Chapter 163

NATALIE’S POV I can’t remember a time I didn’t feel like a shadow in my own home. Maybe it was the day I realized my parents smiled more when Violet walked into a room than when I did. Or maybe it was when they started letting her make decisions about my life—like which clothes I could wear, what events I could attend, even what friends I could have. Even though I’m the Alpha’s daughter too, I never felt like I belonged. Everyone loved Violet. And me? I was the mistake they never wanted. The only light in my life—the only reason I could even smile at all—was Logan. Logan is my boyfriend. He’s the sweetest. He made me feel like I mattered. He’d hold my hand and whisper promises under the moonlight, promises that one day, we’d run away together and be free. He said he didn’t care that I didn’t have my wolf yet, that I wasn’t as graceful or powerful as Violet. He loved me. Or… at least, I thought he did. That’s what I told myself over and over again as I walked down the hallway to the eas