Lahat ng Kabanata ng Memory Offering: Kabanata 1 - Kabanata 10

On the seventh day that my adopted sister, Tiffany Ross, went missing, Mom's eyes had gone bloodshot, her face pale as a sheet. She hadn't slept in a week. With the full moon approaching, her anxiety drove her to the edge.She gripped my hand, her tears soaking my palm. "Please, Seraphine, tell us where Tiffany went! You must know where she is!"Before I even had the chance to deny it, Dad plunked down a letter. His eyes were filled with anger and disappointment. "Look—she left behind this letter. Are you going to keep on pretending?"I had read that letter. Every word in it dripped with unfounded sorrow and accusations.Seven years ago, I was taken by a Rogue and forced to survive alone out on the wild plains. I spent years fighting to stay alive until my family found me three years ago and brought me home.During the year I disappeared, Mom and Dad, overcome with grief, adopted an Omega girl a year younger than me. That was how Tiffany came about.The first time I met her, I th

Tiffany paused in the middle of making the bed, a faint smile curling at the corner of her lips. "You're smart, Sera. I thought you wouldn't notice."She whispered, her eyes glinting with something cruel, "That's right. I did it. I concocted the stench potion myself. Smells just like beast droppings, doesn't it?"A sharp pain clenched my chest. I wanted to ask why she was doing this to me, but she suddenly squeezed out tears and turned to run out of the room.I followed in shock, only to see her throwing herself into Mom's arms."Mom, it's my fault…" Tiffany cried. "I shouldn't have said anything about Sera's smell. She got really upset, and it's all my fault."Startled by her crying, Dad immediately came over to comfort her. Mom, on the other hand, gently wiped her tears away.They stood at the doorway, showering me with only cold glares and not a single word of comfort.That memory, torn open by the flames of the Memory Offering, brought tears streaming down my face once more.

My soul hovered above my own body, suspended in that cold, flickering hall of rite and fire. What surprised me was that I didn't immediately dissolve into the night.Drawn by something unseen, I drifted through the massive obsidian doors and lingered above them, watching.Eric, the Alpha I had once trusted without hesitation, sat shrouded in the shadows, a cigar between his fingers. Smoke curled through the dimness, his face dark with an emotion barely held in check.Dad's fists were clenched so tightly that the veins on his arms bulged, as if he might shatter the stone walls with his bare hands.And Mom… Tears streamed endlessly down her face. No matter how frantically she tried to wipe them away, they kept falling, carving silent lines down her cheeks.There it was, my answer—they all saw it.The sacred fire blazed, casting every image from the Memory Offering into the air—three years' worth of humiliation and pain. Every lash mark, every cruel sneer, and every unspoken wound w

"Tiff… You didn't have to feel this way. Even if Seraphine is our biological daughter, that doesn't replace the weight you hold in our hearts," Mom said, bending down.With tears shimmering in her eyes, she pulled Tiffany into a tight embrace, choking out, "Seraphine has a blood bond with us, an imprint left by the Moon Goddess. But regardless, you've always been the daughter we love the most."Dad's expression softened, too. He wiped the moisture from his eyes and spoke steadily and warmly, like a whisper deep in the night forest."Once Seraphine comes back, you must apologize to her. If she forgives you, you can stay and continue as a member of the pack."Tiffany snapped her head upward, her pupils shining with joy. She nodded eagerly and answered, "Of course! I'll apologize to her with a sincere heart! If Sera won't forgive me, I'll stay outside the pack's gate under the moonlight until she does!"Eric turned away coldly. "Seraphine is very sensible and kind. As long as you're

The room fell into an eerie silence. Mom and Dad were stunned, even forgetting to cry.Eric lowered his gaze, then stared coldly at Dad. "So, are you going to mindlessly defend Tiffany?"Without waiting for an answer, he declared firmly, "Whatever you do, I swear I'll make her pay for what she did!"Dad's body trembled as if struck by lightning. "Why? Why would the universe punish me like this? They're both my daughters!""No!" Mom interjected. "Seraphien is our only daughter, and I'll never let the one who killed her go!"She wiped away her tears, her expression now filled with hatred like never before. "An adopted Omega, having the audacity to kill my daughter? She deserves to die!"I stared at her in surprise, shocked by her reaction.Wasn't she always in favor of Tiffany? If she could choose, I bet Mom would rather her real daughter be her. Why the sudden change of attitude after I died?Even Eric became strange. He looked at me with deep affection, as if I were his most pr