Blood And Silver:Rise of the Alpha’s Rejected Mate

Chapter 74 AURORA No ! I leaped up from my desk so fast I knocked the heavy wooden chair over .

Yes , the clone of me hissed .

She rose and folded her arms across her chest in a superior way , then tilted her chin up so she was looking down her nose at me .

Youve forgotten yourself .

Who you were made to be .

Raised to be .

I took a step back , and the wicked version of myself answered by stepping around my desk .

Dont run from it , Ann .

You are a monster years in the making .

I opened my mouth to argue that I was no monster , but nothing .

came out .

The other me picked my journal up off my desk and weighed it in her hand .

Read this .

Youll see .

She offered it to me .

I shook my head .

Refused to take it .

Her smile turned into an evil grimace .

You wont go willingly ? Fine .

Go by force .

She lunged forward .

The book fell open with her movement , and she shoved it into my face .

I braced for the impact .

But there was no impact .

Chapter 74 2/6 Instead , when the pages hit me , the world went dark .

My office was gone .

The safe , cozy sights and scents of the Blue Ridge pack house were gone .

Instead , there was the old , musty scent of basement and damp .

stone .

I looked around .

I was in the Broken Forest pack house , where Id found the pages .

looked down at

pastels or light neutrals , I wore black

look white as printer paper in

touched my hair

thick French braid that hung straight down

, it was as alien to me as if Id

door opening inside my mind , I realized it was familiar

this was familiar

This was me .

the life Id lived for years

in a

time but walking down a

74 3/6 Someone moved

to know it

and that meant I had to be young

mission was a failure , she snapped

up in my

knew what failure

Id bet whipped .

Bled .

, nothing could atone for failure except suffering

! I cried

voice also sounded

? No one seemed to

so wrong

be a good

my mother

they made me do …

like this

and stunted , because I was weak and stunted

We werent enough .

my thoughts

Take her away .

from screaming , shell be allowed to try again

guilt from

But Esther wouldnt listen

, but I thought

The memory flashed , bouncing through scenes of torture that made me

again the

started to

next time I was aware , I stood outside with Esther and my

when I looked down at my body , I could tell I

felt … colder inside

Numb .

,

never shift because I was so

your hands , Esther snapped

held them up

in

the Blue Ridge

She was old .

Easy to kill .

, said Waylon

, and his praise warmed me like