*Mira*
I stood before the elders, hands bound behind my back. My body was bruised and bloodied, but that was nothing compared to what they had planned for me or what I had already gone through.
“Mira Forest!" One of the elders spat, his voice cold and sharp. “You disobeyed orders, attacked your superior and tried to abandon your comrades on the battlefield. For your crimes, you are hereby exiled from this pack. You will walk through the center of Bluevera, with each step marked by a lash, so that all may witness the shame you've brought upon us."
I clenched my jaw, refusing to let them see my pain, but my heart pounded in my chest as they stripped me of my armor, leaving me in a torn, bloodstained tunic. I was barely standing, my body weak from days of imprisonment and agony of the loss
