I hit Thomas with everything I had. Claws raked across his face. Blood sprayed. He stumbled back, shocked. Nobody expected the weak alpha daughter to fight. Nobody expected me to choose violence. But Kade’s sister taught me well. I was small. Fast. Furious. The elite guards shifted. Six massive wolves surrounded me. But I did not stop. Did not hesitate. I tore through them like they were nothing. Like I was something more than the broken girl they knew. “Stop her!” Thomas roared. Beta Richards lunged. I dodged. Twisted. Sank my teeth into his throat. Not deep enough to kill. Just deep enough to make him bleed. To make him remember. He collapsed, gasping. The other guards hesitated. They had trained me. Beaten me. It broke me down until I was nothing. And now I was destroying them.

