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Chapter Two Hundred and Thirty Eight

"Let me go!" the woman screamed. "I demand to speak to the Alpha."

The voice sounded familiar.

"Julia?"

Daemon immediately tensed.

How had she been caught trying to sneak into the pack? That was the first question on my mind. The Empresses had the gift of shifting, among other abilities-it shouldn't have been hard for her to get in. Cynthia had managed it multiple times.

She looked different too-aged, not in the usual way stress night wear someone down, but like thirty years had passed in the space of a few days.

"I need to speak to you. It's important," Julia said, eyes wide. She kept glancing over her shoulder, like she expected someone-or something-to appear out of nowhere and attack her.

"I'm not letting you in. I'm not granting you access to the pack house," Alexander replied.

"You don't understand. Do you think I'd be here if this wasn't a matter of life and death?"

I gave him a nod. We could let

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soldiers escorted Julia into the dungeons-to the very room where Cynthia's body had been burned to ash.

dying too," Daemon said, his eyes hard. Moments like

He was furious.

felt it, but that's not the reason

are you

of Aliyah. She's in

risked a glance at Daemon before I

had all lost favor in the sight of the god of Light. It's all because of me. I failed her. She stripped

explained why she looked so aged and why she'd been caught trying to sneak into the pack, but even with that, there was still a strong chance this was all

why would she do that to you? From what I've seen, you've been doing a good job keeping her happy-well, aside from losing the Chosen," Daemon said, his façade slipping neatly back into

think and what I let

she turned sixteen, her body was already in perfect youth, ready for the god of Light to possess. But the others didn't share the connection I had with the goddess, so they didn't know. I lied to them. I lied because... I

I watched you starve her, punish her. You didn't care

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to believe, but it's not the truth. Despite everything, she was a girl I took in when she was nothing but a child. I watched her grow. Since I could never

coming from me, but most 'mothers' don't

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