Kane
Pain was my first awareness. Not the sharp, clean pain of physical wounds, but something deeper. Something that reached into my very soul and twisted.
I opened my eyes to darkness. The council's spell room. I recognized the ancient runes carved into the stone walls, glowing with a sickly purple light. How many times had they brought me here as a young Alpha, teaching me "obedience"?
Every cell in my body screamed in resistance as their magic poured into me. I could feel my wolf raging, throwing himself against the mental barriers they created. We'd been here before, so many times during my youth, but somehow I'd managed to forget just how much it hurt.
"Finally awake?" Elder Miriam's voice drifted from the shadows. "Good. We have much to discuss."
I tried to move, but invisible c
