Chapter 9

Thea

Thea

My eyes shoot open at the burning pain that is spreading across my face. The harsh fluorescent lights make me squint at the person that I assume hit me.

“Do you have the slightest idea of how much trouble you’ve caused?”

Father.

I blink quickly to clear my eyes. Shadows make his harsh features more ominous as he glares down at me.

I try to talk, but my throat burns, and a strangled gasp is all I can manage.

“It is your fault my best guard no longer has a son. You know better than to leave the packhouse, you are not to be seen or heard, yet here we are tonight with you causing chaos among the pack, so much so that now another pack alpha knows of your existence.”

He paces back and forth across the room as anger radiates from him. “You were to be blessed by the moon goddess; that was the only value you had, and then that fucking oracle lied about that too. I’ve kept you alive for all these years, waiting for you to be of use to this pack and nothing! Do you know how fucking e