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 at myself

my usual pastels or light neutrals , I wore

my skin look white as printer paper

touched my hair

and pulled into a thick French braid that hung

first instant , it was as alien to me as if Id

, like a door opening inside my mind , I realized

of this was familiar

This was me .

life Id lived

was in a

time but walking down a

Someone moved

to know

, and that meant I had to be

Your latest mission was a failure , she

up in my belly

knew what

Id bet whipped .

Bled .

served it , nothing could atone

, no ! I

voice also sounded young

I 12 ? 13 ? No one seemed to know when my

so wrong

to be a good

mother to love

to do the evil things they

didnt like

so weak and stunted , because I was weak and

We werent enough .

my

Take her away .

throat is raw from screaming , shell be

the guilt from

! But Esther wouldnt listen

and started to drag me away , but I thought she said , Nameless help me , this one has been the hardest of all to break

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

again the

started to turn

time I was aware , I stood outside with Esther

so tall , and when I looked down at my body ,

felt … colder

Numb .

was a weak , starving thing inside

tried to never shift because

see your hands , Esther

held them up

covered in blood

one of the

She was old .

Easy to kill .

said Waylon

almost never spoke , and his praise warmed me like a fire on a cold night

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