Thorn

was thick with the smell of mildew and defeat. A single, hard cot was pu

niform. "Your new clothes," she sneered, the word 'Wolfless' a venomous his

ound of a key turning in the lock echo

the past twenty-four hours pressed down on me, a physical weight threatening to suff

't want to give them the satisfaction, but the tears came anyway, silent and hot, soaking the r

g and laced with irritat

's loud, and we h

mering against my ribs as I scanned the em

tion, my grief-addled mi

earer this time. *"I'm in here. With you. I've been awake for a wh

throat. An inner wolf? But... they

d a question in my

e dense for not figuring out how to let me out, but I am most definitely here."* The voice was v

ed through me. I wasn't Wolfless

y chased by confusion. *The

Aries said, her tone less certain now. *"It feels... blocked. Like there's a wal

I had a wolf, but a useless one. To the pack,

*"Don't get all gloomy again. The point is, you're not alone anymore. And I can

e. We had a secret. A dangerous one. If the Alpha found out I had a wolf I coul

* I told her, my mind racing. *

*"But you have to promise me we'll figure out what's wrong. I have n

nts died, I felt a flicker of real hope. I had

ard bed, the foul air, and the general injustice of our situation. H

at my prison cell. My purpose was clear now. I had to survive.

ur Mate! We need to find our Fated Mate! He'll be able to help us! What

esmond was a fre

sharp. *And besides, what Fated Mate would want an Omega? A

gh me, a feeling of being held and comforted from the inside out. It was her. In the suffocating darkn