a's

ranger from the bar was gone. No note, no t

my face in my han

oot in the halls. Whispers followed me wherever I went. The other wolves sneered and Brenda looked through me like I di

ater, the sic

d on stress and lack of sleep. But it didn't go away. It got worse

ore I couldn't i

dizziness hit me. I dropped the broom to the floor and stum

maids, Hope, sneered from the door

hough my head was spinnin

nute. Useless." With that, she turned and

catch my breath. Something wasn

he examined me. His expression was unreadable, but I

t an hour later, a guard appeared at my

the pit of my stomach. I knew whatever was coming couldn't be goo

isappointment and anger. His piercing blue gaze seemed to see

're pre

d for a moment I

regnant. How? Without warning, it all came crashing down. The

tarted, but Alpha Roman

. "Do you have any idea what this means?

but I forced them back. "Please, I didn't

oed in my mind, drownin

th dry, my heart pounding so lo

med your father and

o

Father and Jeanine wouldn't understand. They had never cared about me, only to

voice laced with disgust. "Go face

d, my heart poun

like a death march. I knew what

The look in Jeanine's eyes was pure fury,

ded, her voice trembling wi

I nodded. I couldn't ev

" Father's voice wa

whispered, my vo

wrong thi

so fast, I didn't

ould recover, they both pounced on me, hittin

yanked me up by my hair. "Yo

ing. When they were finally down, they stood over

oblem," father sneered.

ng me in a heap on the cold floor.

only grew worse. Wherever I went, I could feel their eyes on me, judging, mocking. I was

Everyday was a new hell, and very night I cried myself to s

d, feeling the small flutters of l

pack, surrounded by people who hated and despised me. I

ngs, heart racing as I