The Moonlit Lies And Unwanted Wolf

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. Even the moon hides behind the clouds tonight, l

too thin for the cold, a hand-me-down I dug out of the donation pile behi

ation. Beautiful wolves who have shifted. Proud warriors. E

. Useless

p. They cut deeper than claws. "She's cur

ears old. She shou

re feet. Cracked toes. Mud clinging to my

elong. I

her, but the truth is already unraveling me. I'm the only one in th

n Ceremony...I'm the disgrace e

Betr

ok up I feel him. The shift in the wind. The crackle

Kael D

nce is impossible to ignore...tall, broad-shouldered, wrapped in black leathe

es still. His eyes narrowed. His nostrils flare.

me off my feet. My breath catche

e. Alpha Kae

tten me. Maybe this is my turning point. Maybe everything changes now. B

s voice full of veno

eak. Kael steps closer, towering over me. "This is a joke. "Th

he says, his voice like a blade. Ri

pack. Laughter follows. Cruel. Loud. Like a thousand wolv

mething's been ripped out of

ate...he rejected me. In front of everyone. And the bond...weakene

ed and

He raises a hand. "She is banished," he decl

ory and others spit near my fee

my body's too heavy. My fingers d

..." I choke,

ents died. She just stares at me, blank-faced. As if I'm already a ghost. The Beta

scraping on the stones. My arms flail. My nails br

y disappears with every tug, every jeer, every word of mocker

g tall. He doesn't blink. He doesn't care. I scream ag

Beyond t

arbage. "This is mercy," Calder sn

shredded. My mate...the one person who was supposed to

protected by pack law. Rogue territory lies beyond. Death lives

k, no mate. I am... nothing. I drag myself forward. One crawl. Then another. Each mov

to everything I ever knew... gone. I collapsed. A howl echoes in the distanc

nches snap. The darkness stirs. A shadow moves...fast. And Silent

ot a wolf. Not quite human..

sm

s. "But now that you are..." He kneels do

ou're

s her into his arms. His eyes glow...not gold like Kael's, but