Too Late Alpha Marcus, (The Last White Wolf)

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ll when my sister Selene tipped a f

gh the only nice dress I owned. Four hundred wolv

elene said sweetly, covering her

did it on purpose,

. I turn twenty tonight, and I am the only wolf in the Ironclaw

one whispered. "Wol

quietly, though my

said with a smirk. "You could wear gold a

d say something. Lady Evelyn saw everything, but

he laughter faded. He did not ask whether I was h

pha's welcome night. And remember what the council said. If you st

mach d

ord with no wolf at twenty loses her name, her home, and her place in

rked. Then I walked out of the hall with every eye on my back.

locked the door and fi

grey eyes looked too big in my thin face. I stared at

and you're still hi

ghts beside them. My brother heard his wolf at nine, and my sister heard h

y mother can barely say my name without frowning. They gave all thei

opped a long time ago. Crying on

r said 11:52 p.m. I had

te at the exact moment they turn twenty, when the Moon Goddess calls the

d choose a wolfless girl? But every night, when the loneline

. Just let one person

ocked the door, and

in grey tunic I had borrowed from the laundry maid. I pla

ter stood Alpha Marcus Hale, our new Alpha, who had come home today after three years abroad. He was tall

ughing at everything he said and touching his arm. Everyone in the pack knew s

. I only watc

e. With four minutes left, a strange heat crept

fter a storm, wild and smoky and warm, and somehow it felt like it

ught the whole hall could hear it.

e spoke ins

at

was deep, low, and ancient, and I h

ty years of silence, she w

the wolves gasped. Across the room, Alpha Marcus slowly turned arou

ay like water. He stopped so close that I could feel the heat o

ice. Then he said it louder,

in

rom her hand and shattered on the floor. Damie

h meant the council could no longer throw me out. I was saved, and I almost c

his shoulder, and

eyes full of hatred. She smiled slowly,

decided to take m