Chapter 123. The Shadowed Being

That fateful day remained my secret alone. I had never revealed it to another soul, and even now, I refused to allow Daniel or Marku to witness what truly occurred during those terrible hours—both in daylight and after darkness fell. It stood as the darkest moment of my existence. Nevertheless, I found myself without options. Marku remained adamant about unlocking every memory I had blocked away. He insisted on bearing witness to precisely what I had struggled so desperately to conceal.

The initial memories that surged unbidden into my consciousness belonged to my fifteen-year-old self. In an instant, I was transported back into that younger body, shaking uncontrollably before the Cruel Alpha himself. "I'll ruin you until there's nothing left to give," he had snarled at me then, and despite the passing years, those vicious words continued to haunt me, reverberating through my mind with relentless persistence, day after day, night after night.

I shoved