n filled every top spot in the pack. Beta Jabari became the pack beta, a new witch who we didn't know became the pack'

alpha would have done in a takeover. Skylar and Bethel refused to leave with their father to become rogues or sol

he bottom weren't affected in any way. People like Skylar and Lucien suffered but people like me

availed the beta and his family. They lived in the pack house now so we spent m

ything bar my name. To my surprise, the new chef who made the Alpha'

king behind her in surprise. All of us in the

splashing oil about. "You've wandered in here three times already. I take it you have nothing to

er by default, used to doing so for the nineteen years we'd known her

kept to themselves even during breakfast in the pack house where everyone ate together. The men sat at one end of the table and no one sat close to them. They convers

hen Beta Astrid handed her a

another girl. "Wash the dishes. That requires zero talent." She turned back to

d no time for nonsense or petty talk. She cooked all the food the Alpha Pack ate, with the rest of us assisting her. They were

sion. A spoon went flying at her head from behind. She moved just in time to avoid the

ishes but you can eat? Do you want me to ban you from ea

ness. A short while ago, that used to be me stuttering at her hands. She raised her head

a didn't dare say anything in the kitchen once Astrid came in. As a matter of fact, we all kept mute the moment Astrid bounded i

n age can neither cook nor clean. Spoilt rotten, I tell you!" She roared the last of her words, flipping the fish she was fr

ry themselves to avoid clothes getting mixed up but for the past year, it became more sensible for them to bring down a labelled basket which they cam

t from my brows, I got out of the laundry room and made my way to the ki

all shed behind it. He let me go, shoving me to the ground after that. "You're the little bitch who wa

en next I'd take a beating. I didn't have to wait long as Bethel kept kicking me, his hard boot br

he brutal onslaught. Yet again, I found myself on the receiving end of hardship and I just wished all of these people would drop dead this minute. I w

d done nothing to Skylar but since we were kids, she made it a point to make my life hell. She ridic

in a steel grip. "Take this." She forced something into my han

thing cold against my t

your chance to clear the filth off your name." She let me go. "If you don't do it, you can be sure of losing that bitch you call your best friend. I'll frame her an

he image of her being in the dungeons. I knew what she'd suffered as a child at the

if their men were like that or not. But one thing was for certain – I wouldn't risk finding o