LILY
It was early morning when I heard the door open. I was still sleeping, curled up on the dirty mattress and under the flimsy blanket I’d been given, but that sound managed to wake me up and make me shiver at the same time.
“Morning, morning,” Marcus’s falsely sweet voice rang through the room. “Time to go. By the way, since I’m already here, Lils, bother getting my balls empty? It’s a nice way to start a glorious day”.
My stomach twisted and turned, but I felt my head automatically nod. My wolf emitted a low, barely audible whine.
It was the only sound she made, now, when she had the strength to make herself heard, that is. My heart bled whenever I thought of how lively she had been once, especially the few months we’d been with Connor.
She was more like a ghost, now – as, I g
