FENRIR'S REBIRTH THE ALPHA'S FORBIDDEN QUEEN

jected

ngeline, the suffocating stench of impending doom. She stood at the edge o

e fixed not on her, but on the entrance where Cassandra stood

red, her voice trembling. "

to stop. The silence that followed was heavy, punctua

rutal indifference. "I'm not spending the next hundred years shack

crowd. Someone shouted, "Check the trash

searching for the man who had promised her the stars just last w

ly as he stepped toward Cassandra. "It's embarrassing. You're a plac

ry, honey. But nature intended for the strong to

Evangeline spat, though her heart felt l

into Lucius. "Go on, get out of here before the gu

ng the air from her lungs. She looked toward the back of the room and s

Evangeline's arm. "Come on, let's get you

ted to the servant's quarters. "My parents' house is forfeit, my

tchel into her hands. "Take what you can. My st

o?" Evangeline

a bully with a crown." Briar grabbed a heavy cloak and wrapped it aro

d ended. She felt the tears drying into salt-streaked paths

boundary line, the air grew colder, wilder, and free of the suffocating scent of her pack. She crossed the

naline that had carried her away from the hall began to dissipate, leaving behind a hollow, aching void

tter, hysterical laugh bubbling up in her throat. "

if liquid fire had been injected into her marrow. She clawed at her own arms, her sk

r of the earth itself. As her eyes snapped open, they didn't reflect the pale moonlight. They

girl anymore. She was s