Adrian POV:- "Father, what are they doing?" I asked hesitantly, looking at the Pearls- the second most substantial family after us, whose faces were covered as they bend on their knees, looking down. "What is about to happen, Adrian is a lesson for all of us. The punishments of renegades." Father replied. I was twelve, only a few people were there to witness this. "Where are others then?" "Only those who know the truth are here." He replied. I gulped sharply and nodded, not knowing what they are going to do with them. Soon Father Gordon came with Jeremy behind him who send r****h stares in my direction, making me hide behind Father. "We are Sacred! And if anyone defies this reality, he will pay its consequences!" He announced which infuriated me. "Why are you brainwashing us?" I asked

