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

guess you know now how Cynthia died... and how you'll be dying too," Daemon said, his eyes hard. Moments like this reminded me that his

He was furious.

it, but that's not

why are you

here because of Aliyah. She's

Daemon before I asked "What

god of Light. It's all because

sneak into the pack, but even with that, there was still a strong chance

good job keeping her happy-well, aside from losing the Chosen," Daemon

think and what I let

god of Light to possess. But the others didn't share the connection I had with the goddess, so they

watched you starve her, punish

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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 have a child of my own, she became like my own and I couldn't bear the thought of losing

me, but most 'mothers' don't

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