The Alpha's Secret Wolfless Mate

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gate groaned

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r memories. I stood there, in the worn-out clothes they'd given me, my long, silver-white hair the only thing that felt like my own. The y

mirror shine, pulled up and stopped just inches from my

were a slash of perfect red, her expression one of deep distast

lready performing. She raised a delicate

k on her," Delpha whined, her

. "Get in the car, Arla. The front seat. I do

had learned to obey to survive. I opened the passenger door and slid into the seat, the smell of new leathe

, my reflection a pale

, I could see Delpha preening, flashing her new mani

announced loudly, for my benefit. "He said he's never been

e of the car like a stone. My ex-fiancé.

sympathy. "He's moved on, Arla. Everyone has.

y fingers found the rough seam of my trousers, and I began to rub the fabric between my thumb and fore

The canopy of leaves overhead plunged the car into shadow. This w

, Delpha

eatrical performances. It was hi

oked

, mangy beasts with eyes that glowed with feral hunger. There were at

ed against the asphalt. The car skidded sideways, the back end swinging out, narrowly missing a m

med its body against the driver's side door with a sicke

ure, paralyzing fear. His hands were locked on t

a symphony of shrieks, a chaotic

lves closing in. My heart was a cold, hard knot

seatbelt in o

id, my voice

respond, his eye

y into his ribs. He grunted, the air forced from his lun

de, and dropped into the driver's seat. My hands clo

e. The engine roared, and we shot backward. The rear bumper connected wit

a shrieked from the ba

ating, finding the weakness in their formati

f open road. I executed a drift, the back of the car swinging out in a controlled slide. The side of the car scraped past a snarling

zed shut, her perfectly applied ma

acceleration, was precise. It was like surgery, findi

last of the pack. The

gues were just distant specks i

sping breaths of Andra and Delpha, and the fra

I looked in the rearview mirror, my eyes meeting Andra's. Her face

d smile touc

g warrior cowering i

oice flat. "You can

at down, buckled my seatbelt, and stared out the window, as if the last thr