---- "What's there to be afraid of?" Seraphina said, unconcerned. "She's been humiliated by us for five years. What dignity does a she-wolf rejected 99 times have left? So what if she's a princess? She was just trash for me to bully!" Her laughter grated on my every nerve. I couldn't take it anymore and burst out from the bushes. "What are you doing?" The four of them jumped apart in panic. The moment Seraphina saw me, her face went white, then quickly shifted back to that fragile, innocent expression. "Kaelen! What are you doing here?" Her voice trembled. "These men... they forced me..." "Shut up!" I slapped her hard across the face. You think I'm deaf? I heard everything!" Seraphina clutched her face, the mask finally shattering, revealing her truly vicious, twisted ---- features. "'So what if Iam?" she shrieked. "That bitch didn't deserve to be your mate! I'm the one who loves you most!" I looked at the she-wolf I had protected for five years, feeling nothing but endless disgust and regret. "Get out! Get out of the Blackrock Tribe," my voice was a low growl. "And never let me see you again." "No! I won't leave!" Seraphina lunged at me frantically. "I'm going to be your Luna! That bitch is gone, now it's my turn!" I couldn't hold back anymore. I smacked her hard across the face, and the force sent her sprawling to the ground. "She won't come back!" Seraphina screamed hysterically behind me. "A she-wolf humiliated ---- for five years, you've crushed her pride with your own hands! You'll never get her back!" I didn't look back. I headed straight for the healer's den. "Tell me how to find her!" I grabbed Elarah's shoulders. "You must know where she went! Seraphina, that bitch, she tricked me about everything!"