MasukDana was so enraged that her fingers shook when she pointed at Andrea. "It was you all along! You planned everything. You made us wrong Cassandra for years and nearly got her killed!"Tobias' eyes were bloodshot with fury as he glared at her. "I sided with you over and over. I even doted on you due to my guilt. I never imagined you could be this malicious."Bruce was shaking with rage. He clenched his fists, whipped out a silver blade, and pressed it against Andrea's throat. He wanted nothing more than to decapitate her right then and there. Still, he barked at the guards, "Guards, seize her. I'll announce her misdeeds and her exile to the entire pack tomorrow. She is to be exiled to the Wastelands, never to set foot in our territory ever again!"Finally, he turned to her and growled, "I'm going to ensure that you taste every bit of suffering Cassandra has endured."Andrea's legs gave out beneath her, her knees falling to the ground with a painful thud as tears streamed down her
The doctor examined my body and inquired about my injuries. I answered her as honestly as I could.After all, some of them were self-inflicted. There was a time my mind was tearing at the seams. The only thing that could cut through the fog was pain. So, I would use a silver knife to carve into my body whenever I lost control.Still, some of the deeper knife wounds were inflicted by others.I remembered that I had a lot of fight in me in the beginning. So, they would threaten to kill me to gain my obedience.The number of those wounds equated to the number of times I'd been taken non-consensually.Eventually, I became the meek little thing they wanted. I had learned that there was no escape. So, I began to cooperate. At least this way, I would suffer less.As for the burn marks and the bruises… Well, I couldn't remember how I got them.I had no idea how many times I had been round with pups, nor how many times I'd miscarried. Perhaps the knowledge was too painful for me, so my
Things came to a head when Andrea was poisoned. Tobias finally had enough as he yelled, "Do you really think that the good life you have right now is something that falls from trees? The only reason you're still standing here being such a brat is because of the guards who died in the line of duty! "Yet, not only are you ungrateful, but you've also spat on their sacrifices by bullying their pups! Let's see how long you'll last without the family's protection!"Tobias hadn't been wrong. I was nothing without my family.In the beginning, I lived a life worse than death. I had been tormented and humiliated at every turn. Still, my will to live gave me the strength to endure it all. In the end, I even stooped low enough to trade my body just to survive.I didn't know how many pups I carried, but I knew that I miscarried plenty. There were also pups that made it to term but still died shortly after their birth.As days passed, the more numb I grew to it all. My eyes had lost their spar
Tobias froze when he heard it, but he quickly recovered as he drew his blade at the poor servant's neck."What nonsense are you spewing? A rogue? Pups? Keep this up, and I'll rip your head off!"The servant practically crumbled as he blubbered, "Why would I lie about this? I'm telling the truth! If you don't believe me, then you can see them for yourselves!"Tobias still refused to believe a word coming out of that servant's mouth. Still, he did just that and went home. When he got there, he saw an old rogue and two pups standing at the entrance. It was a boy and a girl who bore an uncanny resemblance to me.The old rogue broke into a leer the second he laid his eyes on Tobias."My, my, it sure was hard to get an audience with Cassandra nowadays. Still, the pups miss their mother. I had no choice but to put in the elbow grease to make that happen. Go on, then. That's your uncle."Then, he roughly shoved the two pups at Tobias.Tobias stared at the two tanned pups standing before
Bruce locked Tobias in his room from that day on, even going as far as to forbid him from leaving.I was soon diagnosed with severe depression. The doctor even made it known that I was a suicide risk.My parents started to treat me like I was glass after that. It was as if they were afraid that one wrong word would cause me to shatter.I was so weak that I didn't even have the strength to push myself upright. So, Dana had to bring me food and feed me herself. Unfortunately, the pain from my injuries prevented me from eating much. She had no choice but to watch me growing thinner and thinner by the day, feeling as though the razors I'd swallowed were slicing her heart apart instead.Only Tobias remained indifferent toward me."The whole household is revolving around you now. You've done it! Are you happy now?"Bruce slapped him hard the second those words fell from his lips. "It seems you still haven't learned from your lesson. Keep this up, and you'll be confined for a month!"
During my dazed state, I fell into another dream. Well, a dream of my past.Back then, I was still the apple of my parents' eyes. As an Alpha King's child, I had lived a carefree life in the pack.Everything changed when Bruce and Dana brought Andrea home.Andrea was the captain of the guard's daughter. More specifically, he'd been the captain of the guard tasked with Bruce's protection. He'd gone to battle with Bruce and died in the line of duty, leaving his child an orphan. Bruce pitied her, so he brought her home and adopted her.I greatly sympathized with her. So, I shared everything I had with her, from my toys to my snacks. I had hoped we would get along.However, my parents found her in the outdoor pool the very next day.Fortunately, she was discovered in time and rescued.Still, my parents started to view me with a veil of suspicion ever since that day.Soon, Andrea was hospitalized for poisoning.When my parents questioned her, she always played the innocent wolf.







