RAVENNA POV
Zara knew where to hit, always did.
Her words dragged me back to my old life. A life where I was a nobody, a wolfless person, an outcast, and the alpha's least favorite daughter.
Those memories came crashing down on me like an avalanche, hit and brutal.
I remembered Lila's sharp slaps and her sharper words. My father's disapproving looks. Zara's cruel smile when she got away with everything and I took the hit. Lucas's betrayal. The pack that was never there for me.
I remembered it all. I had thought I had long since healed and moved on from that life. What a lie that was. I was just too good at convincing myself that it was all behind me.
And so here I stood, listening to Zara unfold my linens to this pack that I was starting to see as home even though my first impres
