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ed open. My body throbbed with wounds I didn't remember, muscles screaming with each breath. My eyes

looked f

ress sagged beneath me, stuffed with straw that

e wa

nd burnt wood, with a damp c

foots

ing enough to make out their shapes. One tall, her hair tied back with a p

he tall one. Her voic

oat was raw, every word

ack," she said as she ca

ood

stared at her, panic

means," I whispered. "I

r, studying me like I was a

, throat burnin

"That's what they told us. You were foun

like a warning-but it disappeared just as

d her eyes. "Does that

acked. "It feels... familia

hanged a

one said softly. "Happens sometimes

e q

e made my

dmitted. "Like someone

f the bed. Her voice was gentler now. "I'm Becca. She's Clara.

added without emotion. "

erstand it, not full

ped cup of water. I dr

end up here

d. "By Alpha Darius. No one know

a Da

t a chill do

.. kno

e carried you in himself. Covered

ble. Helpless. But some strange part of me wanted to see him.

the bed. "You start work tomorrow. Cl

even know

," she said fla

Keep your head down. Don't talk back. And what

up my spin

she murmured, alrea

e silence returned,

ut, unfamiliar. I didn't recogn

I befo

harp enough to make me flinch. I pulled the blanket

lent and cold. Snow blank

h

y

Watching me fro

rom the window, h

d. They

feelin

found me

as watchi

, a sharp knock

called. "You're ex

every shadow stretched like something unseen lurked behind it. Musc

ap and woodsmoke. Bare feet met the cold floor, sending a shiver up the spine.

thing. "Try not to cry if someone glares at

e that led into the main part of the house. Cleaner than the room above-stone floors

rs, betas, another omega mopping. Everyo

Clara muttered, jerking her chin tow

e

the throat. Clara had

ged close to the chest while trudging through

tood with hi

swaying in the wind. He faced t

he tu

udden stillness, as if the world

d, voice low and rough l

That's what t

. No flinch. Just

Wild. Dangerous. The wolf inside stirred for t

aid. "The one

that could be offered. Grati

e the face. "Why wer

in a fight. With

hing passed throug

No memory. Not even a

tled. He di

remember

ace. It's like waking

ed. "That's

n't feel

arth and frost on him. His gaze swept down,

l like a normal

What do I

came. Only

ld you I don'

ught up. "Then I'd tell you I

slightly. A twitch of t

who'd fought too long and trusted no one. Yet someth

t don't lie to me. If anything comes back... a name,

iet

turned and walked past. As he passe

opped at

ai

ck to me, ey

id slowly. "Where

art d

t ma