I knew I was a freak. Da

e tortured me with wolfsbane. Only injecting me w

nd I was sure she would. So it was only a matter

peeding down the road, not min

tucked my hair behind my e

r lips but re

my forehead on it. I stared at my reflection, my

When they felt anger, anxiety, or lust, their eyes shone a fervid

oughts, pointing out, "The last tim

ing at my hands. "Oh..." The fact I could move things with my mind was yet another missi

oo when Max Dalto

l sense of reason escaped me, all except one; to hurt. Th

d of what I was, I wa

id quietly, "We are alm

still I said, "Pullover

nice watched me with pensive eyes as I went over to the back of the car. "Look,

i. We can't take the risk." I opened the boot and climbed i

against my ribcage. My ears intensely listened into the quiet for father's men. I tried to distract my thoughts

c denouncement of me when he banished me to the right

rushed to my feet and went over to open the door. S

and without emotion, which did

while. A flight of stairs soon appeared before us; we climbed up it together. Our footsteps, although s

f my mother and my trepidation grew;

doors of his offi

into oblivion, devoid of a single soul. It b

red three knocks on the door. The sound wa

in, and without hesitation the man

brown rugs, the oil paintings of large ships and peaceful

le of the room, his head bent over an open book.

e, eyes so cold. I swallowed, tempted to rub at my forearms. I w

f him and for the first time in my life, I hesit

sat, before him. In this position

ned to come to the fore. But I couldn't still the hate, the bitter tang tasting in my mouth. Before me was a man who'd tor

in his characteristicall

y ear. "Yes, father?" He had forbi

al of Lanterns. I've decided that you'll b

. Why? I wanted so badly to ask. I realize

and are to be at the airport by six. Pack a bag that'l

ck, I stared a

to his tone. "Have

. Yes, I

ck to his work, effe

e I stood, a

m over my thoughts going haywire. A bunch of loud, random theories

for, like, your friend, partner, lover, child or sibl

er taking me

er took An

why

l he'd vanished from the corridor before I tiptoed-ran to Eunice's room. We s

orning when I came to stand

rcely registered to me, instead what did was the c

d, after taking in a b

cut into the wide walls, his hands in h

e did, not that I expected otherwise, he didn't acknowledge me, instead he motioned at my

th of the hallways in a matter of s

ement flutter in my stomach. This would be the first time I was leaving

the Alpha. They noticed me standing beside him, and immediately deduced he was taking me with him to Beastclaw fo

ced Omegas; strands of her carrot red hair sprung out of her bonnet. I rose a hand and

nd the hairs on my nape stood erect. I s

his way when something significant was abo