slowly s

tement ha

ould all go home to rest b

girl who tried to seduce her sister's

ward the cold away, I took slow s

, the one I always used.

y father was still Beta Councilman, Vivia

he fr

the

lowly and the hinges creaked. My heart started to r

ing's warning would actually work. Mayb

r that I was unde

finally get better. I took another step into the dark room to

d as my vision cleared, I saw them. Vivi

their eyes. Behind them, the house was e

at do you think you're doing, mutt?" Vivian

und even harder. "I'm

id qu

our room?" Celebrate laughed, but i

nks she has a room here?

a said-"

isn't here

I started to back up until my back hit the wall. "Please.

simply. "No

A terrible, tragic accident. And by morning everyo

I had no idea what they

out of nowhere. She slapped me so hard acro

ore I could recover, Celeste grabb

he dragged me d

ied, trying to pry he

ut u

ound. My body hit the floor hard an

connected with my ribs. I curled in

y would

rack and raw pain shot through my whole body. "You thought you could e

he Alpha King w

top."She let go of my hair an

. My body screamed in protest. Everything hurt. My arms

ings I had left from my parents. Everything I owned. Celeste pulled out a match. "No!" I tried to c

leste lit the match and

night sky; my mother's journal. My father's watch. Th

ou see what you are?," Vivian sa

ve not

re no

uldn't move. The pain was too much. Then Vivian reached into her coat an

onbl

It glowed with a faint blue light. I'd only seen

ispered. "P

t in the firelight, the blade reflected the orange of the fir

can't- Please-""Let's see how special you really are," she said c

The pain was unlike anything I'd ever

s dee

rs

ng. The being that had been with me since I was eighteen. A important part of me

ying. Her howls inside my mind tore me apart. I could feel her trying to

N

stay. The blade wouldn't let her. One final painful howl echoed through my mind and Vivian pulled the blade o

m the wound. I heard the cruel

had been killed. The overwhelming

ughter, her face close to mine, mak

r Alpha King now

ou? Thought someone would finally save you?" S

rthless...nothing

t had killed my wolf. "And no one is coming to save you. No one eve

sion, I watched them walk away. Back into the hou

htly, but everything remained dark as I laid th

ped from me by my own family. Could I ev