Chapter 44

||Zander||

Shame filled my whole being as I realized that I too rejected my lovely mate the same way her father and family did.

I can’t in my wildest mind begin to imagine the torture Raven had endured and how much it hurt to be rejected by your pack and family over and over again.

And it made me wonder… will she ever be able to forgive me?

I also wondered … how she lost her voice and who caused it.

I stood in darkness for a few minutes before I was absorbed by the purple light again. This time around, I was in the dining room watching Danica.

Raven's stepmother and her children having their meal. Little Raven stood at Danica's left side with a silver tray pressed on her chest as she swallowed her saliva, salivating. The rumbling from her stomach made it obvious how hungry she was. But she dare not eat before them.

She was waiting for further instructions.

In the middle of their meal, Danica's son started coughing vehemently and began scratching his skin as if he was irritated.

His a