Banished Child: The Regret My Parents Can't Undo
I'm Alpha Bruce Smith's most docile and understanding daughter. In fact, I'm the type who obeys literally anyone's orders.
When my parents pick me up at the Rogues' den and take me back to the pack, my adopted younger sister, Andrea Smith, begins making fun of me.
"I thought the Rogues killed you for sure! I never thought you'd be able to return to the pack, safe and sound! You really are lucky! Why can't you just die already?"
With hollow eyes, I just nod quietly. Then, I extend a claw and move to stab myself in the neck without hesitation.
My parents are terrified out of their wits. They quickly stop me from hurting myself.
But my older brother, Tobias Smith, remains impassive about my condition.
"You really love attention that much, huh? What makes you think you can still remain my sister, anyway? You might as well drink some wolfsbane and die!"
That night, I grab a bottle of poison and down it immediately.
Tobias discovers me afterward. He whisks me to the hospital anxiously. When the doctor tells him that I'd die if he were two minutes later in discovering me, Tobias' complexion turns pale.
Some time after that, when Andrea snatches my necklace from me, she loses her balance and falls down the stairs.
Her fiance points at me while exclaiming, "It's just a necklace! If anything were to happen to Andrea, you'd better pay the price with your life!"
Pay the price with my life, huh?
I don't hesitate to draw the silver sword out of its hilt on the wall. Then, I slash my throat with it.
My parents happen to witness it. Shell-shocked, they scream at the top of their lungs.
"Call an ambulance! Hurry!"
Tobias tries to stem the blood flow with trembling hands. He's completely stunned by the ordeal.
What everyone doesn't know is that they've been calling me a lowlife during my five-year stay in the Rogues' den. Even if I could live 100 times over, those lives are nothing compared to Andrea.
Even if I gave my life, it would never be enough—because to them, my life was never worth anything in the first place.