Sting of betrayal
I sympathized.
"I should be apologizing, Athena, for what they did to you."
"Uncle, please don't say that. I'm fine now, but you're broken," I observed, noticing tears welling up in his eyes.
Moved by his pain, I approached him to offer comfort, understanding the weight of his hurt for not knowing about their nefarious plans.
"You seem to be packing," I observed, the room resonating with the tangible weight of his emotional turmoil.
"I can't endure life in this pack any longer, I'm branded a traitor by all. It's an agonizing existence. I need to break free," he confessed, tears tracing creeks down his face, evoking an empathetic response from my own eyes.
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