28. BY THE LAKE
{LUMIRA} For three days, I remained in the apartment on the couch, unmoving. I lost all zeal for life. I had slipped into depression after my discovery three days ago. Perhaps I made a terrible mistake coming here. Maybe I should have wandered to another Pack as a rogue so this miserable fate would have evaded me. Tears rolled off the corners of my eyes as a shuddering breath oozed out of my lips. I didn't know what to do with the rage and hatred I had pent up against Theron, my stepfather. All this time, I held so much resentment because of how he treated me. Finding out he wasn't my father dissolved every bitterness I'd harboured in my heart against him. Unfortunately for both of us, we were victims of my mother's iniquity. As if that wasn't enough trauma to deal with alone
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