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d up against the walls, their eyes wide with a mix of fear and awe. I am no longer the invis

udy. The two guards at the

ot to be in

something in my eyes that made them hesitate. Just a

he heavy oak do

ainst the inner wall, ma

beside him, twisting her hands, while Candice was tearfully sobbing into a ha

hloe! Are you crazy? How dare you bring

rful faces of my stepmother and stepsister. I stopped in the center of the room, planting

I said, my voice dangerously

Alpha mask slipped away. I saw a hint of different em

Aryana's 'Crimson Thorn.' She is the most powerful warrior in

. "But before the challenge, she had an 'accident' during training. A terrible acciden

a stone mask. "It was an a

ickbed, recovering, also happen to be accidental? And did you abandon my mother, marry a new

that even Candice was shocked. She looked at me, t

osure shattering. "You're l

er, immediately silencing her

exploded

any inferior wolf kneel submissively. The pressure in the room was immense. Beatr

stoo

t-one I barely understood, a legacy from my mother-rose up against it. The conflict within me was painful, my body trembl

without a wolfish nature should be crushed by that command

l without a wolf. I am

with a sorrowful and sharp clarity. "You're afraid she's too strong for you. Your

s the floor, leaving a deep, permanent

ur love, Father. I haven't sought

and the long-dormant Alpha bloodl

are no longer my father. And I, Chloe How, will ta

o the broken silence in the room, holdin