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their mocking stares as they said
all the Lycan
on thought he
bout au
eld and I found Tyrene there. She looked shocked till she
I need
it and I stared at her but it was as if that expressio
was
ather than comfort me. I could feel her breathing against my shoulder, uneven, and for a moment,
her voice softer than I exp
o
gh
with me. Still, I didn't question it. There was nothing left for me here a
neither did I. The noise from the gathering faded behind us, but the w
re a, fucking
ect
inat
got back to Ashvale, Tyrene didn't stop with me like she usually did. She di
later," she
lightly as I watched her leave, that strange feeling from earlie
he door burst open and two guards stepped in
with
hem grabbed my arm, pulling me forward roughly as
ng to process it. The metal door opened with a harsh sound before I
de it hard to keep track of time. Food came less often than it used to, and when it did, it wasn't enough. Work repla
he council, I already knew it w
slightly at my sides as the elders looked down at m
e to this pack," one of t
n't s
sequences for
d in. "Ashvale is i
tly. I hadn't expected that and
he first elder continued. "And yo
ing settled
yself, my voice coming out quieter
ill be
a moment, I just stood there, staring
rward slightly despite myself
e no say
d even try again. My gaze moved across the room, searching
tching. And for the first ti
the person I thought I knew. What stared back at me instead was something d
tr
re and I had just been too blind to see it. For a moment, I forgot how to breathe, my thoug
alone could fix it, like it would
did
hout looking away, and the worst part w
ke
ulling me back as I struggled slightly,
ren
choing louder than it should have as I was dragged back down to the cells. Chains were added around my wrist
ened again. I didn't bother looking up immediately. Ther
the door closing behind her with a soft click. For a moment, she didn't say anything
u," she sa
T
htly, but not with sadness, it was rage. "You had to be born an ome
ng painfully beneath my ribs as I tr
you we
ed before something sh
ed against the chains, metal clinking harshly as my hands clenched ins
d trusted more than anyone i
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