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Arriving at Martha's cabin, they met up with Dylan and knocked on the door.Martha opened the door, her expression devoid of any surprise.Mother's eyes were red with desperation. "Where is Amelia? Is she here? Let her come out!"When Martha didn't answer right away, Dylan grabbed her arm with force. "Where did you hide her?! Let us see her right now!"Father immediately pulled Dylan back, though he too had lost his usual composure, demanding sharply, "I am her father. Tell me, did she come here? If she is still with you, you had better hand her over, or this will be considered kidnapping."Martha looked at them with cold eyes, turning around. "Follow me."They followed her into the cabin.Martha pushed open the door to the inner room. Resting on the bed was a figure covered entirely beneath a white sheet.Father's body swayed violently. "This is..."Martha lowered her eyes. "She passed away last night. It was very peaceful.""Impossible!" Father charged forward and yanked back a corne

An overwhelming, suffocating pressure washed over her. She couldn't even push herself up, coughing up several mouthfuls of blood."You still have the nerve to bring her up?!" Father roared. "The Blackthorn family raised you like a precious pearl in the palm of our hands, and you turned out to be such a venomous creature!"Panicking, Clover stammered, "I... I don't know what you're talking about...""You've lied to us for so many years. Are you going to keep acting now?" Dylan threw the old phone down right in front of her face. "Look at it yourself. You disgust us."As she watched the video, her face drained of all color. Throwing the phone aside, she crawled toward them on her hands and knees, desperately trying to play the innocent victim."It's not like that! I was just joking around with Amelia! She knows best what actually happened... Call Amelia back so we can confront each other face to face…""She's never coming back!" Before Clover could finish, Mother charged forward, grabbin

The scandal escalated until it finally alerted the Alpha himself, who came to the Blackthorn household to deal with the situation.With indisputable evidence of Clover's crimes laid bare, the years of neglect, abuse, and cruelty my family had inflicted upon me could no longer be swept under the rug either.In front of the entire pack, the Alpha publicly banished Clover from the pack forever, forbidding any other pack from ever giving her shelter.Father was stripped of his exalted status as Beta, suspended pending an official investigation by the Council of Elders. Mother was removed from her position as Chief Healer, and Dylan was stripped of his title as a Gamma Warrior.Everything they once cherished was stripped away, a direct price paid for turning a blind eye to my suffering.Meanwhile, I opened my eyes beneath a sea of silvery moonlight.A voice echoed from far away, divine and ethereal."Amelia..."I lifted my gaze. Even though I had never seen the Moon Goddess before, I recogn