Chapter 13 : Who Did This to You?

Astrid

Halfbreed.

The word cut straight through me.

I hadn’t been called that since I left the pack. The word had always hurt, but back then, I was used to it. Now, it struck a raw nerve.

I had never heard Solomon say anything like that about me. He’d called me a pain and talked about how inconvenient it was to have me around all the time as a kid, but I had never heard him outright insult me like this. Had he said things like that to my dad before?

I didn’t hear dad respond. He didn’t yell. He wasn’t angry.

‘How could he allow someone to talk about me like that?’ I thought in shock. The lack of response from him only deepened the sting of the insult.

Tears sprung to my eyes and I turned and rushed away from the door.

I didn’t want to risk either of them catching me there. I hadn’t meant to eavesdrop, but that didn’t mean that they would forgive me for overhearing.

I couldn’t go back into the dining room. I couldn’t cause a scene in front of the guests. If I tried t