The memory hit me in waves as Axel carried me through the forest.
His voice cutting through the red haze in my mind. Strong and commanding, but gentle.
"Look at me."
I remembered how his alpha power had washed over me like cool water on burning skin. How it had pulled me back from the edge of madness.
"You know this voice."
I had known it. Even when the beast inside me wanted to tear him apart, some part of me recognized him.
My alpha.
My mate.
The words had broken through the feral rage like nothing else could. They were truth carved into my bones.
But now, walking back toward the compound, shame burned in my chest.
I had attacked the pack. Drew blood from someone who had never hurt me. Proved that everything Michael said about me was right.
I was dangerous. A monster.
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