Chapter 68

"I'm not going to hurt you. What happened to you, my child?" the stranger asked, his piercing gaze sweeping over me.

His question shook me to the core.

This man in front of me didn't know I was imprisoned. Does that mean he's not an ally to Sage and Lovely?

A surge of hope ignited within me.

Oh, Goddess! Finally, someone whom I could reach out to and seek help.

I knelt before him, the weight of my suffering pressing down on me like a crushing burden. "I was imprisoned by the lycans. They threw me into their cell and left me to languish for a week. But somehow, I managed to escape."

His brows furrowed with concern. "Who are these lycans?"

"Sage and Lovely..." I spat their names with venom, the bitterness of loss and betrayal seeping through my words. "They took my child from me..."

A sharp intake of breath escaped him. "You were pregnant?"

"Yes! I miscarried because Lovely poisoned me! Sage subjected me to some kind of sterilizing potion, and then the healer... he took his own life!" M