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tate. She slipped her hand into his, her fingers curling around

etly, her voice dripping with false

" My voice cracked w

e widening. "How could I? Luk

n't have a wolf. She's an abomination to this pack." His eyes flicked to

ward my father, desperate for him to say

as just betrayed by Luke and May, was

Alpha Howard Quinn but

y arm, and pulled me back like I wa

voice was low, shar

ddressed

His words were brutal, formal and final. "May Quinn will

but my voice was drowned o

pped. They celebrated

sickening clarity,

I nearly fell. Stephanie caught me, her hands

't hear anything except the sound of Luke's voice as

and

t do a damn t

y cheek unstoppable and humiliating. I t

er me, but no one else

ne to them and a

hot up my legs, but I shoved myself back up and kept running,

irls who used to pretend to r

s not Luna

u see h

to move, my lungs to pull in air

see. I slammed the door shut and collapsed onto the bed, my hands

stuck, the lace tangled, and the more I s

the bed, staring up at the ceiling a

d through my window

y. Why did you give me hope just to c

the cold, indiffere

hing. I needed air. I needed to get

stand, I heard foot

ter. May's

her voice muffled but clear through the door. "Wat

gone through with it." Luke's voice, low and

er." May's laugh was light, cruel.

not our pro

rustling and a soft

. Or better still i sho

to the door. My hand shook

threw i

across her mouth, Luke's shirt half-unbut

ent, we all just s

without feeling

casually, like I'd caught her doing something

o words came out. My thr

ust turned back to May and kissed her again

didn't matte

vision getting blur ag

, jumping the stair

e door behind me. My hands were shaking

at the ceiling, tears drying on my

nning. My wedding. My birthday. Th

ame the night I

itle. My fami

t hitting rock bottom-the

othing left to lose,

ess move as I cared no more bu