Chapter 11

Gradel

I wanted nothing else, even watching Iris secretly than attending the pack's welfare meeting. I could imagine what they would talk about, and my head was already aching, by merely imagining the kind of stares the elders would throw at me.

Against my wish, I found myself trudging towards the courtroom, my mind occupied with why I cared about what my father wanted.

"You don't have to go if you don't want to. I doubt you will understand whatever we will deliberate on today." The annoying voice of my brother stoked the flames of anger that I'd barely squashed.

I was torn between replying to him or...