Lyra's POV“You don’t belong here, Lyra.” The words sliced through the air before I even reached the bonfire circle. To be frank, the voice was familiar and sharp as broken glass: Rowan, son of the Beta, who had made it his life’s mission to remind me I was an outsider in my own pack.I forced my steps steady, even though the eyes of the gathered wolves tracked me like predators. The glow of the fire painted their faces in molten gold and shadow, but the disdain in their stares burned hotter than the flames.“Funny,” I shot back, my voice dripping with sarcasm. “I thought this was a pack celebration, Rowan, or did the invitation say everyone except Lyra Vale?”A few chuckles rippled through the crowd, but Rowan bared his teeth as he stepped closer to me. “See, Lyra, your father may be Alpha, but that doesn’t make you one of us. Blood doesn’t change what you are.”My fists clenched at my sides as I boiled. I wanted to snarl back, to rake my nails across his smug face, but I swallowed t
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