My Protector

Sophie's Point of View

I had sent Ezekiel home. His pack needed him there more than I needed him here. I had the Valkyrie to bare witness to my pain. Yet no tears came. None. Even in their company, I felt hollow. As if Luciana had left a hole in my chest. My sister. The one person who had always found a way to make me smile, even when I was annoying her in some or other way. She never knew how much I had admired her. How much it hurt when she had left and left me there, along with every single monster prowling the night. Suddenly, I was in the hands of a beast. The same beast she had been protecting me from her entire life.

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The house was filled with the sweet scent of mother's milk tart and roast. Fire crackled to my right, Jasper splayed before it. June was a cruel month where we stayed. Some elders even predicted some snow fall later in the month. Snow was breath taking and fun to play in. But most importantly, my birthday was a w