Chapter 21

The voice in my head, my wolf, pulled me back to myself.

Hi - I thought.

Rough day?

I choked on a laugh - Rough few years

I know - She paused - I know

Having her with me calmed me more than I knew was possible. For once, since I was stolen from my pack, I felt that I wasn’t completely alone. Even if my wolf was part of me, she was a counterpart. Her showing up alerted me to my stark loneliness that I pushed away where it couldn’t linger on the edges.

I felt stronger than ever, powerful as if my wolf awoke every sense along with her, and she might have.

I stood up tall and brushed off the dress. I made it this far. I had been through worse and come out of it. I am from a long line of Alphas. Alpha blood runs through me. Powerful blood runs through me.

I am power, and I am blood.

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I made it through a polite dinner. I could tell by Alpha Raymond’s constant stares that he thought I would have come in crying or broke down at the table. But I wouldn’t give him that, and I didn’t feel