Chapter 42

"Shit! Elise, back upstairs, she's in wolf form."

That stopped me in my tracks. Pushing back against my wolf urges I surged to take control and felt the familiar ripple as I transformed, waiting for the nausea and dizziness to subside.

"You knew?" I demanded, crawling out of my now too small space. "You knew all this time and you

never told me? Never even let on that you had any idea of what I am?"

The feeling of betrayal was so strong that I didn't even notice I was standing naked before them until

Elise yanked my robe off its hook by the steps and brought it to me. She hesitated as if judging my

stability..

"Thanks," I told her, letting her know it was okay. I wasn't mad at her right then, I was mad at him.

I watched him cringe as I turned my attention back to him.

"How could you? How could you not tell me, even after everything I told you today!"

I didn't want to cry in front of him, but I couldn't stop the tears. I had been alone all my life, and

finding out that the only friends I'd ever had were monsters just like me was both a relief and a fear.

I didn't know for sure that Elise and Lily were werewolves too, but I suspected as much

"Why didn't you tell me?"

KYLE

have never cowered to anyone in my life, not even my father who is

ranks me, but seeing the pain and betrayal in my mate's eyes had

for forgiveness.

please." Lily

any that were born. Alpha females were dangerous and too strong and too powerful to control. I didn't really agree with the Council on this. I couldn't imagine killing a young she-wolf showing extraordinary powers, but it had been done for generations. And luckily, it was an extremely rare occurrence.

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my thoughts, "Are

the term werewolf. We call ourselves wolf shifters,

get like this? Did

Did she really believe the wolf that had killed her parents had turned her into a werewolf? I tried hard to

confided in me.

wolf bite. We're born this way," Lily told her as

and despair in Kelsey's

"Oh," she said quietly.

Kelsey and I have a lot

always been lead to believe that alpha power was natural and that all wolves were born to it and born to recognize and respond to it, but since meeting Kelsey I had been second guessing that theory. Could it be that wolves were taught at such a young age about alpha powers that they never doubted it? Could it really be nurture and not nature? It went against everything I had ever been taught, but Kelsey wasn't raised in

sat down on the floor, looking around and

first time.

day since you showed up in my office why you didn't come out to run. I waited for you. I called to you. This den is incredible. Is this what you use to keep your wolf side happy

stress levels, but they had eased a little with the girls' departure. I waited for her to respond, but all I got was a small nod of

it okay that I'm down

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