AN

iousness were definitely not what I expe

in so mu

place of peace and no

ng around untethered in wolf

e made my head ache. Disjointed memo

my skull and was drifting away as

er ones I'd just experienced, and then, just as I thought

ered at me. Then I was lifted o

ping sound got louder

e difficult. I heard voices,

e declared. "Check her vit

confusion. I didn't understa

e wa

made one thing clear, I

he afterlife because nothing could convince me that anyone much le

he next time I regained consc

it. Finally, the afterlife.' But the more m

ith a whole lot of other things t

l. I tried bringing my hands to my mouth when

my heart rate spiked. Wh

I couldn't make out anything. My

s sadistic son? How had they been able to revive m

ughts, my gut kept insisting tha

nted and tried to get a better look at my surroundings

as too quiet in my head. I paused, tryi

nd a chill ran down my spine.

a lot of air, but it wasn't helping. I reached into

nothing, a

choked back a sob as I relieved the moments when those

ited for me to shift completely

was in so much agony that it felt lik

and tried to swallow my pain, but it was too much.

ce the arrival of my captors, and it w

g at me. Terror like I'd never felt before crawled

d fables Mom teased me

they blend w

see the depths

ature's ab

e scent of de

than r

cursed, worse

ortunate to e

you'll be rav

Wol

led and began to sniff

. I didn't dare move or make a sound, but within me, I w

this p

this eve

they were

wolves were a tale made

ed them

d even if they did, t

research to confirm their existence a few

et out a shriek and began to look arou

unnatural voice h

n, and I immediately my eyes so tigh

ued. "What are you doin

allo

lly think you could sneak into our territ

re?" The first

ed, and my teeth c

ice commanded. "Why and ho

ered, "I...I

hausted, and I had already been through too much. T

At the moment, death seemed bet

oth voices laughed. It sound

aughing before my head wa

ast chance. Who are you? Who sent you, a

now where I am. I was running for my life. I was ki

landed on my back. The pain w

aid simultaneously. "We are goin

me till I regretted everything about my existence. Bu

rcy the story of my life. Yet it wasn't enough. They tor

tions from the beginning. Maybe they would

even began to admire their techniques. I was sure t

opened my eyes, and neither had

ll this without my wolf, and because of

was sliced, and a host of others. Despite all this, m

territory. They also didn't find anything incrimina

and so they stopped the torture but continued

hem said resignedly after anothe

We'll have to report to A

e in the room

d him, but we

e has no idea what she

ead in their voices intrigued me. Could anyo

or them to put me

n she's slightly healed,

t me before their Alpha could see me, didn't it mean that he might as

until I remembered what I heard

ere savages but all of them put together w

and a heartless beast. All mi

that he was only going to make m

ss in my past life. That was the only reason

prepare myself for the ar

building where I was imprisoned. It was brashfu

eeding or treating me. It was probably why I thought the pr

er oozed into my prison in a tantalizing yet suffocating way. It was

entered. His voice was gruff and hard, but it grazed my skin

uggling for breath, but instead of saving my energy, I angled my head so I could g

but I could feel him

nly he sai

t know existed were thro

ng in through the windows scorched

eyes could adjust to the l

d pure hatred in them, but it wasn't what knocked my breath away

dn't care. He was tall and huge. His lips were drawn in a

e growled, s

up to my cheeks. He smelled rea

heeks and growl

d disgust that it reminded me of where I was in the first place. But then I couldn'