Chapter 10: Tainted

(Alexander)

“WHEN she sleeps, please turn on the lights. She has these nightmares. She’d panic if she woke up in the darkness. It might trigger her trauma. I’m begging you, Alexander. I know you are not going to do this for me but at least, do this for her and for her parents who are worried sick in the city.”

I crumpled the letter Bradley had left behind and tossed it in the fireplace. The warrior guarding the gate handed it to my beta a while ago. There were traces of Bradley’s blood in the letter, reminding me of the blood I saw when I found Alison’s dead body.

The people from the city retreated except for Bradley, the last city guy standing. I was told that most of them could not endure the snow any further. And to think they were only there for a couple of hours. I stood in front of the castle gates for seven straight days. Rain or shine, I was there, kneeling on the ground, screaming and begging for justice.

I was neither seen nor heard.

I was treated as if I was invisible by th