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

or light neutrals , I

look white as printer paper in comparison

my

French braid

was as alien to me as if Id been shoved into a

inside my mind , I realized it was familiar

this was familiar

This was me .

Id

was in a

this time but walking down

moved

to know it

, and that meant I had to be

? Your latest mission was a failure , she snapped

up in

knew what failure

Id bet whipped .

Bled .

, nothing could atone for failure except suffering

, no !

also sounded young

13 ? No one seemed

felt so wrong

wanted to be a good servant

my mother

tried to do the evil things they made me

like this

always been so weak and stunted , because I was weak

We werent enough .

my

Take her away .

her throat is raw from screaming ,

the guilt from her

! But Esther wouldnt listen

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

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

darkness again the

, my heart started to turn cold

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

I looked down at

… colder inside

Numb .

wolf was a weak , starving thing inside

shift because I was so ashamed

me see your hands , Esther snapped

held them

in blood

of the Blue Ridge

She was old .

Easy to kill .

, said

spoke , and his praise warmed me like a

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