Chapter 9: Testimony
**Lily's POV**
I stood in front of the mirror looking at my pale, bruised face, and terror clawed at my throat.
Today I was going to stand in front of the entire Silvercrest Pack and tell them what my uncle and his family had done to me. Every humiliation, every beating, every moment of cruelty that I'd endured for five years. I was going to expose myself completely, make myself vulnerable in front of hundreds of wolves who might not believe me, who might think I was lying or exaggerating or somehow deserved what happened.
My hands shook as I tried to brush my hair, the simple motion sending twinges of pain through my ribs. The bruises on my face had started to fade from deep purple to sickly yellow-green, but they were still visible. So were the finger-shaped mark
