Stuck Between Two Alphas(Or Three)

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droom-a glorified storage closet, really. I sat up on the thin mattress and ru

ords were laced with annoyance, the familiar e

kfast. Lila has a busy day, and I

efore. They were the only clothes I owned, all hand-me-downs from Lila. Nothing new, n

lashing in them, as if even the sight of me was a reminder of something she'd rather f

, her voice dripping with mockery. "You know how Mother hates it when you mess up. Again."

and adored. She had her wolf, her status, and everyone in

r sneer. "Wolfless and useless." She sighed heavily. "If only we hadn't lost Olive

a fresh wave of sadness over me. I couldn't even dare t

cture my hands covered in blood. His blood. I swallowed back the hurt and pain, fo

with people-warriors and higher-ran

I moved around, serving food,

fless daughter, the girl who cou

rs as he passed, shoving me aside to grab his drink.

rders, insults, scorn. And no matter what I did, I could never escape the shadow Lila had cast over my

ing over the room until he landed on me. He barely ever spoke to me, but whe

he said with a smirk, his voice carrying a mocking edge that made my stom

hame. Orion's words hurt, even more so because a pa

that I was the failure of the family. No one wanted me. I forced myself to ke

I'd probably never shift, how I was a liabili

l pieces of dignity I had left. As the group finally left, I san

yearning for acceptance that would never come. I wanted to scream,

ings worse. But do I really dese

ed, and the pack house was quiet. I slowly made my way back

to a disdainful smile. "Done with your duties?" she asked, fe

because of my pity, Aria. The least y

I murmured, b

ger bubble within me-a raw, simmering an

o scream, to hit something, to let them

yself to stay quiet, to keep the m

if there was a place out there where I could be free. A place where I didn't have to li

yself imagine that somewhere, so

it was just a dream-a fleeting, impos

a restless sleep, dreading t