Bella’s POV
The tension in the room was too much as I sat among the packmates, their eyes filled with disgust and judgment.
This meeting we were gathered for didn’t look like it would get as good as I thought it would. But instead of unity and support, all I felt was the weight of their scorn.
It had been a very long time since the incident, since the mistake that had forever tainted my reputation. They should have moved on from that as I am trying to. But every single step I take only reminds me of the dirt that I was.
The pack women saw me as a murderer, someone unworthy of their respect. And now, in this meeting where we were meant to treat each other as equals, they looked down upon me, refusing to acknowledge my presence.
Every time I raised my hand to answer a question or share
