Following Her To A Tree

“Nothing to do with it?” the younger woman cut in, laughing bitterly. “Your family hunted us. Killed our alpha. And now we’re supposed to just accept you? Never.”

The others muttered in agreement, their gazes like daggers slicing into her.

Seraphina’s heart pounded, but she forced herself to stand tall. “Your people retaliated,” she shot back, her voice sharper now. “You killed my family. Doesn’t that make you just as guilty?”

The older woman’s jaw tightened, but her glare didn’t waver.

“You’re lucky we haven’t done worse,” she said coldly. “You don’t belong here, Hunter’s daughter.”

Seraphina felt the words like a blow to her chest, but she refused to let them see her pain. She lifted her chin, her eyes blazing.

“I didn’t choose to be here,” she said. “And if you think I want anything to do with any of you, you’re wrong. I was abducted and kept here against my will”

“We still wonder why,” the snided.