A tremor runs through me. "He didn't know. Head Alphas rarely hear of these things. What's one Omega's word compared to that of an Alpha's? What is one Omega's life compared to the peace of the pack?"
Soren exhales harshly. "Tell me this. The rogue, was he punished?"
I clutch the blanket tighter. "Not exactly." I swallow against the nausea roiling in my gut at the remembrance. "He died before help arrived."
I hadn't known he was half-breed, unable to heal himself when I stabbed the pen into his neck. And killed him.
It is why it was all buried. Why I let Alpha Nolan cover it up. It was either that or be executed. Because rogue or not, mistake or deliberate, it was forbidden to take a life.
The worst part was, I might have stabbed him in blind panic, but I watched him bleed out, reach
