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Anya froze at the deliberate disrespect and straightened, leaving the bottles where they were sitting

“Corowled “Let me watch television”

It was deliberate, a rehts above even the lowest of the soldiers at the edto stand for her, and that left her at the mercy of the beasts ould push her, taunt her and eventually force her to either stay out of their way or risk their lives if she tattled on them

They were testing her, and she had known it was co; she just hadn’t expected it to come so soon

She left the bottles on the table andthe rest of the disarray as it was She are of the other Breeds watching her as well, eyes narrowed, some in disapproval, some in curiosity, as she moved into the kitchen

But there was one gaze that had sha in her stomach Sofia She was still there, and the other woman knew

Anya disposed of the garbage she carried into the kitchen, then stared around at the dishes piled haphazardly in the large sink There were dirty skillets and cookers on the stoves and cabinets The door had been left open on one of the ovens

The kitchen was a mess

“Who has rotation this week?” she asked Cavalier as he stepped into the room from another door

He looked around the room “Wolves and Felines were taken off rotation One of the pack leaders was assigned to keep rotation in here, but I’m not certain which one”

“Thank you,” she said tightly as she moved to the sink and felt her shoulders want to sink in despair

“You could stop this,” Cavalier said behind her “One word is all it would take”

“And ould that be?” She shook her head

She turned on the hot water, stopped the sink and prepared a soak for the dishes before putting them in the dishwasher

“We swore loyalty to him because of you,” Cavalier told her “Because you were by his side and your scent reassured us that no , he was still loyal to you He’s no longer showing that loyalty”