108

Dacre

Silas gave me an understanding look,

“I think she mixed something in my food from time to time to make me sleep and then she would tell father of what a lazy son he had. He obviously believed her and I was caned and whipped on occasion.

She told him that this was necessary for the future alpha to be strong and dominating.”

“What?”

This time it was Venzara who shrieked and I gave a humorless chuckle.

“Yeah, I only remember bits and pieces of it. Thankfully, one elder saw her mixing something in my food and discovered it to be sleeping pills. Mary was thrown out and I never saw her again. I was too young to voice out my worries as everybody was extremely afraid of dad and his anger. Even the elders had to face his ire for whisking away Mary but somehow they got rid of her and dad just went to another woman I guess.”

I completed and Silas patted my shoulder, “I…I never knew”

That was all he could offer and I heard his voice crack.

“I had pushed the memories of my childhood deep int