I started to deny it quickly.
"I don't know what you're talking about," I said.
I had never lied in my entire life.
But I had to do it this ti.
"You can't lie to , girl." She said. "I can see through you. He wanted soone else, not you."
How had she known? How? No one knew, at least.
Or did soone already know and then tell her?
My head was racing.
"No one told ." She said it as if she were reading my mind. "I'm a seer."
I looked at her point-blank.
I had heard of wolves who could see into the future but assud it was a myth. Or I could see soone and instantly know anything about them.
I dropped to my knees despite the burn in my thighs.
"Please don't tell him who I am," I begged at her feet. "He would kill them. Please. I will do anything you want."
The tears were flowing.
She drew up to sit on the bed and gently lay my head against one of the standing pillows.
"Sit down, " she urged . I told you not to get up."
I shook my head. "No, please. You don't understand. Back ho, they are my responsibility. If I don't keep up with this, he will kill them."
"You are not anyone's responsibility!" She snapped at in rage.
That surprised .
She had been so soft-spoken; seeing her snap at angrily took aback.
She took a deep breath. "You look after everyone who looks after you? Jasmine, you are no one's responsibility except yours."
"How did you know my na?" I asked, bewildered.
"I'm a seer. I told you that already." She said.
"Oh," I mumbled, feeling foolish. "I'm not very intelligent."
She gave an irritated sigh. "Goddess Jasmine. If you are anything, it's intelligent."
No one had ever told I was intelligent before. I rarely got complints.
Except for Urma, who had always said I was brave.
"You just look out for everyone." She said. "I've never t anyone like you. You're different."
I gave a weak smile. "Yes, I'm an unshifted wolf."
She smiled at and tucked one of my loose curls in such a way that I had always seen Luna Maria tuck Jessica's hair behind her ears.
I had always wanted soone to do that for .
"You truly know nothing about yourself." She said. "And that's sad. Fate would not let tell you anything about you. But Jasmine, you are courageous."
Her complints hit because I knew they weren't true.
I did not have any of these good qualities she called for in .
"Please do not tell Alpha Xaden," I begged her to return to her initial statent that she was an imposter.
"I wouldn't." She said that, and she seed angry. "You shouldn't be here. If anyone is to be here, it's that miserable girl you're pretending to be."
I swallowed.
Jessica hated , but maybe she would co to Like .
She was my younger sister. I was her big sister. I was doing this to protect her.
"When are you going to start thinking of yourself?" the woman asked , her eyes filled with worry.
I looked away. "I'm not significant. If I can be useful like this, then it's okay."
I had never had an important role to play in my life.
But this was different. I could finally show I was sothing.
"At the expense of your own life?" She asked .
I was mute about that. My life didn't matter. I was just a bastard.
She sighed. "This food is for you. You have to eat it."
I looked down at the food, taking a close look at it for the first ti.
There was chicken, bread, cheese, and what looked like wine.
I didn't get to eat food like this.
If I did, it was Urma who sneaked food for .
I ate scraps.
"Do not argue, " she told . Eat! You need it. Everything will be fine."
And with that, I watched her rise.
I tasted the chicken, and it was so delicious.
I had never had anything given to with such intentions and in such a way.
The tears in my eyes gathered.
"Thank you, my lady." I was so emotional and embarrassed that I was emotional about such a thing.
"My na is Elena, " she said. And you're welco. Eat and rest."
Then she closed the door after she stepped out. It
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