My voice shook as I began recounting the events of the battle with Alpha Ludwig of the Abyssal Pack. I told them everything: how the fight began, how Damien, Magnus, and Xavier had fought valiantly. But I chose not to tell them about my real identity as Alpha Ludwig's missing daughter.
"Not yet," I told myself.
When I finished, my voice cracked. "I... I know I'm weak. I know I should've done more. But I swear, I tried. I swear—"
"Enough," Conrad said. "Do you hear yourself? I tried? Tried what? That's your excuse? My son is lying there, fighting for his life, because you tried?" His jaw tightened. "You could've done nothing anyway. You're not worth saving. I wish... they'd just let you die there."
My tears fell freely now, my chest heaving with sobs. "I'm sorry... I'm so, so sorry..."
"Sorry won't save him," Camilla added. "If Damien dies because of you, I swear I will never forgive you. Never. I'll even kill you myself."
