"I—I didn’t—"
The slap came fast and hard.
My ears rang.
"You did it!" my father bellowed. "Just like you did to Lily!"
I touched my cheek, feeling the warmth of my own blood from where his ring had cut me. My fingers were shaking.
I looked at him—at the man who was supposed to love me.
And for the first time, I realized…
I would never be his daughter again.
Gracie's POV
"Never come here again! I told you! Didn’t you understand? You’re the daughter of evil! I have no daughter!"
My father's voice thundered through the room, filled with nothing but hatred. No warmth. No love. Just disgust.
Why was I still here?
What was the point?
Tears welled in my eyes. "I'm sorry… I never meant for any of this to happen."
"Take her away! Back to her room!" my father ordered.
Two guards grabbed me roughly, dragging me away like I was nothing. Like I wasn’t the daughter of the Alpha—like I wasn’t even human.
They tossed me inside my room, and I hit the floor hard. I lay there, staring at the ceiling, numb.
Why did I come here?
The pain inside me was unbearable, suffocating.
Why was I still living? To be branded a murderer for something I didn’t do? To be hated by my own family? Betrayed by the man I once loved?