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 .

down

or light neutrals , I

white

my

pulled into a thick French braid that hung

was as alien to me as

, like a door opening inside my mind , I realized it was

this was

This was me .

the life Id lived

in

time but walking

Someone moved at my side

didnt have to look to know

, and that meant I had to be

latest mission was a failure ,

up in my belly

knew what

Id bet whipped .

Bled .

it , nothing could atone for failure except suffering

! I cried

also sounded young

No one seemed to know when

so wrong

wanted to be a good servant

wanted my mother

do the evil things they made me do … Inside

like this

stunted , because

We werent enough .

my

Take her away .

raw from screaming , shell be allowed to

guilt from

Esther

as hands grabbed me and started to drag me away , but I thought

, bouncing through scenes

faded to darkness again

heart started to turn cold

I was aware , I stood outside with Esther and

, and when I looked down at

felt … colder

Numb .

was a weak , starving thing

tried to never shift because I was so ashamed

hands ,

them up

covered in blood

ambushed one of the

She was old .

Easy to kill .

said Waylon

his praise warmed

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