Vaelora’s POV I opened my eyes once again, and all was heavy. My head hurt. My body hurt. It was very hard to breathe.I looked at the ceiling for a few seconds and couldn't remember where I was. Then I remembered what they had done, the rejection, the pain, the claws growing out of my fingers, Nysera screaming, Kaiven backing away, the terror.I gulped in at a shaky breath.Instinctively, I looked down at my hands. Relief flooded me. Its claws were missing. My hands were normal again, at least on the outside. The fear remained. What went wrong inside me was still there.I slowly turned my head.I was paralysed by the movement.There was a man sitting by my bed.My father.Alpha Theron Arden.So I looked at him for a few seconds and just stared. He seemed older than I remembered. There was the day I chose Kaiven over my family, the day he disowned me, that was the last time I saw him in person, 3 years ago.His dark hair was now tinged with more grey. His eyes looked darker, and his
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