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8: The Alpha's suspicion
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The cell door creaked open for the second time that day.Lena glanced up, expecting another tormentor, but instead, a young girl stood there, holding a tray of food. A cuff encircled the girl’s ankle—a slave."Take it back. I refuse to eat," Lena spat, her voice hoarse but firm.The girl set the tray down and crouched before her, meeting Lena’s defiant gaze.“Luna.”"I am not your Luna," Lena snapped, her voice rising.The girl only sighed. “You don’t understand, do you? The longer you refuse, the worse my punishment will be. I’m responsible for you now, Luna. I am your personal maid. My name is Milicent.”Lena finally lifted her head, properly looking at her. The girl’s eyes were pleading, desperate.Lena’s expression softened.She knew what it was like to be in her shoes—to fear the wrath of a head maid, to be denied food as punishment.Memories of her past as a servant in the Crimson Moon Pack surfaced, stinging like old wounds. If she were still there, at least she wouldn’t have e
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"Lena, run!" her mother screamed."No, Mother! I can get you out of here! I can take you with me!" Lena sobbed, desperately reaching for her hand."You can't save me!" her mother gasped, her voice strained with pain. "The only thing you must promise me is to survive. Do you hear me? Survive at all costs!"A burning log crashed down, slamming into her mother’s back.The fire roared around them, consuming everything in its path. Her mother’s screams echoed through the inferno.Young Lena’s shriek tore through the night."Take her!" a deep voice commanded behind her.Terror gripped her as she turned, her tear-filled eyes locking onto a man standing in the flames. A golden mask covered half his face, one eye a chilling blue, the other a blood-red ember.A cruel laugh jolted Lena awake.Her head ached, the jostling of the carriage making her realize she’d been dreaming."What do you think will happen to her when we reach the pack house?" one of the men outside sneered."They won’t go easy
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The guards held Lena in front of a heavy wooden door, their grip firm and unyielding. The head slave emerged, her expression impassive."The bath is ready," she announced.Without hesitation, one of the guards spun Lena around as if she were nothing more than a lifeless doll. The sharp clink of metal echoed in the dim corridor as they crouched before her, unlocking the chains that had bound her for nearly a decade.The weight disappeared from her ankle, and for a moment, Lena could only stare.They had never removed it before. Not in all the years she had been paraded as a slave.That cufflink was more than just a restraint—it was a brand, a mark of ownership. It was what kept slaves from running. The iron was impossibly heavy, designed to slow any escape attempt until a werewolf could hunt them down with ease.Yet now, they had discarded it like it was nothing.Before she could fully process the shift in her fate, rough hands shoved her forward into the room.Inside, the scent of lav
