Chapter 36

Miranda’s POV

Alpha Ethan had been known throughout the werewolf community as a ruthless and cruel leader, ruling his pack with an iron fist and demanding complete obedience from everyone beneath him. But there was one person he despised above all others, and that person was me, his stepdaughter.

He had never wanted to take me in after my mother died. He knew I was the product of her infidelity, and he hated me for it from the start.

By the time I was eight, he’d already forced me to join his household staff, making sure I never once forgot that I didn’t belong in his pack.

What he never realized was that his cruelty only made me stronger. I learned to fend for myself early, to never give up no matter how hard things got, an