethi
ad. Logan stood there watching us; he looked so fu
fusion. I found my mother in the kitchen and did not bother with
were protecting me? Pr
mbled. "Auro
My voice came out harsh, b
he gripped the edge of the
own!" I slammed my pal
e. Vincent said you poisoned me. He sa
her eyes and spilled over, but I refused to fee
lver Wolf," s
red a
wha
Your grandmoth
in, but she only looked a
g to have to do b
swal
extinct. Your bloodline carries extraordinary power, and the strength you cou
lua
d taste
're talking about me like I
"I watched what happened to my mother. I watched Alphas
s from her. "If I'm so powerful, then why have I alwa
you were two years old. Diluted, just enough to suppress your wolf, to hide your scent, to make
up my spine. "Y
ached across the table, b
was sixteen when three Alpha
ghtened around the
ing to do with their rivalry died in the fighti
stop
thought she wo
nherit her bloodline, and he didn't care what it cost her. By the tim
filled wi
teen when I
and it made my chest ache. But i
k away my wolf when I was two years old. You made me believe I was def
ice c
fe wondering what's wrong with you? To watch everyo
ad, strugglin
y identity, Mum. You ma
al life!" Her voic
ou turned eighteen. They would have fought over you, claimed you by force, used you for your bloodline and noth
looked. I got to thinking I was broken! Do you know what that does to a person, Mom? Do you know wha
know, and I'm sorry, but I would do it ag
le, to a pack full of unmated wolves, and you stopped giving me the wol
t you. Shadowpine is one of the strongest packs in the regio
the edge of the table. "Do
th me. He knew the risks, and he promised to keep you sa
wisted. "And
ing I needed to know. "Not yet. But Logan, he s
es me? Because he c
d again, and this time I let her take
love you. I watched my mother die because of what she was, and I swore I
ar that had been living in her chest for decades, the love that had twisted it
etly. "But I don't know if I c
s still falling.
ole body tremblin
he
just need to think. I need to figure out wh
lease be c
e being weak and small and hidden. You took my wolf from me for
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