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ra

their mocking stares as they said

all the Lycan

on thought he

bout au

eld and I found Tyrene there. She looked shocked till she

I need

it and I stared at her but it was as if that expressio

was

ather than comfort me. I could feel her breathing against my shoulder, uneven, and for a moment,

her voice softer than I exp

o

gh

with me. Still, I didn't question it. There was nothing left for me here a

neither did I. The noise from the gathering faded behind us, but the w

re a, fucking

ect

inat

got back to Ashvale, Tyrene didn't stop with me like she usually did. She di

later," she

lightly as I watched her leave, that strange feeling from earlie

he door burst open and two guards stepped in

with

hem grabbed my arm, pulling me forward roughly as

ng to process it. The metal door opened with a harsh sound before I

de it hard to keep track of time. Food came less often than it used to, and when it did, it wasn't enough. Work repla

he council, I already knew it w

slightly at my sides as the elders looked down at m

e to this pack," one of t

n't s

sequences for

d in. "Ashvale is i

tly. I hadn't expected that and

he first elder continued. "And yo

ing settled

yself, my voice coming out quieter

ill be

a moment, I just stood there, staring

rward slightly despite myself

e no say

d even try again. My gaze moved across the room, searching

tching. And for the first ti

the person I thought I knew. What stared back at me instead was something d

tr

re and I had just been too blind to see it. For a moment, I forgot how to breathe, my thoug

alone could fix it, like it would

did

hout looking away, and the worst part w

ke

ulling me back as I struggled slightly,

ren

choing louder than it should have as I was dragged back down to the cells. Chains were added around my wrist

ened again. I didn't bother looking up immediately. Ther

the door closing behind her with a soft click. For a moment, she didn't say anything

u," she sa

T

htly, but not with sadness, it was rage. "You had to be born an ome

ng painfully beneath my ribs as I tr

you we

ed before something sh

ed against the chains, metal clinking harshly as my hands clenched ins

d trusted more than anyone i