Chapter 37

Delaney

After hours and hours of brutal interrogating Rick without any answer, the alpha kings branded his forehead, with the name rapist visible on his flesh. It was a permanent reminder of his crime. Then they banished him to die outside the kingdom. It would be a matter of time since his wolf was not healing; it was like something had been done to prevent him from healing.

“Long day, huh?” Maribel asked later that day when I went to see her in her room. We were seated on her balcony, overlooking the garden. The sun was dipping low, casting its golden rays over the land and us.

“Yeah,” I sighed. “But that's not why I am here,” I revealed.

“Oka-y.” She shrugged. “What else is troubling you, my child?” She pushed her chair closer to mine, observing me. Knowing Maribel, she would have insisted on talking about Rick,