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

usual pastels or light

white as printer paper in comparison

my

and pulled into a thick French braid that hung straight

it was as alien to me as if Id been shoved into a

like a door opening inside my mind ,

of this was

This was me .

life Id lived for years

was in

in my room this time

3/6 Someone moved at my side

didnt have to look to

and that meant I had to

? Your latest mission was a failure

up in

knew what

Id bet whipped .

Bled .

it , nothing could atone for failure except

no ! I

voice also sounded young

No one

felt so wrong

wanted to be a good

mother to love

tried to do the evil things they made

like this

had always been so weak and stunted , because I

We werent enough .

my

Take her away .

is raw from screaming , shell be allowed to try again

guilt

But Esther wouldnt listen

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

74 4/6 The memory flashed , bouncing through scenes

again

, my heart started

was aware , I stood outside with Esther and my Alpha

down at my body ,

Numb .

wolf was a weak , starving thing inside

to never shift because I

hands , Esther

them

covered in blood

of the Blue Ridge

She was old .

Easy to kill .

, said Waylon

praise warmed me like a fire on a cold

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