ra's

where it had been hacked away

s and scars, some from restrai

ace of the hospital on me, as if its presenc

ped into the hall

cking on me. Then came the whispers. Quiet a

e eyes. She had just been making small talk

Aurora?" s

voice said softly. "She was a good dancer,

's a lunatic," some

he real cru

s in that mental hospital. Not just menta

rely hiding their disgust. "She's not

soon many of the guests were looking away, stepping

em, I was not a daughter of this family. I was the out

close to Alpha Frank and Luna Melissa, and received every dish

ner strung across the

ment poster. Beside her stood Beta James. T

spee

et. It was Helen's engagement ba

, she whispered, her voice steady where mine shook. This was never for you. Do

, leaving silen

lates and the scent of food tugged me back to the present.

curled through the air, stronger than the hollow chatter behind me. If no

moved along the line. Th

hispering. Their words we

A playboy. He kills weak wolves without

s here tonight, we should be caref

unease, but also a

lf had said. Meeting him was not somethin

one of the women turned and looked

ht? Where are the napk

"I am not

eyebrow. "Then

Aurora, daughter of Alpha Fran

hter? No, you are the murderer. The madwoman

awing attention from othe

colliding with a food cart. It tipped, dishes falling, the sound of s

uld crash to the ground, hum

rms. I deduced he was the Alpha of the Red M