All Chapters of BETRAYED, REBORN, RETURNED: THE RISE OF THE FEMALE ALPHA : Chapter 1 - Chapter 6

The island smelled of salt and wet mud. Valkira stood at the edge of the muddy training ground, her heavy leather boots sinking into the dark dirt. Morning fog crept over the sharp mountain peaks behind her, but she didn't move a muscle.Before her, the packs were training. Sixty fierce shape shifters fought in aggressive pairs across the dirt. These were rogues, notorious killers from different species across the mainland. A year ago, they were nothing but violent mess. Valkira had beaten them into shape. Now, they move together like one disciplined machine.Valkira watched a young wolf named Dren take a hard hit to his ribs. He stumbled backward into the mud, coughing up dark blood. Dren slowly wiped his mouth, got back on his feet, bared his fangs, and attacked again."That's enough," Rog growled from the sideline. The huge bear shifter’s arms were still half-shifted into thick fur and claws. "The boy is done for the day.""He is not done," Chris, her Beta, shot back, his voice cut

“What did you inject her with?” Valkira demanded, her voice low and dangerous.The lead doctor stepped back, his hands shaking. “Who are you?”“Answer me. Now.”The head nurse trembled. “A paralytic toxin. She was too strong for our normal anesthesia.”Valkira moved in a flash. She grabbed the nurse by her lab coat and pulled her close.“Is the dose deadly?”“No,” the nurse whimpered. “The effects will wear off completely in about half an hour. But—”Valkira shoved her aside. The nurse crashed into the wall.Valkira turned back to the table and pulled a small brown bottle from her leather vest. She opened it, filled a dropper with the purple liquid, and gently forced Yana’s mouth open.Three drops fell onto her daughter’s tongue.The change was almost instant.Yana’s chest rose sharply. Her silver eyes came back into focus, and a soft sound escaped her throat.Behind them, the medical staff realized they were trapped. Several nurses and the remaining doctor grabbed heavy metal tools a

Everyone including the rogues froze, turning to look at who had spoken.Valkira stood at the edge of the crowd, but her eyes were drawn to her mother kneeling on the ground, blood dripping from her forehead, and her daughter, Yana beside Helen, crying.Something inside her cracked.She walked forward, Chris following behind her. The crowd scrambled out of their way like they were afraid of getting burned. She moved fast, her boots kicking up mud as she made her way to her mother.Helen stared at her, mouth hanging open. She blinked a few times like she was trying to wake up from a dream. Her hands were shaking. Valkira stopped in front of her mother. She looked at Helen's thin gray hair. She looked at the torn dress. She looked at the bruise on her forehead that was still bleeding. The blood was fresh and red against her pale skin.Her heart twisted in her chest. She could barely breathe.She dropped to one knee in the mud and put her fist over her heart. It was the formal salute a w