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ack house. I couldn't believe my father had gone to such lengths to keep me

n his face. His eyes shone with satisfaction, and there was a s

the door shut. I couldn't hold back my anger any l

and his eyes turned cold.

s pack, and I meant it," he growl

e. He met my eyes witho

think. "You've practically sentenced me to spend the rest of my

ght of being trapped in this

ng an omega, it's the least you deserve. You should be grateful t

l," I repeated in a broken whisper. "Grateful for what? For b

b. Nothing I do will ever make up for what happened that day, will it?" My voice rose as I struggled to hold myself together. "N

e. I refused to back away. "You have no right to talk to me like th

'd said it. "You're not my father. We might share the same blood,"

ing all over again. "I never saw that man again. You became a stran

e this. She'd be devastated if she could see what

ettled be

ring himself to say. I sensed I'd pushed him too far, but part of me didn't

twins. Watching Rowan and Kael sign that paper, agreeing to keep me tra

to reconsider, but I'd held back, knowing it wouldn't change anything. Had they even

d the silence. "I told yo

yes narrowed, but I kept going. "Because it hurts to talk about

single, menacing stride. Panic surged through me. I fo

e toward him, tearing a sharp

d the door. I whimpered and tried to pull free. "You should know by

down the basement stairs, where

cked across my back. Pain shot thro

e struck me again. "I can't even

crumpled forward, sobbing as

tated, shaking all over. "On your knees!" he snapped.

ious that he put his full strength into every lash, and I was terrified. My screams grew

hardly move. I'd cried until there were no tears left. An

stion my decisions. After what you did, you're lucky I let you stay," he spa

king his head in disapproval befo

ss that reeked of filth had been shoved into a corner. My father sur

nd recover," he growled. "I doubt it'll do much good, but the Alpha

g me. I pressed my lips together, keeping the bit

on me, his voice

t me. "Vivienne will be my pride and joy. She'll raise our family's standing and show the pack how str

d exhausted on the basement floor. Even the slight

ged myself to the mattress in the far corner and collapsed onto it. Too dr

hatred had grown over the years, and I shivered as I realized there was nothing to st

myself? Another shudder ran through me. Had he already planned fo

ibility. I'd looked forward to meeting my wol

when I turned eighteen

d to fight it, I welcomed the darkness and sl