The Villainess Will Not Be Eclipsed Again
They cursed her memory, cursed her line, and wiped her presence from the pack records as if she were a plague.
I pause, looking down at my hands— hands that are whole, unburned, but trembling.
"And because her blood ran in my veins, every single drop of that foul reputation was poured directly onto my shoulders."
I was no longer the quiet girl who brewed chamomile for sleepless pups. Overnight, I became the villainess’s spawn. I was the child of the shameless woman who tried to steal Captain Rosante.
Whenever I walked down the paths, the elders sneered, shielding their children as if my very presence were contagious.