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Section 1
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I should be grateful. The orphan adopted by Alpha Alaric Whitmore and given a place at Ravencrest Alpha Academy beside his biological daughter, Odette. A real fairy tale.Except fairy tales don't mention being Odette's personal servant, hiding bruises under designer uniforms while she smiles for Daddy's video calls, or her friends tripping me in the dining hall while everyone laughs.They also don't mention the three Alphas who rule Ravencrest like gods.For two years I survived by being invisible. Head down. Mouth shut. Wolf buried so deep I almost forgot she existed. Everyone thinks I'm a charity case with a wolf too weak to shift.They're all wrong.On my eighteenth birthday, something ancient and powerful woke inside me. My wolf isn't weak or broken. She's something that shouldn't exist, and I've been terrified to let her out.My plan was simple: keep my head down, graduate, and disappear.Then everything shattered.Garrick Voss cornered me in the library and his wolf recognized mine. Merrick Hale started watching me with eyes that saw through every mask. Stellan Crowe saved my life and looked at me like his favorite puzzle.One slip was all it took.Now the three most dangerous Alphas know I'm different. Odette is watching me with suspicion. Alpha Whitmore's check-ins have turned sharp. And something in the shadows wants me dead.My wolf is done hiding. And she's not afraid of anyone.
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