The Alpha Bond 116
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I had been alone for so long.
And now, forced to relive it, I felt that same ache clawing at my chest.
"This isn't real," I told myself, breathing heavily. "This is just an illusion."
But the pain was real. The memory was real.
And when Elijah-my Elijah, my mate, the man who would die to protect me now- said those words, the wound reopened, raw and bleeding.
"You're nothing but a rogue. And when I become Alpha I'll make sure we kick you out of the pack"
I felt my wolf stir, a low, warning growl rumbling in my chest.
No.
Not this time.
I wasn't that weak, fragile girl anymore.
I took a step forward, my hands curling into fists. "That's enough."
They didn't hear me.
Alex laughed. "Maybe we should run her out of the pack now before she
embarrasses us anymore."
"I SAID THAT'S ENOUGH!"
My voice shook the air, rippling through the illusion like thunder.
The younger me-that broken, terrified girl-lifted her head.
And then, for the first time, she saw me.
Our gazes met.
something inside
I wasn't just watchi
I was inside it.
She-l-could hear me.
the past.
blazing. "You are not weak," I told her.
And you sure as hell
The illusion trembled.
Alex's smirk faltered,
a
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eyes widened, flickering with
lips parting slightly as if
voice firm. "You do belong. And
crackled with
within me-within
And then-
She roared.
a scream, not a
erupted from her small frame,
And the illusion shattered.
into mist, their laughter vanishing into
And just like that-
The past was gone.
body sagged, sweat dripping from
ribs
back in the
The clearing.
"Stormi!"
turned just in time for a pair of arms
Austin.
hold so tight
against
my face into his shoulder. "It felt
gaze was
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