Aurora’s POV It had been two days since the horse race and my mistake made me be prohibited from partaking in any more activities. Lord Baxton had said he had a much better punishment for me, and that was flogging. It was normal for people to go against a decree, and it could be worse. I could be banished never to enter the clan, worse even the pack, but Lord Everett asked that the sentence be reduced, so here, I was, on my bed, staring at the ceiling of my shared room. I cried throughout the night until the early hours of the day. I was an outcast here again. In the Crimson Red clan, I was an outcast because of my blood, and now in the Sable Black clan, I am an outcast because of my stupid mistake of wanting to help someone. I’ve been lying down in this position since breakfast. That

