ley
aked on rusted hinges as I dragged my a
ont portico was chipped and peeling, mirroring
a high-pitched, syrupy laugh echoed from the living
sofa, a crystal flute of vintage champagne in her han
a neighboring pack whom Clarissa had been parad
ughter died, replaced by an expression of pure, venomous disgu
ice carried into the dining room where our parents were sitting. "Out all night wi
er to hide the dark marks on my throat, kee
ur business
ling down my exposed legs with an open, pr
snapped her head toward him, her face twisting with b
ripping with venom. "A useless wolfless like you doesn't even hav
you'd know I have zero interest in your leftovers," I
ampagne sloshed over the rim of the glass. "How dar
nd I took three sharp steps forward,
traight into her eyes. "If I hadn't fought with everything I had to escape,
vanished instantly behind a veil of theatrical innocenc
in his shoulder. "She sneaks out to sell herself to stra
hat pathetic, wolfless embarrassment your family keeps locked
, Genera, marched out of the dining roo
L
h savage force, the sharp cr
od bursting onto my tongue. I pressed a trembling hand against my throbbidrive my mother to her grave the ri
rple, my words hitting
way. "Drag this insolent little bitch out of my sight! T
ms in iron grips. Clarissa watched with a smug, gloating smirk as they hauled me across
heavy oak door slammed shut with a sickening thud, followedloor seeping into my bones. The dark smell of mildew and rot filled my lung
dollar bill left on the nightstand, and the cruel venom of
bs growing numb, until the sudden, frantic thud of
our only chance!" my father's breathle
he door was kicked wide open, blinding
uncoordinated energy. His sunken, bloodshot eyes were wide with a terrifying, unhinged
y, his breath reeking of stale whiskey as his trembling hands
ged me by the arm out of the shed and hauled me back
ted at the long mahogany table, thei
of the table, his chest heaving as the w
desperate rush. "The underground loans are due tomorrow. Fifty million d
my gut, but before I co
ic desperation. "They will inject fifty million dollars into our accounts immediately...
ejia
rporate werewolf dynasty in th
rissa is your eldest daughter. She's the
g laugh, crossing her arms over
ay their Alpha is a crippled, silver-poisoned monster who tears through people for fu
heavy, suffocating pressure of four pa
le, his bloodshot eyes locking onto min
pered, the air turning ice-cold around us. "Which
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