Chapter 135

Hazel's POV

I kept quiet. It was kind of true. What if I hadn’t escaped? I might have died, but it might not have been from the whips of Alpha Lokris; it would have been from the hatred of Luna towards me through the meal she’d sent Meaidan to bring to me. I washed the thoughts away. I had escaped, and I was here. Luck had shone on me.

"But I did not die. So stop berating yourself over it."

"I won’t lie; I still feel guilty about it when I think about it."

"Then don’t think about it."

"I try, but it’s not easy. I liked you the first moment I saw you, and Allura did too. Sometimes, I miss her. If she were here, she’d be very glad things turned out for you this way."

Yes, I remembered Allura. The other inmate who had truly liked me.

"Where is she now?"

"I don’t know. She left the pack."

"Why? I thought she was freed as you were, but why was she not given her job back?" I asked, genuinely curious to know. I had only