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 myself

my usual pastels or light neutrals , I wore

skin look white as printer

my

French braid that

instant , it was as alien to me as if Id been shoved into a new body

opening inside my mind , I realized it

this

This was me .

the life Id lived

in a memory

time but walking down a long

Someone moved at my

have to look to know

looked tall , and that meant I

latest mission was a failure , she snapped

welled up in

what

Id bet whipped .

Bled .

, nothing could atone for failure except

, no ! I

also sounded young

one seemed to know when my birthday

felt so

to be a good

wanted my mother

evil things they made me do …

didnt like

stunted , because I was

We werent enough .

interrupted my thoughts

Take her away .

is raw from screaming ,

the guilt from

! But Esther wouldnt listen

started to drag me away , but I thought she said , Nameless help me , this one has been the hardest of all to

scenes of torture that made me weep with

faded to darkness again

, my heart started to turn

time I was aware , I stood outside with Esther and my Alpha , Waylon

look so tall , and when I looked down at my body , I could tell I was

felt … colder

Numb .

wolf was a weak ,

shift because I was

see your hands , Esther

them

in blood

the Blue Ridge scouts

She was old .

Easy to kill .

, said Waylon

never spoke , and his praise warmed me like

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