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 .

looked down at myself

usual pastels or light neutrals , I wore black

made my skin look white as printer paper in

my hair

thick French braid that hung straight down my back

as alien to me as if

opening inside my mind , I

of this was

This was me .

life Id

in

my room this time

74 3/6 Someone moved at my side

have to look to know it was Esther Reed

meant

mission was

in

knew what failure

Id bet whipped .

Bled .

you served it , nothing could atone for failure

! I cried

also sounded young

one

so wrong

be a

wanted my mother to love

they made

like this either

weak and stunted

We werent enough .

my thoughts

Take her away .

screaming ,

guilt

! But Esther

grabbed me and started to drag me away , but I thought she said , Nameless help

scenes

to darkness again the darkness of

heart started

I was aware , I stood outside with Esther and my Alpha , Waylon

looked down at my body , I could

felt …

Numb .

,

because I was so ashamed

hands

them up

in blood

of the

She was old .

Easy to kill .

said Waylon

, and his praise warmed me like

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