LYRA VALORIC

“How can someone look so terribly different from her sister?”

“Her sister is the pack beauty, while she is the beast!”

They all burst into laughter like the woman’s words were the funniest joke of the century. They cast their malicious glances at me.

As usual, I wanted to crawl back into my room and hide there forever, but I had to suck it up. Aurora wouldn’t like it if I didn’t join her for breakfast since Father wasn’t there.

“Please move out of my way,” I ...