Changed Wolf: Whiteheart Clan Book 3 by Peterson Chloe

Author:Peterson, Chloe
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-10-26T16:00:00+00:00

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Three days later, Zoe sat by a stream just on the outskirts of Falhurst. When she was a child, her mother used to take her there whenever clan business was about to get particularly ugly. They'd throw rocks in the stream, and her mother would tell Zoe made up stories.

Those were Zoe's happiest memories, and so once Chase and she moved out of the Farm, she started taking her brother to the stream and doing the same thing. The stream was a place of calm, but on this day, Zoe felt none of that.

Chase had called her the night before begging for a meeting. He'd sounded so desperate that Zoe had agreed against her better judgment. Asking Chase to go from the life of a typical twenty-year-old to that of Darksong Second overnight was cruel.

I'll just help him a little until he gets up on his feet.

The sound of footsteps heading in her direction alerted Zoe to Chase's arrival. She got up and held her arms out. Seconds later, he stepped through the light forest that surrounded the stream and hugged Zoe.

"I've missed you so much," Chase said.

"Same here." Zoe pulled away. "We can't take too long, though. Someone will notice you're missing."

Chase sighed then sat down, crossing his legs. "I know."

"What did you want to talk about?"

"Everything and nothing. I feel so raw on the inside. These last few days have been hell."

Zoe's mouth went dry. She'd known her father would push Chase hard, but she didn't expect him to go all out. Zoe recognized the haunting tone in Chase's voice. It meant he'd seen something truly horrible.

"What happened?" Zoe placed a hand on her brother's thigh.

"So much that I don't want to remember." Chase squeezed his eyes shut. "The worst of it was the trip to the scrap yard."

A chill ran down Zoe's spine. Her father really must have meant to shock Chase if he took him to the scrap yard.

Whenever someone was found guilty of betraying the clan, two things usually happened. They'd get killed, or they'd get taken to work the land that the Darksong owned outside of Falhurst. The kind of manual labor they'd do was cruel, and most shifters would die if their animals didn't go crazy first.

What most people didn't know is that Reirder Dagiel kept a selected few and sent them to the scrap yard. Those that got sent there were great fighters. Her father kept them in horrible housing and held underground tournaments where he had them fight each other to the death.

"I'm so sorry you had to see that," Zoe said, her voice thick.

Chase shook his head. "I am too. Now, I understand why you've been fighting Dad. He's a real monster. The way his eyes lit up yesterday made me sick to my stomach. I held it in, but I couldn't sleep last night. That's why I called you. I had to see you, Zoe. I need to understand how you survived."

Zoe inhaled. "I survived by learning to compartmentalize.

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