ir

estate felt like walking through a graveyard

nd every scent brought ba

halls like a frightened mouse, keeping my h

heavy, rhythmic thud on the floor. I didn't look down. I

the kitchen. These were the same men w

t move to block my path. Instead, they went silent. Th

ing fast thump-thump, thump-th

was the one who had once broken my arm for "walking too

e was that chilling, melodic rasp that soun

n't recognize me, but his animal instincts told hi

collar with a gloved hand. I let my cold fingers bru

e it stays

ogical torture I had planned. I didn't need to lay a finger on them. My p

high-ranking" females lived. Suddenly, I smelled something fami

ar

here, dressed in a

he rejected me. She was the one who was supposed to be his Que

eyes were red like she had been crying. And the most sho

was no

no jagged scar from an Alpha's bite. Ther

poison. "You think you can just walk around h

alked slowly around her, like a p

ed. "That's a very big li

ent pale. "Wha

ng in. "Or rather, I can't smel

s wing all by yourself, pretending to be a Queen while he s

creamed, reachin

n't even have to try. To my hybrid e

rist just enough

as humiliate me," I whispered, t

he told the pack he was marking you

My memory was so clear I remember

it never happened. Was my memory a lie?

you freak!"

looking pathetic. "Don't get in my way again," I

raining grounds. I needed to move. I nee

riors. Theron was there, standing on

hollow. When he saw me approaching, he straight

joins us," The

ow my men what a rea

hink your men are too soft fo

nt named Kael, stepped forward.

you. You're just a girl in a fancy mas

felt the Hybrid's Curse thro

sked. I didn't wai

ed. To the wolves, I

e his fists, I was behind him. I kicked the back of his knees, and

, but I was faster. I jumped on his back and

ispered into his e

s so heavy you could hear the wind in the tree