Chapter 9: The Verdict of Blood
The heavy oak doors of the Alpha’s study slammed shut behind me, the sound echoing through the hallway like the fall of a gavel. My mother and father stood before me, their faces illuminated by the flickering hearth fire, but there was no warmth in their eyes. Behind them, the Beta stood in the shadows, his arms crossed, his gaze fixed on the floor.
"Enough," my father roared, the Alpha’s command vibrating through the room. "The training field was a disgrace, Seraphina. You are a daughter of the Vale line, yet you grovel in the dirt like a common rogue".
"I wasn't groveling," I spat, my split lip stinging as I spoke. "I was fighting. Which is more than I can say for the 'warriors' who watched their sister get trampled".
My mother stepped forward, h
