Twenty-Four: Something I’ll Regret.

DENVER.

My eyes shot open to the darkness of the dungeon that surrounded me. My lips twitched with a growl stuck in the back of my throat.

The door had opened and as soon as I heard Cory’s footsteps draw close, I launched myself against the cage barriers.

The sound of my chains clanged against the hard floor and sent a reverberating echo through the walls. Anyone else would have been fazed, they might have even been scared. But not my beta, Cory.

Not when he has seen me in a worse shape and condition than this.

I panted heavily from my lips as I drew back. His hands wrapped around the cage as his eyes fell on me. My wolf turned away from him, hiding behind the darkness of the dimly lit, musty dungeon. Matted, dark furs stretched across every surface of my skin and my sharp claws strained against the shackles that held around my wrists and ankles.

I struggled to catch my breath as I shifted back into a human form.

Beads of sweat formed along the lines of my face and I looked at Cory