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fully he will fall for it and go easier on me, until I can think of a way out of this. Ace's feet appear in my line of sight, and I know by the flexing of them that he is squatting down in front of me, but still I don't move, not even a flinch

I'm hurt you say you don't wish to be alone with me, you see, I happen to know you want

nly, an involuntarily scoff escapes me at his comment, and I receive a stinging

he pushes on the back of my head and I sprawl on the floor at his feet, he delivers several hard kicks to my abdomen and steps on my hand as he proceeds to leave the room, turning

oom. I splash some wash onto my face and notice in the mirror that my lip is swollen and there is a trickle of blood running from a small split in the corne

h soon and start dinner. Leaving Ace's room I go down a floor to the Delta and Gamma suites and upon entering Madeline's bathroom, I freeze. She has smeared makeup on the mirrors, smashed perfume bottles

f I don't want to be punished. I turn off the shower and hang the towels on the handrail to drip dry while I clean everything else. Once that is done, I check the time again, an hour! A whole hour

airing themselves. Once dinner is served, chicken soup, cottage pie, stew, and pastries for dessert, I stash a little bowl of food in the oven, hoping it will go unnoticed and head back to the laundry

hroom, then I sneak back to the kitchen to grab my bowl of hidden food so I can eat and head upstairs to do

't shower, and I want a shower," Madeline whines

istening at doorways? Get in here and explain yourself!" He started off sounding tired, but once

were soaked, so I washed and dried them all and have just returned them to Madeline's room"

!" She screams, pummelling my face and arms with her fists. I try to block her attack but Ace

n," I plead, crouching into a ball to defen

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o steal food again

s I haven't eaten since yesterday mor

deline, almost incoherent with rage, "creeping around

his face, decided it was a lost cause and headed

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ill never accept my plan and though I could force the plan it would be easier if Maddie approved. It can't be long until her birthday,

and Luna are due to return day after tomorrow and then we will begin executing the plan. Maddie's father is aiding us and before the end of the month, I will be Alpha. Maddie will be named my Luna immediately. Maddie turned 17 2 weeks ago and her mate is not in our pack, so long as she stays here she wont find him. She doesn't want to