Maddie: My hands wouldn’t stop shaking. And I couldn’t find it in me to be able to lie to the Alpha, to look him in the eye… You are going to make a mistake. My wolf nudged, trying to push me off of doing this. He is going to read through it, you know that he will. “I can’t play this game against her.” I said, shaking my head. “She will have my head. And even worse, she will burn me before she even gets affected by the flame.” “You will keep quiet… or I’ll make sure you burn with me.” Her voice echoed in my skull. By the time I reached the Alpha’s office, my knees were weak. And the shaking, no matter how hard I tried, wouldn’t stop. I stood outside the door, staring at the wood as if it might swallow me whole. My wolf paced anxiously inside me, restless, distressed, whispering ur

