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

pastels or light neutrals , I wore black

made my skin look white as printer paper in comparison

touched my

thick French braid that hung

to me as if Id been shoved into a new body

like a door opening inside my mind

of this was

This was me .

Id

was in a

this time but walking down a

moved at

to look to know it

, and that meant I had to be young

Your latest mission was a failure , she snapped

up in

knew what failure

Id bet whipped .

Bled .

, nothing could atone for

! I

voice also sounded

? No one seemed to know when my birthday

so wrong

be

mother

I tried to do the evil things they

didnt like this

always been so weak and stunted , because

We werent enough .

interrupted my thoughts

Take her away .

throat is raw from screaming ,

the guilt from

Esther wouldnt

, but I thought she said

bouncing through scenes of torture that made me

darkness again the darkness

heart started

aware , I stood outside with Esther and my Alpha

I looked down

felt …

Numb .

a weak , starving thing

to never shift because I was so ashamed

hands

held them

in blood

ambushed one of the Blue Ridge

She was old .

Easy to kill .

said Waylon

almost never spoke , and his praise warmed me like a

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