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“I don’t need his money, Riley,” my mother says.
“I know, but we need to start up afresh, and so we need this; after it is all over, | promise you we will leave and
never return.”
“Why you?” she questions.
“I don’t know...."”
“There are so many females; he is an Alpha, the most known; any she-wolf would want him; why did he pick you,
and what is he going to gain from this? Because | don’t think your companion for six months is all he wants,” my
mother says, hatred in her eyes.
“I've asked, but | don’t know what he gains from this either, but we shouldn't care about that; we would be gone
soon.’
“I know why he picked you,” mother says.
“You do?”
“Yes. It's skind of payback. | ran away from this pack many years ago as a... sex slave, and my daughter is
taken for the spurpose.”
“l am not a sex slave!,” | say, lying through my teeth.
“Tellhe hadn’t bedded you more than once? This is what he wants; they want to ruin us, and it started with
me,” she says.
| stood silent, because it did make sense. Why me? | had always asked; he had said it was more fun to break an
innocent like me, but there are others just like me; why hadn’t he gone for them then? | remembered that fateful
day he walked into the ball for the first time; it was purposeful, like he knewfrom somewhere. He also knew
my name. He didn’t seem to know that my mother was a slave then but again it could have all been an act, so
he must have known about my mother too. What
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mother too. What my mother said made a whole lot of sense.
“You could run away...”
“You think | hadn't tried that before? He caught me, mom.’
“Did he hurt you?” Her eyes were wide with defiance.
“No,“H-lied, but she saw through that, deciding not to pressfor more.
“How do you know he would keep to what he says?, that he doesn't intend to keep you here for a lifetime, or
maybe till he tires of you?” She asks, and | remember Thane’s words, ‘You are still amusing. For now".
“He would do as he says,” | said; maybe | was trying to convince myself more.
“You put too much trust in him, but it is not your fault, you were right when you said ‘this is
y
Chapter Seventy One
the only way". | would protect you the best I can, but I'm so sorry, Riley, | can’t do much.”
“Don’t worry, mother, look after yourself; | am a big girl now,” | assured her, but she didn’t look comforted by
that. “We would get out of this together... hope,” | say, but | don't believe it; there's this sinking feeling in my
chest, this desperation | hated.
“We would,” she agrees. “And there is one more thing you need to know,” she says. “My real nis Kate."
My mother had never toldher real
name; countless times I've asked, but
she had toldspeed fargotten
her trudnany years ago, and |
settled on calling her ‘mother or
‘mom ‘. | wondered what secrets her
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There was still so much | wasn't
telling her, but | had to keep it Lo
myself; she had bed Dodghs lot,
BANDE heed to tell her about
Ryker or my insecurities. She didn't
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Nothing she said could cleanse the guilt | felt. | was the selfish one, and all along she suffered.
| walked back to my room, numb.
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| could feel the irritation when |
noticed Beatrix heading my way; |
didn’t want to speak to her; | was in
no mood for that. But she walked
right pastas if NE noting but
ATA Se) he had gotten
what she wanted; no need for the
false pretense. It was clear now; she
had setup. | couldn't help but
wonder how she knew about my past
with Ryder. But again, she was
exactly the type that was ready to dig
as deep as possible into a matter just
to get what she wanted, and what
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