Broken by One, Desired by All
There was something deeply wrong in that expression… not just cruelty, but a kind of childlike delight in suffering.
"You're persistent, ain't you, little rat?" he laughed, turning around fully, crossing his arms over his chest as he watched me struggle to even lift my chin off the floor. The casual stance suggested he had all the time in the world. "I'll give you that. Most humans would have gone unconscious from the shock five minutes ago. Your beast blood is keeping your heart beating just long enough to make this painful. It's truly pathetic."
The word "pathetic" echoed in my mind, joining all the other voices that had ever told me I wasn't enough. The pack members who whispered behind m