ne's

sweatpants, his muscular chest still bare. They both froze as their eyes landed on me, and for a brief

e the access code," Jessica snapped at him, he

hed desperately for some hint of regret in those eyes that had onc

as an unwelcome stranger rather than the woman he'd claimed to love. "I thou

whimpered pathetically inside me, so weak from the

thought with my sister, yet they both looked at me

out here in your condition." Damien reached out to touch my shoulder

dare touch me! How can you stand there and act like you care whe

you had to find out this way, but it wasn't my intention for you to hear any of

st me, all of this will be over soon and you'll be at peace. No

. He spoke like his words were meant to comfort me, like he was doing me a *favor*. There wasn't even a

inside m

imes I had swallowed my pride and accepted scraps of affection. All the love I'd

ammed him hard on his face, my fingerprint was i

oth gasped in unison, their

eacekeeper, the girl who apologized e

for myself. No doubt they had never imagined I would ever do such a th

lf surged forward. "Has the wolfsbane rotted your brain so m

my eyes were brimming in rage "How could

r way into our family and made us pretend to care about some rogue orphan. I shared my father, my home, my resourc

r Father, for you. I took the blame for those falsified maps even though I *warned* Father about the discrepancies before the ceremony. I ga

olf's presence flickering like a dying flame. The wolfsbane was

to belong somewhere, to matter to som

seen on Father's face earlier. She was enjoying this

ominance pressing against my weakened one, making me want to

You're just worthless, pathetic trash."

fund that should have been mine. The inheritance from *my* family that you

e before they died, money that had been held in trust by Jessica's grandfather who'd

with rage and heartbreak. "That's all I ever w

ven in your next life, if the Moon Goddess is cruel enough to grant you one, you'll a

ing that had been cracking for ye

eakened wolf surged forward with the last ounce of her strength, and

her, months, years of suppressed rage an

uted, trying to pull me of

y false smile Jessica had given me while plotting my death. For every gentle word Damien had whispered while slowly poisoning me.

roken, agonizing sound as I f

ir, his eyes darting around the room

ut I barely felt it. The wolfsbane had numbed me to most physical pa

emonial piece, meant to honor the Moon Goddess. Without hesitation, without a mom

preading through my entire body. My vision we

tilting sideways as I tumbled of

my ears, I heard Jessic

wouldn't respond. My wolf was completely silent now,

ckling from her split lip. She grabbed the bronze statue fro

t I had to pretend to ca

tue cam

ice, Thr

e floor beneath me. My eyes were open but I couldn't foc

over me, chest heaving, the statue stil

n carefully blank, as if he were watch

them moved

hem called f

st... w

gone, I couldn't feel her at all anymore. The bond that had connected me to my other half since

t distantly. *Beaten to death

for just a moment. That smirk was still there, satisfaction

ere always going to die alone, Celi

uld feel my heartbeat slowing, each pulse weaker than the last. The p

my last thought wasn't of rev

I just wanted so

nt black, and I fe