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I nodded silently, turning to find the resource officer to get my wolf tooth charm back.

"Where are you going now?"

"My charm... it's still with the resource officer."

I hadn't gone far when Lyra called out to me.

"There's a blizzard warning tonight, and you haven't fully recovered. Don't wander outside. Let Karen's guards retrieve it for you."

My instinct was to refuse, but Karen's warning glance fell on me.

I knew that if I rejected Lyra's "kindness," Karen's anger would come down on me again.

But after the guards were gone for a long time, they returned with only an empty skin pouch.

The resource officer said the charm had disappeared.

"How could it disappear? How is that possible? It's been less than half a day, why would it be gone? I clearly said I would find resources to trade for getting my things back!"

"Well... there are so many wolves in the tribe. Who knows if some cub carried it off, or if the wind blew it away? Look, I'll just write off what you owed before."

I grabbed the resource officer's sleeve, my voice shaking with desperation as I kept questioning him.

"Enough! How long are you going to embarrass yourself like this? It's just a worn-out charm! You didn't take proper care of it! Now it's lost—who can you blame?"

Karen yanked me away, apologized to the resource officer, then forcibly dragged me away.

"I'll have someone search the tribe, but you stay put in that ice cellar. Don't come out and cause more trouble! As my former mate, you're bringing nothing but shame to me!"

His cold words were like a bucket of ice water, extinguishing my last spark of hope.

Karen's guards forced me back into the ice cellar.

I was still sick and hadn't recovered, should have been resting well, but now my wolf spirit was restless after losing the charm.

It was just a small wolf tooth charm—why did I feel such fear and emptiness over it?

Perhaps because in my barren life, it was the only proof that I had once been loved, once belonged somewhere. But in the end, I couldn't keep even that.

That night, I had a long, sad dream.

I dreamed of my long-dead sister, gently licking my forehead with a warm wolf kiss, her eyes full of infinite sadness and pity.

"My poor little sister, why is your fur so dull and lifeless? Your mate, that Alpha who swore to protect you, hasn't treated you well, has he?"

Fighting back tears, I buried my head in my sister's ghostly embrace, letting out muffled whimpers.

"Who made you suffer like this? Tell your sister, and I'll get justice for you. Is it that Alpha called Karen?"

"No... no, sister. Karen, he's... he's good." My tears could no longer be held back: "Sister, I miss you so much. I can't hold on anymore. I lost Mother's last blessing feather... I'm just useless trash."

I curled up in the ice cellar, hopeless and depressed, not wanting to see anyone or hear any sounds.

Karen never came to check on me once, but Lyra showed up uninvited.

When I saw her, I wanted to block the narrow entrance with ice, but Lyra just smirked contemptuously. She raised her hand, revealing the wolf tooth and feather charm tied around her wrist—the one I had lost.

"How... how did it end up with you?"

Taking advantage of my shocked moment, she gracefully stepped into my ice cellar.
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