a's

onster. He started all of this. So why was h

a new game: help the toy, so it

t before he bites. "You don't touch her. You don't look at her

, I was

is that u

g sil

lla whispered. S

hate, then spun around. Her

cked shut. I

nd reached

But my body moved on its own. His fingers closed a

He pulled me one step closer

at this mean

ok my

e didn't step back. "And I don't do things for

nt? I was the daughter of a man ever

of favor?"

I haven't decided. But when I do, b

o check his phone. "Clean yo

jumped. If anyone saw us t

to go.

___

as ending. My shoes squeaked on t

hair, the stained shirt, the way I held my side. S

We are predators, not scavengers. If you look like you've been dragged through a

my neck. I ke

ooked at me, amused, covering her mouth. T

desk in the back an

cond period, Bella walked right past me as if I were a ghost. Her friends l

row were empty. I tried not to look at them, but the a

urs until the moon rose. Nine hours

be the girl who takes it. I would be speed and strength. I could run. I could

ent three nights filing the tips and dipping them in the wolfsbane extract from the garden shed. They wouldn't kill an Alpha. But they would

ds were shaking, not from fear t

yard, invisible. I was almost a

hadows fel

re dropped so hard my ears popped. I

ng cold smiles. Brock leaned against the gate,

"We know it's your birthday. We'r

n't a

ading wolves into the sheep pen. But if I refused, th

e gun under

, my voice dea