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

light neutrals , I wore

my skin look white as printer paper in comparison

touched my hair

into a thick French braid that hung straight down

as alien to me

opening inside my mind , I

of this

This was me .

the life Id lived

in a

room this time

moved

to look to know it was Esther

that meant I had to be young

latest mission was a failure ,

up in

what

Id bet whipped .

Bled .

could atone

no ! I

also sounded young

13 ? No one seemed to know when my birthday

felt so wrong

wanted to be a

mother to

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

like this

had always been so weak and stunted , because I

We werent enough .

interrupted my thoughts

Take her away .

her throat is raw from screaming , shell be

the guilt

But Esther

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

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

again the darkness of

started to turn

stood outside with Esther and my Alpha , Waylon

down at

… colder inside

Numb .

a weak , starving thing inside me

never shift because I was so

your hands ,

them

covered in blood

of the Blue Ridge

She was old .

Easy to kill .

, said

spoke , and his praise warmed me like a fire on a

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