ace after the ki

ting thief. Elena went back and begged Malia to just tell her father the tru

off her. "You deserve to suffer for being the dent on this family

listen, wouldn'

d chores out of nowhere to make her life worse than hell. He

t was dry. She couldn't even find it in her to do anything other than s

n came and went and the moon goddess in some sort of joke or irony refused to grant her a mate. It wasn't just her lack of a mate, sh

ically she was almost the weakest in the pack. Malnutrition had told on her leaving her with e

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e water tank when she felt a surge of powerful energy that shook her to her bone. She crawled out of the tank and tiptoed to

casually but each of them had tattoos on their skin and piercings. Elena felt a shiver run down her spine as one of

knew they were talking about her. Without wasting a second she turned and rushed back to tank, crawled

e guests." He said, his tone sou

tank. "Guests? But I

ur little mouth shut if you wa

ism her uncle was up to. What new ways had

rse." Because what

t read their eyes at all. That alone scared her. With Elijah or her cousins it was easy to look at them and assess their

men commented. He was the one

do." The o

ht." The la

. "Um, excuse me," She sai

ten minutes." One of the men

a deep breath. She knew that if it weren't for their esteemed guests, s

lijah said. "Go an

ether the meager belongings she had into a small backpack. It took less than thr

The man who'd met

uess so."

walked out, filing out one after the other

behind her and paused. "There i

herself glaring at Elijah. Her jaw clenched and she felt her nails cut into her palms from clenching her fists too ti

eyes. "What with tha

mal. "I've heard you." She turn

re we are goin

e looked at her and smiled. His smile seemed ki

"Lycanfrost?" Her eyes wi

All your questions w

still couldn't read them at all. Sh

the most powerful packs, if not the most powerful. Known for raising ruthless warriors who expanded th

d to send her to them. And she coul

d sol

er own pack was not even compared to it. This could mean that she would be free. Free from Elijah and his evil and

on its way, and

ably in her stomach. It felt like butterflies, but not the good kind. Sh

egacy he'd left behind. It pained her that she couldn'