Chapter 23

[Valerie]

I’d been sticking to the medication timetable the doctor gave me as if it was religion. The cramps were easing up substantially, but the nausea remained. I noticed that the moment I so much as sniffed any other food besides red meat, bile rose in my throat and had me rushing to the nearest hole.

When Friday came along, I tried again to talk to Chloe, but the mongrel of a woman again chose to ignore my existence. Whatever, I thought, I’d be doing her a favor later that night, because just like me, she had a bone to pick with the Alpha, except I didn’t choose to become bitter about it and make everyone around me miserable. I chose to do something about it.

In all honesty, my choice twisted my insides as soon as I arrived at the witches’ den with Layla. I started to believe that the only reason she was being my friend was to keep an eye on me. I didn’t mind much, since I had no reason to betray them. I was finally getting the reven