From Slave to Alpha’s Nightmare
She sighed, her steps light and quick as she carried a basket of firewood towards the communal hearth.
Ava's hands were calloused from years of hard labour, her back bent from the weight of her burdens. As a slave in the pack, her days were an unending cycle of chores and silent endurance. She was a shadow among the pack members, seen but rarely acknowledged. Yet, despite her outward subservience, there was a fierce light in her eyes, a silent defiance that had not been extinguished by years of oppression.
As she approached the hearth, a harsh voice cut through the morning air. Gregor's of course!