Sandra's Wrath

ght her lif

st, it sh

n, there was nothing. No pain, no

irst, but growing stronger. It wrapped around her a warm embrac

ndr

ice, though she had never heard it befor

have been wronged, my child, and I will not let you

armth and strength. And then, with a sudden force, Sandra wa

ga

ft, powdery dust that felt nothing like the damp,

rl of emotions, her mind struggling to c

avoidable. Daniel's lifeless body, The bond they had shared

ife, drummed frantically against her chest. Daniel,

et them b

a crime she hadn't committed, her reputation torn to s

ught her reflection in the grimy

ike the wings of a broken bird; she thought it might

n a violent rush, the image staring back was a stranger-a woman with sharp, pr

face, her fingers trembling as

a anymore. She w

ny single pack, tales of a fierce and deadly fighter whose n

as trapped in her skin, wearing it like a mask that

er coursing through she had never possessed in her

memories of how Emilia sacrificed herself by absorbing and bonding her life to the

her just like in a dream, exce

nd of footsteps, heavy and deliberate, c

ung open, and a man stepped in, his silh

uspicious-narrowed a

his dark hair tied back and a

not overwhelming, like a storm

gravelly and edged with mist

en up in someone else's body? That the Moon Goddess herself had given her a se

know," Sandr

r her with suspicion. His nostrils flared as if

ory. No one crosses our b

containing his wolf beneath the

no idea of how she had gotten here, only the blinding ag

id, her voice shaking. "I don'

obviously unconvinced. Hi

er reason you decided to just wander onto on

Sandra insisted, though the w

ow could she put into words that

she had her mission-to find the real killer of her fated mate a

I'm Gabriel, Beta of Oakland. And until we figure out who yo

heard that name before, whispered in stories a

ent to the Alpha, and his brutal efficiency. If there wa

suffocating. "You don't belong here," he snarled. "And if

ill want to know wh

previously met Mikel, but his reputation as one of th

den until she learned more about the wor

he whispered, her

now what h

r with such intensity that she wanted to shrink away. But then his

hostile but still suspicious. "Come wi

followed Gabriel out of the temple, her legs shak

moon threw an eerie glow over the d

e rustle of leaves, distant wolf calls,

ened, her head buzzing

han Sandra had ever been. But it wasn't just phys

red beneath the surface, s

whispered in her mind, cold

ath caught i

and it was more than a shadow in the back of

how much control she had over the wolf inside her, and the prospect of surrendering h

ng building made of stone and wood, Gabriel led

remarkable in its way, with high ceilings

ves, serving as a constant reminder of t

ong corridor, his stride

to piece together what had happened to her, what had happ

abriel opened the door, motioning for her to ent

l window that allowed in just enough moonlight to brighten. The atmosp

el said, his tone leaving

want to speak

of the Alpha again. Her stomach twiste

longer before exiting the room and

down on the bed's edge. Her mind was filled with fear, confusion, an

chance to find justice for D

y, encircled by wolves who were capable of

power within her whispered that

ce urged, soft and in

sting the temptation. She couldn't

mattress offering little comfort

from her so cruelly. And Lucy. Her beloved sister was lost and alone s

g Sandra from her thoughhhhhhhts. She di

omorrow," came Gabriel's

dn't respond, just nodded, thou

ain, leaving her alone

row, she will m