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.FLORIAN“Get up, slave. We have a lot to do,” I growled through gritted teeth, tapping at her feet continuously. I'd been gone for the entire night — out drinking with friends and, yes… I knew it was all to avoid the sneaky serpent I'd welcomed into my home.Sort of forced.Notwithstanding, a day with her and I was already reeling. She’d set me on edge in ways no one ever had. She hated me — but for some reason, the hatred seemed to run deeper. And last night? I'd only made it worse.She triggered it — whatever insecurity issues I had somewhere within me — and the ugliness of my obsessive nature had reared its ugly head. I marked her. And then I ran. Feeling the weight of what I'd done — claiming her as mine and no one else's to touch, or to even fucking speak of — and I’d seen, in that moment, her hatred for me grow without redemption.Every single thing in my life was replaceable. I never got attached. But her… Nadir? She was a slow poison I'd gotten somehow addicted to in a matte

.NADIR.My body ached terribly as the shackles were loosened from my wrists and feet. I glanced ahead, seething with irritation. Five years of running, of deflection, of defiance — and I was back to the point where it all started.The North Claw Pack.“Stare all you want, slave. This will be your new home,” Florian murmured as he strutted past me while the guard yanked at my arms, pulling me behind him.“Nadir! My name is Nadir — not some petty slave of yours!” I spat viciously, my eyes scanning the area for any blunt object I could use. First, I’d murder this bastard — then myself. I’d die with zero regrets.Now that I’d been in his proximity, death didn’t scare me anymore.“I didn’t ask for your name, slave,” he retorted sharply, his words cutting as a wicked grin settled on his lips.We pushed our way in silence to his chambers — one I knew all too well from my weeks of cleaning the room.“Leave us,” he ordered the guard, and my heart sank on hearing those words.I lurched backward

.NADIR.“Find her! Or we’ll all be murdered!” The hunter yelled behind me,his voice cold and sharp as I ran, my mind was blank, with just a simple intent — I needed to get away from this hellhole.It had been five years already — five years of suffering, five years of being tossed around from one slave trader to another, sustaining every mark, pain, and heartbreak that came with it.I’d been sold and then returned, over and over again.My sharp tongue and defiance weren’t helping matters. Only this time, it was worse. I’d be branded by whoever sold me — no returns, no refunds — just the rest of my life filled with hell. I couldn’t have that. Tears welled up in my eyes as my feet caught on branches and twigs, tearing at my skin.My life had been perfect. I enjoyed the privileges of being the Beta’s daughter — the source of jealousy for other female wolves. Things had been fine. But then the Northclaw Pack attacked.We put up a fight — and we lost.I’d served under their pack for a ye