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a's
morning sunlight streamed through the high windows, painting golden stripes across the polished wooden flo
sacrificed herself to save the Shadow Fang alpha's son during a wild wolf hunt. Some
he room swayed slightly, and I had to grab the dummy for balance. This wasn't right. I'd inherited my
ke off the growing fog in my head. Anoth
the perfect daughter in front of our father. "Here, sis," she'd said, voice dripping with artificial sweetness. "Staying hydrated is so im
words came out slightly slurred. My wolf, usually a c
I almost dropped it. A message from
one screen, each word ma
Mountain View
s wrong -
RR
and laughter, not this raw panic. Many people couldn't handle being friends with
raining arena's exit seemed miles away, the corridor stretching endlessly befor
each step. Where Cassandra had always been–
ntal bond, the way I had thousands of
his to me." My mental voice gre
ce that made you realize how much noise you'd
on the steering wheel, and the road seemed to ripple like a heat mira
't just unlocked – i
came out slur
panion since childhood – was completely silent. Not just qui
r the wall as my kne
ight, but my body wouldn't respond. The last thing I saw was
was too strong, pulling me under like a tide. I couldn't tell if I screamed or i
of pain. The sunlight stabbing through the cheap hotel curtains was too b
forter scraped against my skin as I shifted, and the realization hit me like ic
familiar. The room spun lazily as I tried to focus on it, the pattern blurring before my
bathroom. The fluorescent light flickered to life with an angry buzz,
led lower, to the constellation of bite marks scattered across my collarbones
brought a new awareness - a slick sensation between my thighs, the unmistakable feelin
f the sink, staring at my wild-eyed reflection. Wha
erate. Emma. The tex
. Oh god, if something had happened
implications of my current state, the ache in my bod
pped it around myself. My legs barely held me as I staggered to
ld you loo
lway, leaning against the wall with casual grace. A
nd my body. She held up her phone, the camera pointed directly at me. "The migh
ht to stay upright. "I'm c
o different from the warm friend I thought
interest Father. What do you think the pack will say when they see their future alpha femal
teps. Dozens of pack members lined the walls, their faces a blur of judgment and whispers. At the head of the room, my father Marcus sat rigid in his alpha chair,
ce dripped with false sympathy. "The bite marks, h
ted. The space in my mind where my wolf should be felt like an open
e came out as a whisper.
a command in his vo
there's no need to make excuses. We all know what you've been up to." Her smile was raz
a step forward. Without my wolf, without my s
to this pack. To your mother's memory." The mention of my mother mad
Alpha of the Silver Moon Pack, hereby strip you of your pack status
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