I looked around at everything that still needed to be done, and it was overwhelming. I felt like I was drowning under the sheer immensity of the task, especially to be assigned to it alone.
But guilt with trepidation warred with the desire to let go and do what I wanted for once. What if someone finds out? Anyone who saw me leaving would be more than happy to tattle. More than just Mandy despised me around here.
What if Sandra gets mad and convinces the Alpha to let me go? It wouldn’t take long for the Luna and Eliza to pressure him into turning me out. Then where would I be? Homeless, hunted and alone. The risk was never worth the reward to step out of the rules or my position.
But the contraints were slowly killing me, too.
Mauve looked at me as if she could read every thought runn
