Hearing every word from her sister, Arianna couldn’t help the rage that burned inside her.
Kael had tried to kill Lylah. That bastard.
Clenching her jaw, Arianna—now dressed in her usual slave attire—muttered, "This is all my fault. If I hadn’t trusted him and listened to you, you wouldn’t have been forced to venture into the Dark Forest, almost killed by rogues, and brought here."
"You promised not to blame yourself, Aria," Lylah reminded her.
"That doesn’t change the fact that it’s my fault," Arianna said, pacing the room. "I was the one who listened to the elders, got fooled by my bastard ex-mate, risked your life, and put our pack into the wrong hands. You could have been killed several times because of my stupid mistakes."
Lylah swiftly set her meal aside, crossed the distance be
