Chapter 9

Shannen’s POV

I am going to miss Goldie when she’s gone. For the past few weeks, every night when she’s home tucked up in her bed, I stare at her. If she caught me, she would call me a creep. She looks after me and protects me. We’re not related by blood, but we’re sisters in our hearts. I am also the one who comforts her after her nightmares and covers for her when she runs off during the night.

I am dreading the day she won’t be here, and I stare at an empty bed. My rock will be gone. But I can’t let her see how upset I am, so I have taken to crying in the shower. She has her life to live. I can’t hold her back from her destiny. Her birthright. She will make a great Beta to an Alpha one day. I simply hope there will be a place in her life for Samuel and me.

I refuse to let my mom believe she’s getting under my skin. Even though she has already started with snide remarks about my weight, my hair, and my intelligence. As if it’s not hard enough being the Beta’s daughter