~ Marina's POV ~ I stumbled out of the thick forest, my lungs burning with every breath, and for once, luck seemed to favor me—the pack warriors weren’t chasing me like they had for the past two days. My legs quivered, half from exhaustion, half from relief. I returned to the home I had grown up in... the place where I had been locked away, where every single day had been nothing but training and endless scrutiny. Just like Louis, I had been locked away by my father. I only caught snippets of the outside world through the rogue maids, who whispered tales of life beyond our walls, but nothing of true freedom. As I walked down the long, echoing hallway, tears spilled over despite my efforts to hold them back. The walls were lined with grand portraits of my father and me, frozen in smiles that felt hollow now. He had been strict, yes, but I had been closer to him than to my mother. My mother… for reasons I could never understand, seemed to loathe it whenever I tried to get near
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