Shackled But Indomitable: The Queen I Refuse To Become

way to protect Freddie and me with whatever she had. Sometimes, though, she depended on me more than she should

il

d toward the stairs without paying attenti

care

ocked his legs around my waist. The

. It stil

me with a guil

rry

carefully set him back on the floor. As soon as his feet touched the ground,

me

y as he practically d

.. your

ng in the doorway with two bowls in her

nd touched my shirt.

n't a go

ave to see Sheila

were smeared with blood. The bandages had already

it. I can change your band

f us. I answered with a small s

ey need to be wrapped

she went back to get her own bowl. Th

Dylan. I've treated much worse

r a moment before

ight

ave to make another t

re than to lie down and stay there. All t

k, I sat down on a small stool. Then I slowly took of

a basin filled with warm salt

w this was go

her she got, the slower her hands became. By the time she reached the last la

ightened i

mn.

e cool air brushing across my bac

my G

oice

ore this time... far

look at her. Tears were alr

going to

her head, unabl

d to keep you safe... I never should've let t

before she c

to

rply than I'd meant it to,

what he would've done. He ne

He would've fought back. And he woul

g and take care of my wounds. And next time, do

forced back her tears, and

in warm salt water

e pain was intense, almost impossible to bear, but it had to b

e wounds are

were still

ll be fine. Ju

resh bandages tightly around my torso. By the time sh

a few days... Your body can'

odd

and walked over to Fred

ht, litt

e tried to fix

ight,

last time before mak

ut the door behind me and dro

hit me again

over my mouth to keep myself quiet. My mom's treat

let her k

e it. For Fred

much pain I was in

that, my eyes

right about

g, I needed to ke

urvive anoth

.

we were finally lined up in the school hallway. We stood in perfectly str

rea

we stood at the very end of the human line. Across from us, the humans who had been claimed by Lycans stoo

silence hanging over the

he stopped in front of Nick. He looked completely uncertain, as if he

k at

I'd somehow know what to do. Before he could react

, look

od, I could clearly see his eyes. They were dark and

I do

suddenly stepped forward, grabbed him witho

ey

without thinking and left my place. Every eye in the hallway immedi

o my stomach with crushing force. The blow stole the air from my lungs, and

in front of everyone two

teeth but di

questioned our rules