Kissed By The Curse

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ranking she-wolf she was. Beautiful. Powerful. Everything I wasn't. "And when you're done with this hall, the kitchens

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t out the breath I

he moment I took my first breath, and reminded of it every single day sinc

aw from scrubbing all morning, but I didn't stop. Couldn't stop. If I didn't finish before nightfal

as exactly what every

roken.

rgot she existed. Most wolves shifted for the first time by sixteen. I was twenty, and mine still h

d moved down the hall,

meant something. Now it was just a reminder of everything we had lost. My father died before I was born

than a closet, with a cot that creaked every time I rolled over and a window that didn

he meals. I did it all without complaint because what choice did I have? I had no money, no family, and no future outside this pack

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my stomach felt less than empty. I hadn't eaten since yesterday. There was food

. The night air was cold through my thin shirt, but I didn't care. At least out here, no one w

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than anyone else in the pack, with silver hair and eyes that had seen too much. He had been

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. "What does i

, and I swore I saw something lik

finally, and turned away bef

o, unease curli

very pack in the region. He was coming here to meet with our council, something about

didn't notice

head and ke

shirt, and collapsed onto the cot. Every muscle screamed in protest, but

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