Chapter 2

Kyle remembered he was Selena's brother,but he forgot that I was the one who shared his blood.

In the courtyard,my father's silver whip kept falling.My skin burned from the silver.

Kyle stood nearby,watching coldly.

He was the one who let Selena humiliate me,but now he blamed me for damaging the pack's reputation and threw my few clothes out of my room.

He told me to get out.I agreed.

But my father roared,“You want to run away?Haven't you caused enough shame?”

He ordered the harshest pack discipline for me.

After two hours of whipping,my mother,the Luna—Morgana—stopped him.

“That's enough.Make her kneel on the Repentance Stone and bow her head ninety-nine times,then carve a repentance rune with her blood.We'll consider it done.”

My father threw down the whip.“You're too soft on her!”

Soft?The idea was laughable.

My mother's“bowing”meant smashing my head on the rough Repentance Stone until it made a loud sound.

The repentance rune had to be carved on a stone tablet with my own claws and blood.

Less than ten thousand characters was not considered sincere,and I'd have to do it all over again.

But I didn't say a word.I slammed my head against the stone,passed out,was woken with ice water,and continued.

My bloody claws carved twenty thousand characters,each one filled with humility.

I thought that would be enough.

But Selena covered her nose and stepped back.

“Brother,it's not that I don't want Ilara in the house,it's just…she smells awful.”