ia'

ng passed

le the pack prepared for the Alpha's arrival. The sun rose,

after the ceremony began, I

guards exchanged looks, and the air fel

whispers

one did not rea

not hi

d he demanded to see ever

t was not my concern, and n

ked me in the root cellar with the rats. I had screamed for hours, but no one came. That was when

my hands were raw and my arms ached. The water in the basin turned gray from the grime, and I dumped it

mething." But what? And why did it involve me? I was nobo

ssibility. But really, Vivienne had been hurting me

"They say the Alpha threw a chair," she whispered. "Through a wall

new nothing would ever be the same after

t it would not change anything, and sur

y, Marta gra

said. "Co

he kitchen, through a h

bly dead Alphas, and dead Lunas. Their painted eyes followed me as Marta

in the main hall, nor did i know why the Alpha wanted to see every woman in the h

ith a rack of dresses, and she shov

e Alpha wants to see y

questions running through my head.

all my dresses, but it was cleaner than what I had been wearing

Celeste is not his mate. Now he wants to see ev

questions. I

l was packed

s, catching the light and throwing rainbows across the walls. I had never been in this room

and every wolf in the

and fear-sweat mixed into a smell that made my stomach turn. Someone cough

on my too-big dress. I heard their whispers. "Who

eally did not belong

their bodies pressed together, and their voices buzzing like flies. Some lo

olves stared at me as I passed. But I ke

ked up, an