~Elvira~
I walked away from Vanessa presence thinking back on how Gabriel had pushed these wooden beads on my wrist himself... he hadn't asked my opinion as the Elders spoke...he just sat there in that study, watching me with unreadable eyes while he told me this was the only way to keep the elders of my back.
He wanted me to be manageable incase i posed a threat to his pack as a rouge... he wanted the girl who could throw a warrior to stay buried under the leash of these restraints...
The kitchen did not care about my dampened spirit when I returned...i went back to my duty... my arms ached and my vision blurred as I stared at the third crate of potatoes I'd been peeling, i continued until it was the last crate.
"You're going to peel the skin off your own fingers if you keep gripping
