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17 The Secret Under Our Skin
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The Price Of Fate 22 Where Promises Go to Die
Nyra’s POV I didn’t remember deciding to run.I only remember the way my chest felt too tight to hold my heart.The way the cheers behind me sounded like wolves celebrating my funeral.The way my feet moved on their own, faster and faster, carrying me away from the assembly grounds before my knees could give out and my tears could expose me.I didn’t stop until the pack centre was far behind me.Until the torches became distant dots.Until the voices turned into nothing but a ringing in my ears.And then I realised where my body had taken me.The path curved through the trees, familiar in the way an old scar is familiar, something you never forget how to touch.The cabin.Our cabin.The one hidden deep in the woods where the world didn’t exist and Kieran could pretend I was worth holding.I stumbled up the steps like a drunk, my breath ragged, my hands shaking so hard the draft paper crumpled further in my fist.Maid.The word was printed in ink, but it felt carved into my skin.I p
The Price Of Fate 21 A Maid for the Packhouse 2
Nyra’s POV The pack erupted before Kieran even moved, cheers, stomping, voices rising in pride. Kieran stepped forward, but he didn’t look like a man being celebrated.He looked… hollow.Like he hadn’t slept.Like something inside him had been clawing him apart for days.His shoulders were tense. His face was pale beneath the torchlight. His jaw was clenched so hard it made his cheekbones sharp.And his eyes, His eyes found me immediately.Not with the cold dismissal he wore in daylight.Not with the careful distance he always kept.With fear.Pure, raw fear.It hit me like a punch.His gaze pleaded with me in a way his mouth never dared.Don’t let go.Please.Don’t leave me.For a second, my heart faltered.For a second, the bond tugged like a hand reaching for mine.And then I remembered every time he’d looked away.Every time he’d let them laugh.Every time he’d chosen reputation over me and called it love.So I didn’t look back.I stared past him.Through him.As if he was just
The Price Of Fate 20 A Maid for the Packhouse
Nyra’s POV The Alpha didn’t answer me.He just stood there on that platform like he hadn’t heard a single word I said, like I was nothing more than a sound the wind carried and forgot.The silence stretched.It wasn’t empty silence.It was the kind that was meant to put me back in my place.The kind that said: You don’t get to ask questions here.My fingers tightened around the draft paper so hard the edges bit into my skin.My voice came out again, louder this time, not because I wanted to challenge him, but because I needed an answer to the cage he’d just put me in.“How long?” I repeated.Heads turned. Wolves shifted. A few of them exchanged looks like they were watching a show.I swallowed, forcing air into lungs that suddenly felt too small.“How long will I have to work as a servant?” I asked, each word steady even as my heart hammered. “How long will I have to serve your pack?”Serve your pack.Not mine.Because I had stopped pretending I belonged a long time ago.A ripple mo
The Price Of Fate 19 Drafted to the Dirt
Nyra’s POV When my mother returned, her arms were full, herbs, dried meat, potatoes. Her face was set in a hard line, like she’d built armour out of anger.“We’re going,” she said simply.She didn’t ask if I was ready.Readiness didn’t matter.We walked together to the assembly grounds.The closer we got to the pack centre, the thicker the air became with presence, wolves, power, judgement. The smell of smoke and sweat and dominance layered over everything.When we stepped into the open ground, the murmurs started immediately.Heads turned.Eyes landed on us like stones.“Outcasts.”“Why are they here?”“Is that the wolfless one?”I felt it in my bones, the way the pack’s attention sharpened when it had something to hate.My mother lifted her chin.Elaine walked like she owned the ground beneath her feet, like she was daring the pack to remember what she truly was.And the pack… the pack shifted back.Not much.But enough.They glared from a distance.They whispered instead of sho
The Price Of Fate 18 The Alpha’s Seal
Nyra’s POV My mother stared at the letter like it had teeth.The wax seal, Alpha Ethan’s crest, looked harmless enough, but the way her fingers tightened around the parchment told me she wanted to burn the whole thing and the hand that delivered it.“This is madness,” she hissed, pacing the cabin like a storm trapped in wood. “He has no right. No right to summon you like you’re, ”“Like I’m property?” I finished softly.Her head snapped toward me, eyes blazing. “Don’t you dare say it like it’s normal.”I kept my voice calm even though my stomach was twisting. “Mum… Elaine… breathe.”She stopped short. Her chest rose and fell fast. The anger was real, but I could see something else behind it, fear. The kind she tried to hide from me.“I don’t like this,” she said, voice low. “I don’t like anything about it.”“I know.” I reached for her hand. “But whatever his reason is, we can’t ignore the Alpha’s seal. You know that.”Her jaw clenched. “He’s doing this to remind me that he can.”
The Price Of Fate 17 The Secret Under Our Skin
Nyra’s POV For a long moment, I just stared at my side.At the place where my blood had been.At the place that should still have stitches and swollen skin and pain.But there was nothing.No wound.No tear.No proof that I had been ripped open and forced to crawl my way home like an animal trying not to die.Only smooth skin… as if the night had never happened.As if I had never happened.My breath came out in a thin, shaking sound.Then my eyes lifted to my mother’s hands.Her fingers were trembling like she was holding back an earthquake.The last trace of that pale glow had faded, but I could still see it in my mind, light spilling through her skin like it belonged there. Like it had always belonged there.My body reacted before my mind did.I backed away.One step.Then another.Pure instinct.The kind of instinct you have when something familiar suddenly becomes dangerous.“Nyra…” my mother whispered, her voice tight.I shook my head hard, my throat closing.“What, what was t
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