Isla: Owned By Four Savage Alpha Brothers

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se, I'm making a mess... I'm sorry I'm shaking. I can't stop it. Please don't

eft my lips, the air in the room changed. I saw his hand

y. It didn't even hurt at first. It just felt hot. Then gravity took over. I didn't choose to fall; my legs just gave u

that was filling my mouth while staring at a dusty scratch on the

every god I know. I asked for small things. I asked for a full stomach. I asked for a warm blanket. I asked for death

ired. That was worse. "Pathetic mutt. You thi

weak, whining girl who can't even shift properly. You should have died. When your mother took those pills, she should have taken enough for you too.

d the sound

I curled my toes into

knew this, and that's why he never used leather belts. It neve

It sounded like an animal dying in a trap. The wolfsbane immediately seared my skin. It didn't just cut me; it cooked me from the inside o

noise I made. I was screa

me thrash. He looked at me like I was a broken appliance he was trying to fix with a hamme

. Please, just stop my heart. Make me vanish. Turn me to ash so I don't have to feel the silver agai

n. I saw the silver buc

gain. Right ove

screamed until I was coughing. He ju

age had shifted right when they were just 16. I am a "late bloomer" to the world, but to him, I am a failure. I

he s

hed back in

at and blood. My back felt like it had been dipped in lava.

ked at my hand. It was shaking on the floor. M

red welts rising up on my thighs, my stomach, my ribs. They were de

h. My neck was smooth

at are hidden. He wants me to look pretty for the world. He wants me to look like a normal girl so he ca

t u

My muscles locked tight, spasming with the need to obey. I hated that my body betrayed me ev

. They were shaking so bad I a

ep your face pretty,

My throat was swollen shut f

t," he

, stinging the open cut on my

e I am only useful

across his face. It didn't

til my spine hit the wall. He stopp

ke my scalp burn. "But you have your mother's face and skin. An Alpha daughter who can't shift is worthless in a pack. But a pretty face? That

s. I am an Alpha. I have killed rogues twenty-five times stronger than you without blinking. You

ed back, dusting his hands off

When I invited the Beta and

. Being held down by men whose wolves made them strong enough that my scre

you from a pack of Alphas, sweetheart. She'll just make you heal faster so we can do it again. Now get out and clean yourself up. You're a

med shut. The

loor. I didn't cry anymore. I was tired of crying.

I went to the bathroom. I looked in the mirror. My eye w

e cabinet above the s

for pack members who broke the rules too many times. It was for werewolves who couldn't be controlled

he handle. It

d of pain, and then the silence would be real. I could save my wolf from him. I could save her

eached out. My fingers brushe

top

do it yet

o be strong. I had never felt her. Not once. But if I died now, I would never know if I w

ee her. Just once.

ibs and remember the last time I saw my mother. I was eight. She was pack

even though I'd tried to be quiet. When she turned, her face was a mess of bruises, one eye

o back to bed." That

ome but she had looked me a long terrible moment and s

beautiful wolf and crashed through the

unable to track her, unable to follow, unable to

r against my burns until

. Alive. Free. She found

cape and buil

eft me he

me. But because I wasn't worth

would she want me then? If I showed up on her new pack's border,

s, I don't even

unforgivable in the werewolf world.

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lendar. Today's date is circled in r

e for a first shift. If you haven't shifted by eighteen,

my las

scratching at my consciousness, whimpering, trying to surface but un

e stronger. Fast enough to break through the window

to make it

up. Even without a wolf, I feel the command in m

conditioned to obey Alpha or

dominance. "Spin." I turned slowly. He circled me like he's evaluating

rtant, Lila. D

hday?" I

d enough to split my lip but not har

u make yourself useful for

hat miles you'd take to ensure their happiness but do it! You're going to make them want you. Seduce them if you want! Or else... And trust me, Isla, the buyers in the

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