Nyx
The Alpha’s command lingers in my bones like poison. Even hours later, I feel it … the way my body wanted to crumple, the way my blood boiled with helpless rage. The humiliation still tastes sharp, bitter, coating my tongue like iron.
But worse than the humiliation is the fury. I lie on the mattress in my too-small room, staring at the cracks in the ceiling. Every blink shows me Talia’s smug face, her triumph when my knees trembled. I didn’t break, but gods, I came close.
“We almost yielded. I will not forgive it.” My wolf growls low, pacing inside me.
“I didn’t,” I whisper into the dark. “I didn’t bow.”
“But you could have. And if you bow once, they will never stop pressing you down.” Her words cut deep. I clench my fists against the blanket, heat burning behind my eyes. No. I wo
