Chapter Ten

Cut All Ties.

Beta Williams assist me walking down the stairs. Every one of my footsteps is heavy and if he wasn’t holding me up, I would be crawling along the floor. We make it to my brother’s office downstairs for 10am. As I enter, he doesn’t even look up from his paperwork.

“Thank you Beta, you may leave!” He commands to William. William nervously looks at me before mind-linking me.

“I’ll be outside the door.”

I don’t sit, I stay standing holding onto the back of the desk chair adjacent to my brother. This used to be father’s office. It has a dark navy feature wall and faint grey matching walls. I notice that by the window is another desk with a pink laptop, top of the range. No doubt where Saskia sits pretending to be just as important, just as skilled.

Henri takes a long sip of a cup of coffee before he looks up at me. His eyes are still cold, emotionless. I am no longer his sister, I am the disposable pack member that attacked his precious Luna.

“The punishment for attack