Alexa“No, please, don’t! Let me go!” I screamed at the top of my lungs. My hands were restrained by two men. They dragged me away from my own house, even though I screamed and kicked with all my might. My wolf couldn’t fight back and could only whimper in my head. “It’s okay, Alexa. It will be just fine,” my stepmother said, her gaze downcast. Beside her, my stepsister put on a display of fake tears. “Mom! Please help me! Don’t sell me out!” I cried for her help, but she stood still. “I’m sorry, Alexa, but we have nothing else to cover up your father’s debt,” she said, tears streaming down her face. Wasn’t that a lie? How could they hide so many things in our house? Where had our TV gone? The car? Did we go bankrupt overnight? “No! There must be some mistake!” I defended myself. “Shut up, wench!” A brute slapped my cheek, and it stung so badly that my teeth scraped my lip. Blood dripped from the corner of my mouth. “Your father owed us a million dollars. Now he’s dead, so you
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