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ALEXIt’s been five years since I left the Ragriz pack and my hometown altogether, that’s about long enough to forget the shame that had led to my decision to leave everything behind. But the sound of my knee popping will forever haunt me. One second I was spinning past the defense. The next, a solid wall of muscle named Reid Maddox rammed me so hard into the boards, the lights flickered. I remember the silence in the rink being louder than the impact. And after that, the whispers started.“She doesn’t even have a wolf.”“Why’d they let her out there in the first place?”“Replacement for Vicky Deveraux.”“Russo’s daughter? Please. They just felt sorry for her.”My pack members were monsters!They didn’t care that I had been rammed to shit by a rival team mate, they cared that a wolf-less girl had made it to the championship. They never acknowledged my years of training, how hard my father made sure, even without my wolf, I could replace any of his team members if it was needed. T

ALEX I’ll never forget the look on Valek Deveraux’s face when I make my decision. But I don’t even have time to see it through the blur in my own eyes, or to register it before Reid starts tugging me away."Come on," he mutters smugly. Pain throbs where he holds me, and I hate that I don’t pull away. I hate that I don’t fight.I look back once.Then again.Valek doesn’t move.He doesn’t even look back at me."You're not going to cry, are you?" Reid huffs, half-amused.I don't answer.What would I even say?At this point in my life, it almost feels safer to be in my enemy’s pack than to be in a home where all my packmates do is scorn me. Where my lover says nothing, where my father stays silent, like I’m not his only daughter. Like I don't exist beyond the talent I bring to the game.He promised he’ll never force me to return to the pack against my will, but I’m back in town and the first person he sends my way is the Alpha of the pack.How ironic. And Reid. I don’t ask why he’s