My knees gave out on the second step.The guards didn't care. They didn't stop dragging me.My bare feet slapped against the freezing stone of the grand staircase, my toes leaving small, pathetic smears of blood where I dragged. The rough fabric of the hospital gown rode up my thighs, exposing the fresh, agonizing black stitches binding my sliced abdomen together. Every jolt was a white-hot knife to my gut. The pain was just too much for me. If only my wolf was alive and active, I wouldn’t have had to hurt this much. "Please," I sobbed, my voice a broken rasp. I twisted my torso, curling my shoulders inward to shield the tiny, shivering bundle clutched to my chest. My son was crying —a high, thin, reedy shriek that tore my heart completely in two. "My stitches. Please, you're tearing them."Thorne, Kaelen’s Beta, walked ahead of us. He didn't even look back. "Keep her moving," he ordered the guards. "The Alpha wants her on the block before the sun sets."They dragged me out the door
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