The moment Marianne stopped breathing was the moment I also died. My whole body felt numb. Yet, there was one thing that I felt. It was rage.
“Marianne!” I shouted from the top of my lungs in agony.
The whole pack became quiet. It was as if they all were in mourning with me. Even the Moon Goddess pitied me as the bright, clear sky quickly turned into black. A lightning storm had come upon the Black Ebony pack as if it described the feeling I had.
While Jeremy was still frolicking with his mistress, I arranged the funeral for my daughter. The Black Ebony pack members who sympathized with me attended the funeral. Most of them were smallfolk, not nobles. They were maids, cooks, and servants in the castle. They all knew how wonderful, lovely, and bright Marianne was, just like me. They were all grieving this angel with me.
Just like me, they were crying silently. My beautiful Marianne was gone like that. How could someone so pure like my angel die in vain? There was no way I could forgive this! I had to avenge my daughter! I had to!
Per the Ebony Pack’s tradition, the royal family would be cremated when they died. As I was sending my daughter off before her body was being burnt, I looked at my little angel for the last time and kissed her forehead as I usually had when she cried.
“We’ll meet again, dear Marianne. I promise you, sweetheart. I’ll avenge your death,” I whispered to her lifeless body as I sent her tiny body to the royal incinerator.
As the fire started to swallow my late daughter’s body, I knew that I had to sever my bond with Jeremy for good. For years, I endured being humiliated by that man for my daughter. Every night, I always thought of ending my life.
Nonetheless, Marianne would stop me. Her bright smile made me survive this harsh pack. But she was no longer here. So, what was the point of holding back? Since my daughter was no longer on this earth, why would I need to embarrass myself more?
I made a promise to myself as I angrily shouted in my mind, Jeremy, Olivia, I’ll make sure that you two will pay the price for Marianne’s death!
The memory lane brought me to the moment I met my husband, Jeremy. I could still remember everything very well. The moment when my pack, the Emerald Sky Pack, was suddenly attacked by the rogues. My parents, Alpha Thomas Cordon and Luna Lilianne Cordon, were brutally murdered in the sudden attack.