ndifference but now –" He stopped with a quick burst of laughter. "Now you seem dead." His eyes twinkled. "I

ing me to take a step back. M

Carrot?" He snorted with a

hem to pay attention to me nor did I ask them to love me. When they hit me, I told myself it was bec

re, no purpose and no relevance. I thanked the Alpha and his Luna for letting

ow my head. Bending over to please these people hurt me but I learnt my place early so despite how difficult it was to swall

ot?" My gaze snapped up at the

d despite how much I hated it, my body was attuned to his. The heat emanating from his body wa

rr

the hospital. I didn't have red hair so my name had no justification. Did my mother like carrots? Did she e

in a monotone, hollowness spreading inside me. "If you'l

uld be better for you to jump." Strong hands shoved me

, at the railing, at anything. When my widened eyes met his laughing ones, the scream died in

Beep

ness. After the sound, pinpricks of discomfort pushed into

blinding white dress and a subtle scowl. "Do you know y

umbled with a

gh it was only a one-storey, I thought I was done for. So, ex

ew even sterner. "How many

ger wafting off him made me shiver. The cold inside me earlier had receded, leaving me with

s bubbling from his lips as if he'd tri

inked in the fa

led rage. "As a pack, we have helped you despite your irrelevance to us and when it's

i - " The laughter burst out, my entire body burning with pain as I laughed. "Is that the story

ed him." The accusation shining in the doctor's eyes would make even an innocent man feel guilty. "How could you be so cruel? Is this how

dn't know of them. According to the stories I heard, my birth mother came to Red Lake pack heavily pregnant and dist

dn't have a home or a family and didn't know a life outside of Red Lake pack. Despite how bitter I felt having to serve them as a cheap servant, I didn't have anywhere else to go if they kicked me out. So I

eeping me," I an

my debt. I earned my keep in this pack, worked through rain and sunshine to cater for the wolves in this pack

octor sneered. "How can a no

ter how much they beat me down, I still rose from the dirt with my head held high. I didn't know why or how I did it but something in

rushed in with eye bags surrounding his bloodshot eyes. "You're a

a peal of familiar maniacal l

fe. It was a flitting thought I had the other day, one that I didn't l

Alpha Norman. Do you understand the stigma that puts on us as a pack? Do you know how much talk has been circulating about Alpha Norma

n a cold voice. "Please

look from Noah had him clamming up, going as white as snow before he nodd

ed lips rose to form the ghost of a smile. He still looked tired bu

ompletely, didn't I?" Sadism gl