Untouchable by Marii Solaria

Chapter 47 – The Forsaken

“Congratulations, you did it! You gave me a great desire to hate you!” – Unknown

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Orion lunged at me the moment my paws hit the ground. He was quick. But I was quicker when I took a sidestep, brown blurring in my peripherals. His jaws snapped at me, lunging for my neck.

Since I am a Beta wolf, I was bigger, towing over him by several inches. I ducked, ramming my head into his chest before twisting around and biting his leg, sinking my sharp teeth into it. (

I toss the hound to my side, blood dribbling from my jaws. Orion hoisted back on his paws, ignoring the

damage to his leg. Like a warrior wolf, he was trained to fight until he couldn’t anymore. Lucky for him, so was

He snagged me a couple of times, a swipe of his claws to my sides, a bite to the leg, or the tail. But I was better, stronger, and faster. I countered every move he made, making a clean brown wolf into a marred mess of

brown and red.

As my last act of offense, I sunk my jaws into his neck, biting down harder every time he struggled. I won’t kill him but leave him with a reminder to never challenge me without proper training ever again.

After a minute of struggling, Orion relents, kneeling in surrender, I unsheathed my teeth from his neck, spitting the blood from my mouth and shaking off my fur from all dirt. My blue glared deep into his gold, conveying a silent message that only wolves could hear, regardless of pack links.

Never underestimate your opponent. I let you off easy, but the enemy will not. Consider this your only warning.”

leaving the wolf to his devices. From the stairs of the packhouse, I could see Neron. But more importantly, I could see his wolf within him. Onyx. He looked forlorn, eyes beseeching

Kiya cheered. “I knew you could do it.”

their bodies to shield. me

around me. With ease, I allowed my

Raina

It wafted my nose the moment the woman shifted back. It was the scent that

back. It was the scent that faded from her child’s clothes my parents keep in their house to remember her by. It was the scent that brought me back to the happier days

t–shirt that covered her essentials. I came to see the new warriors‘ training when instead, I got the spectacle of

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saw the face.

Her face.

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curls, her skin, her eyes…the big chocolate eyes I missed so much.

eyes, swimming down my cheeks as I stared at the face of my lost

my baby

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my chest. She looked up at me, and I winced, backing up a step. Her eyes didn’t hold love like they used to, but repugnance and malice. It shook my very core, sending shudders

woman that I wished upon every fallen star to see again.

didn’t get that chance.

to the ground.

at me as I landed right

inferno of hatred and revulsion pulled me into the pits, searing me like a slab of steak on a grill.

if she had her way, she would tear

me, Raina. Remember? Your sister!” I pleaded, my tears unending.

She glowered. “You are no sister of mine. My

me in the heart, tearing my heartstrings out one by one. “No, you don’t mean

“And my name is Kiya now. Not Halima. And unless you wish to

the warriors who all stopped their training to look