“When I took over the pack, I banished her for what she did to you. No one even knew she had you until the news spread that you’d escaped. She told everyone you were dead-” “Bullshit,” I snarled. “I might be your enemy, serpente, but I don’t lie to anyone. And what Mariella did was an atrocity I wish my Clan weren’t linked to. That’s why she’s gone.”