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

look white

my hair

pulled into a thick French braid that

it was as alien to me as if

opening inside my mind , I realized it was familiar

this was

This was me .

Id lived for years

was in

room this time but walking down a

Someone moved at my

didnt have to look to know it

, and that meant I had to be young

was

up in my belly

knew what

Id bet whipped .

Bled .

served it , nothing could atone for failure

, no ! I

voice also sounded

? No one seemed

felt so

to be

my mother to

they made me do … Inside , my wolf

like this

and stunted

We werent enough .

interrupted my

Take her away .

, shell be allowed to try

the guilt from her

! But Esther

turned aside and muttered something as hands grabbed me and started to drag me away , but I thought she said , Nameless help me , this

flashed , bouncing through scenes of torture that made

to darkness again the darkness of nightmares

started to turn cold

I stood outside with Esther and

when I looked down

Numb .

weak , starving thing inside

shift because I was so ashamed

your hands ,

held them

in

ambushed one of the Blue Ridge scouts

She was old .

Easy to kill .

said

warmed me

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