Chapter 6: Grace: Revoked Privileges

The way everything changes so quickly, like I never existed as Alpha's daughter, is shocking. In a week, all my privileges have been stripped away. Even things I didn't realize were a privilege.

Like clothes.

A private bathroom.

Even my name.

"Hey!"

Yeah, that's my new name.

"Hey! You!"

Stopping mid-step, I turn, only to find myself wanting to be swallowed whole. Seriously, a sinkhole opening up right beneath me would be heaven right now.

It's Rafe's mate.

The sight of her approaching sends a jolt through my system, my heart lurching painfully in my chest. She's even more stunning up close, her long black hair cascading over her shoulders like a silken waterfall, those piercing green eyes pure poison as they watch me.

"Remember me?" Her voice drips with honeyed venom.

She's not alone. A few she-wolves follow along behind her. Some are faces I recognize; part of the pack. The others are strangers.

"I..." My voice catches in my throat, barely a whisper. "Yes."

gaze to the ground in front of her. It

am I kidding? It's

to think I made such a

raking over my body. I'm no longer dressed in my clothes; clothes that fit. Instead, I'm in an oversized t-shirt

pet has been reduced to this. A fake daughter, trying to weasel her way into

myself, but what's the point? I'm

you want?" Keeping my voice level and calm is the only win I'm going to get

of me, tilting her head to the side. "Want? Oh, darling. I already have everything I want." Her smile widens,

mateship of our pack to the neighboring Forest Springs Pack. I

Her dad's the Alpha of

me. I'm

claims it all, as if it's her birthright, makes my blood boil. But

out to twirl a strand of my greasy hair around her finger. Baths are also

touch, my skin crawling.

"It doesn't matter now, does it? You're

of seeing me cry. Despite telling myself that I wouldn't rise to

her breath hot against my ear, "Rafe told me all about you. How you clung to him, desperate for

things? The thought of him laughing at me behind my back, mocking my feelings... The same

not true," I whisper, but it sounds weak

guess there's still a part of me in denial about the wolf he's

the sound like tinkling bells. Even in her venom, it's a beautiful sound. "Oh, sweetie. Did you really think he cared for you? A human? He was just amusing himself." She circles me again.

way she says it makes my stomach

so elegant with my vomit all over her. I clench my fists, nails digging into my palms, breathing in sharp,

up on her, I'm just going to have to clean it

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