Chapter 8
Ollie’s POV
“I’m wolfless,” I say. Even though I’ve practiced all the way home for just this kind of confrontation, I didn’t expect it to happen so soon. I’m not the big liar they all seem to think of me, but this one I try to make convincing. It’s my smell more than my words that
seal the deal, I think.
“Wolfless?” Sylvia repeats with disgust.
Those without wolves, or wolfless, are considered lesser than compared to any werewolf,
even the lowly omegas. I’ve been anticipating this type of reaction from someone like
Sylvia, who values her own power so highly, even if she hides that attitude from the
brothers most of the time.
I’m used to Sylvia looking down on me. It’s the brothers‘ reactions that I’m bracing myself for. There, I know, the true hurt lies.
Yet they are so distracted, they don’t even seem to notice or consider me.
Sylvia, who also, it seems, has been waiting for the brothers‘ reaction, looks at them then with some impatience. Her gaze falls on Conrad. “Aren’t you going to say something?”
“Clean up your mess, Ollie,” Conrad says.
Nodding, I dart to the closet to retrieve a broom and a dustpan.
“Honestly, I’m not the least bit surprised that Ollie turned out to be wolfless,” Hugh says. “She’s already proven herself to have a failing of character. It makes sense for her to be a failure of a werewolf too.”
The words sting, but I try not to let it show as I return to the broken glass and begin sweeping it into the dustpan. I nick myself on a shard of glass, but no one seems to notice so I just keep going.
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“She’s been an imposter for the past 15 years,” Declan says. “A wolfless with an unknown
bloodline. How could we ever mistake her for our sister?”
“This is likely the Moon Goddess‘ way of punishing her for her deceit,” Wes says. “And with the way she’s been treating Sylvia, Ollie deserves it.”
Inside of me, my wolf whimpers.
“You missed a piece,” Conrad says to me, and points at the ground near his feet. I don’t see anything from my distance but small shards could scatter far. After dumping the shards I’ve already collected in the nearby wastebasket, I walk closer to him. Searching, I kneel.
I still don’t see anything…
In a flash, Conrad grabs me roughly by the chin and forces me to look up at him. As I’m
kneeling, he towers over me like a mountain.
“You are lucky our family continues to care for you at all,” Conrad says.
“She’s always been vile, but now she’s worthless too,” Hugh adds.
“Put her on the street,” Declan says.
“She’s ungrateful,” Wes says. “She doesn’t appreciate how good she has it.”
“After all you’ve done, you should grovel at my feet,” Conrad says.
Scarlet trembles in my mind. Though their callous words also hurt me, unlike Scarlet, this
is not the first time I’ve experienced their harshness. For her, this is all new.
Every word slices through her, a fresh cut, deep and bleeding.
“Why would they say such cruel words to us?” she asks, voice hurt, in my mind. “Why do they betray their fated mate?”
“Back off, Conrad!” Ella says, storming into the room. Since she’s still wearing her gown from the event, she must have just gotten home. As she takes in the room, her eyes are wild with anger. She looks absolutely fearless.
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Conrad doesn’t release my chin as he glares down at me coldly, not even as Ella comes to stand by my side.
“The imposter deserves way worse,” Conrad replies.
“She was found as a child,” Ella snaps. “It’s not her fault she was mistaken for someone else.”
Conrad sneers at me a moment more. “Unknown bloodline. Wolfless. You are a stain on this
household,” he says, then releases me.
“Can we leave this room?” Sylvia asks in her fake trembling voice. “I don’t want to be here with her anymore.”
The brothers comply at once. Hugh touches Sylvia’s back and leads her from the room. The
others go as well, none of them looking back at me with my bloody hands, sore knees, and
broken heart.
My wolf has gone quiet, as if taking in my brothers‘ hate for me. With them gone, she now whispers, “I understand now why you would want to hide yourself…”
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