Rise of the Phoenix Wolf

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way the sweat beads that formed during the deep cleaning of this e

n it came to cleaning and maintaining because it took the longest time to clean. I thought that was precisely why i

ed at the stab of pain in my side. There was no doubt that a deep

wards me, as if it proved her loyalty to the Blood Lake pack just l

me as I restocked

already eleven, and I had to be up in the kitchen at five in the morning to begin cooking bre

used to the animosity that always surrounded me. It had been this way for six long years. All it took

nsion of family? Ha! That was something

drawled out as I made

of Patti's minions but less original than Patti. That was a

words, but those words lost their power because of how often I heard them. I was glad that they didn't follow me because

that had once thought of the Stone family as an important part of it. All of that chang

head, attempting to

droom was in the basement. The small room had concrete walls and flooring. A perpetual musty smell always greeted

sleeping on the concrete floor. There were also some books that I'd been able to steal over the years. T

og tags. No, he hadn't been in the human milita

e they were allowed to decide if they wanted to extend their contract or would return to their packs. My father, August Stone, came back to the pack and

tood it was our duty to protect the pack. That was precisely one reason why the pack's treatment gutted me at fi

h a dilemma – did they fight for change or for survival? Only one

o bathe in cold water, but it was the only option that I had. It was a damn good thing that

y time we encountered a dark experience. I had truly tried once upon a time after ever

My wolf came to me a year after Dad died. She had been with me fo

o shift. Storm had never been in her own form. Never once had her paws touched the earth, nor had the moonlight touched her fur. She did

uman, I'd never ask for a different one. Tavi, you aren't weak at all. You're so damn strong to have survive

nd a long-sleeved shirt. It was cold down here during the

d stereotypically Irish with wavy red hair and emerald eyes. My porcelain skin was also speckled with frec

I didn't get the appropriate nutrition. I felt pretty when I was younger,

than Alpha himself. A week after Dad died, I got in between Alpha and Mom when he went to strike her, taking

aided it up. Then I slipped underneat

ong. Not a day went by when I wasn't tempted to give into their torment, wishing for it all

tor's daughter. That was my designat

xample of this. I took it for granted. If only time travel was a real thing. I'd go back and

lpha killed Dad, but that wouldn't be accurate. Sh

precisely why losing your soulmate would drastically affect you. Many mated pairs didn't survive their other half dying. They would

each passing day. Pieces of her were

ed, but she insisted that it was too dangerous. She told me to remember Dad the way that he was because that was his true self. Ne

fferent story when it came to what they did to me. It simply p

haps I was a horrible person, but I couldn't forgive her for leaving me alon

only took one day after Alpha made the announcement about Dad's traitor status for the pack to start taunting us. It only

or Storm. She pulled me back from the l

to run twice, but both times resulted in being beaten so badly that I nearly

s of my father. They had broken, bruised, and t

h restitution? Would it be discharged with my final