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

usual pastels or light neutrals

look white as printer paper in comparison

touched my hair

French braid

to me as if Id been

a door opening inside my mind

this was familiar

This was me .

life Id lived

in a

in my room this time but walking down a long hall

74 3/6 Someone moved at my

didnt have to look to know it was Esther

and that meant I had

Your latest mission was a failure , she snapped

welled up in

what

Id bet whipped .

Bled .

it , nothing could atone for failure

, no ! I

voice also sounded young

? No one seemed to know when

felt so wrong

wanted to be a good

my mother to love

tried to do the evil things they made me do … Inside , my wolf

didnt like this

always been so weak and stunted , because I was weak and stunted

We werent enough .

my

Take her away .

from screaming , shell

guilt from her

But Esther

grabbed me and started to drag me away , but I thought she said , Nameless help me , this one

74 4/6 The memory flashed , bouncing through scenes of torture that made

darkness again

my heart started

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

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

… colder

Numb .

wolf was a weak , starving thing inside me

never shift because I was

see your hands , Esther snapped

them up

in blood

ambushed one of the Blue Ridge

She was old .

Easy to kill .

, said Waylon

warmed me like a fire on

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