The Alpha's Obsession.

s suffocating, pressing down on me like a weight I couldn't shake. I could hear the crackling of

I tried to run to her, but my feet wouldn't move. The floor beneath me was hot, too hot, but I

he sound was swallow

g everything I loved to ash. Shadows danced in the corners of my eyes, t

did

ng, pulling me down, down into the darkness. The air burned in my lungs, searing through my

illed

body was paralyzed, helpless, as the flames closed in. The shadows grew darker, the heat more unbearable. The house bega

lfed them, and

ng into the abyss, i

free from my chest. Sweat soaked my sheets, my hair clinging to my forehead, an

for years, a brutal reminder of everything I'd lo

better, my life was finally impr

lowed 4:17 AM. The house was quiet, but not the comforting kind of quiet. It was the oppressive silence that only came in the

ry inch of it. I'd lived here, in this lonely corner of the pack house, for as long as I could reme

nants of the dream. But the accusations still echoed in my head,

did

It wasn't just a nightmare. It was a memory. And

my face. My gunmetal blue eyes were bloodshot, the dark circles underneath a permanent fixture, and my hair was a tangled mess from tossing an

days till

e thought should have brought some comfort, but all it did was tighten the knot of anxiety in my stomach. I was so close, yet it felt like miles away. I clenched my ja

cherry red blazer dress, one of the couple outfits I owned, and Ethan's favorite. The cold water helped to wake me up, but it did nothing to wash away the e

of enduring

cle Desmond's booming laughter-a sound that always made my skin crawl. I'd planned to slip out unnoticed, to get through the day without crossing path

reful to stay out of sight. I could hear my uncle's voice, low

ngements tonight. I want her gone b

myself against the wall, my

ued, his voice dripping with malice. "If she f

truth? Were they

eraphina asked, her v

She doesn't know she's walking straight into the tra

ly, a rush of panic surging throug

airs, a hand grabbed my shoulder,

usin's voice slithered into my

overdrive as bile

efore I could say another word, his hand shot o

I hit the floor, the impa

ser, his eyes glinting with malicious delig

s foot pressed down on my injured

ot through me, and I gasped, m

s I looked up. This was