Adam’s intent to humiliate me was clear. He didn’t just want to show that I was inferior; he wanted to ensure it. Pitting me against two skilled fighters and instructing them to show no mercy was his way of making sure I suffered.
If I had fallen and seized, there was no doubt in my mind that the fight wouldn’t have continued, my suffering prolonged.
The unfairness of it all brought fresh tears to my eyes. I cried until exhaustion overtook me, and I drifted off to sleep under the sheltering tree, the cool night air a small comfort against the storm of emotions within me.
I woke up to darkness enveloping the world around me.
My stomach growled, reminding me of the hunger that gnawed at me.
Shifting into my wolf form, I ventured out into the night, driven by the need to find somethin
