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

light neutrals , I wore black

white as printer paper in comparison

my hair

French braid that

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

a door opening inside my mind , I realized it

this

This was me .

life Id

in

room this time but walking down a long

74 3/6 Someone moved

have to look to know

tall , and that meant

? Your latest mission was a failure

welled up in

knew what

Id bet whipped .

Bled .

it , nothing could

no ! I

voice also sounded

? No one

so wrong

to be a good servant

wanted my mother to

the evil things they made me do …

like this either

stunted ,

We werent enough .

interrupted my thoughts

Take her away .

, shell

guilt from

! But Esther wouldnt listen

I thought she said , Nameless

4/6 The memory flashed , bouncing through scenes of torture that made me weep with remembered agony

darkness again

my heart started to

next time I was aware , I stood outside with Esther and my

so tall , and when I looked down at my body , I could tell I was

… colder

Numb .

weak , starving

to never shift because I

me see your hands , Esther

them

covered in blood

of the Blue Ridge

She was old .

Easy to kill .

, said Waylon

father almost never spoke , and his praise warmed me like a

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