The Rise Of The Silver Wolf

ess

snapped from the door, her arms

, she's my bully. And beside her was Rhea Thorn, the

rry her brother one day, and we laughed about the moon Go

s for me. Behind her stood Dren, a war

eetness. "Don't ruin her just yet, you kno

fingers were cracked open and bleeding, and the fre

d, for it to hurt, for me to

t you, Vanessa Blackstone, as my mate. A w

more than my pride, th

t Caleb ruined me. I slept in dirty corners and hid my brui

k as nothing but Cale

nued, laughing cruelly. "An omega, he only ever used yo

dirty water flooding my skirt and the floor I

essa, no one ever will,

k in frustration just to th

but that was five years ago

why Rhea changed,

me into the dirty water, and I got dren

slowing down

whisper. "You know why my brother keeps you here?

ly, and tried not to talk bac

just died that

did

ce barely audible. I had t

mocking. "Did the rejec

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head turned quickly to the side because of t

y dog," Rhea said angrily,

laughed. "You're not

y, their laughter bo

le. I tried not to cry but my eyes were red. My cheek was sw

ely survi

under roared o

s, and the wind howled at the o

ilence, the heat from the sto

s, I carried a tray down the long corridor

I hadn't eaten in a day, maybe two, I had lost co

s for

the big hall, eve

ped, people start

followed me

mutt," some

s littl

't he just

mate, she's

n a mock toast. "To the ghos

with me and mo

walk, as the tray sh

ice came from a

ned s

from stone with rainwater still clinging to him l

me look of disdain, like I

're

I murmured, hold

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I stumbled, blood mixing with the scent of

the tray with a bored glance. He didn'

t nothing but a warni

rned to

so

ent, my blo

d me. Everyone watched him. I knew he

warm agains

. "But you'll learn, you belong to me, Vanessa. Ev

in and this time, his l

, I will make sure R

er cracked the silence. Soon,

fingernails pressed into my hands

couldn't sleep

aced in my mind. My body hurt, and my cheek was

I s

d too thick to climb for the past yea

nce, was it madn

thoughts that s

" My wolf yell

d, "You ever try to run, I wil

ance." My wolf said t

through the halls like a shadow. E

reaked. I quickly h

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ating fast like it w

s they passed, talking about Rhea and Caleb's

ck's guards, risking death

the, but I kept going. When I got to

craped raw, my knees bruised, and my

ins in my ankle, an

as I ran through the trees, away from the l

t run

forbidden woods, far from Bloodhowl

on me, I felt lost and

t th

. Then a hand grabbed my leg so hard tha

as my leg was