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m, sending a sting across my cheek. I remained pinned to the floor, my knees dig

ed my chin and locked eyes with her.

moment your useless mother breathed her last, but he insisted on keeping you alive. I doubt he'll make the s

and hauled me forward. My knees scraped violently agains

ed against their hold, but t

sea of hostile faces. Some pack members wept into their hands, others bared their tee

uards rushed frantically back and forth, tossing pails of water onto t

it all sat my fath

coiled with rage. His dark beard framed a face carved

slammed against the dirt, barely managing to throw my tr

nzo raised a

"Do you have any idea of the gravity of your offense? Do you know how many lives you have taken to

s. "You know me, Father... All these years, I've been loyal. I've cared for everyone. I h

ruises, sweat, and agony. "Please, Father... believe me. I've been set

ge fairly, and I will hear the witness. But mark my words: if

ela wouldn't lie. She was Sarah's eldest daughter, moving into our home after my mother died, b

pale, her left hand cradling her right arm, which dripped with f

pleaded, leaning forward as far as

flicked to mine-hollow and unreadabl

nd fragile. "We were about to head down for lunch. I was a few steps ahead, running down t

caught in

jealous of me-jealous that Father loved me more. She tried to finish me off, but I managed to scramble into the washroom and lock t

s. My heart froze inside my

the last person I ever expected to turn on m

red my vision. "Angela, tell them the truth! That's a lie! I would ne

ht ahead, completely

shadow of doom. "Jade Scott. You have been found guilty of attempted murder, th

tt, Alpha of the Crestwood Pack, sentence you to death. But you are an abomination-your blood will not fou

d by the roaring crowd. The very people I had loved, the peo

y. My desperate cries faded into the tree line as th

threw me onto the damp earth. The forest was p

sword unsheathing with a cold metallic r

moonlight, ready to slice through my neck. I

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the treeline, a towering silhouette emerged. His frame was colossal, his aura suff

rumbled through the dark, vib

ave