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."

lower my gaze to the ground in front of her. It doesn't

am I kidding?

hate to think I made such a small

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 holes in the hem and jeans that are only held up thanks to a cloth belt. Everything Alpha ever gave me

She tuts, shaking her head in mock sympathy. "Your alpha's little pet has been

she's twisted facts around make me want to snap back, to defend myself, but what's

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

head to the side. "Want? Oh, darling. I already have everything I want." Her smile widens, revealing perfect white teeth. "Rafe, the pack, the future. It's

all the wolves can talk about; the successful mateship of our pack to

Her dad's the Alpha of

and all. Not like me. I'm just Rafe's castaway, the abandoned adopted

her birthright, makes my blood

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. "The human girl

touch, my skin

matter now, does it? You're where you belong. Among the

to give her the satisfaction of seeing me cry. Despite telling myself that I wouldn't rise to the occasion, she got

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

me behind my back, mocking my feelings... The same

true," I whisper, but it sounds

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

Did you really think he cared for you? A human? He was just amusing himself." She circles me again. "A little game

possessive way she says it makes my stomach

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

throw up on her, I'm just going to have to

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