Grace of a Wolf by Lenaleia

Chapter 6

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

I kidding?

to think I made such a

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

little pet has been reduced to this. A fake daughter, trying to weasel her way into the pack under his

snap back, to defend myself, but what's the

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

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

of our pack to the neighboring Forest Springs Pack.

the

I'm just Rafe's castaway, the abandoned adopted

if it's her birthright, makes my blood

of my greasy hair around her finger. Baths are also a privilege I've had to give up; there's never enough hot water. Or time.

away from her touch, my skin

my lips, silencing me. "It doesn't matter now, does

one a fresh wound. I blink back tears, refusing to give her the satisfaction of seeing me cry. Despite telling myself that I wouldn't rise to the occasion, she got it out of me anyway. And so easily,

my ear, "Rafe told me all about you. How you clung to

me behind my back, mocking my feelings... The same person who once

whisper, but

me in denial about the wolf he's

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. "A little game to

way she says it makes

my vomit all over her. I clench my fists, nails digging into my palms,

on her, I'm just going to have to

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