Rebirth Of The Alpha Queen: It's Payback Time!
ght around my legs they felt like restrain
my bedroom window. I was in my room. I could see my posters, my desk
shed across the calen
r year summ
of the a
The memories of my past life pre
udden dizziness on the stairwell. Mira Cross's ca
cobwebs. The birthday party where my wolf never c
ike some goddess, summoned an Al
s erased fro
throat. Tears blurred my vision, but
would be
won't let it happen again. Not the accident. Not Father's death. Not
ibs, restless and sharp, lik
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at my door. Her sweet
elebrate the last days of summer. Ther
I forced my lips into
stepsister who would trail after her willingly. She
s and false laughter. The perfect accomplice.
the bar, the trap t
I wasn't going
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zy colors. Lilith leaned close, her perfume cloying,
of those hot looking men might app
ing within, masked by whiskey. The same poison
kin. I raised it, matching her grin, though the taste in my mo
right into Mira's waiting hand. She laug
ing just enough to keep the act alive.
own cleverness. Her eyes kept darting to Mira, quick f
ing them into her purse to destroy the evidence, I
that was very brief
-
before. Music muffled behind the do
, her steps unsteady. The wolfsbane was si
e moved. The same shove she had given me last
pped
r palm, outstretched for my back, sl
, the way it had when it was me. Her heel slipped, her hand
as she landed hard at t
filled the air
es panicked. "Call an ambulance
ning shock, eyes wide. But i
r this ti
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, her face pale and twisted with agony. Mira, too dizzy
. On the sidewalk, the night air
ince my rebirth, I l
And it wasn't on m
wo months later. Me in a wheelchair, humiliated before the pack when
this
a sealed, let them underestimate me. And when the moment was right,
still echoed in my skull. I would feed i
eep, savorin
tires s
adlights flashing. The back door yanked open, and a han
shout, I was
ed. The car lu
uscle in me locked as I turned
I f
rson I expe