An Impossible Shift
197 Words
The pain should have weakened me.
That’s what rejection does to an omega.
It breaks her.
Destroys her wolf.
Leaves her hollow.
But as I lay on the cold stone floor of the pack hall, something felt… wrong.
The pain was still there.
Sharp. Burning. Merciless.
But beneath it
There was heat…
My wolf wasn’t curled up anymore.
She wasn’t crying.
She was pacing.
Restless.
A low growl vibrated through my chest before I could stop it.
The sound echoed across the hall.
Silence followed.
Every head turned.
Omega wolves don’t growl like that.
I pushed myself up slowly, ignoring the dizziness.
Alpha Ryan was halfway to the exit when he paused.
He looked at me.
And for the first time since the bond snapped
His expression changed.
Not disgust.
Not indifference.
Suspicion.
“What was that?” someone whispered.
My hands trembled, it wasn’t weakness this time.
It felt like energy.
Like something clawing beneath my skin.
My wolf surged forward suddenly, pressing against my control.
She wanted out.
That had never happened before.
I swallowed hard.
The air around me felt heavier.
Thicker.
Charged.
For the first time
They weren’t looking at me with pity…
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