Chapter 2

Casey POV

Their faces instantly darkened.

Ethan frowned. "Casey, don't make such ridiculous jokes."

"I'm not joking."

Ethan was about to press further when suddenly his expression changed.

A faint Mind-link came through the air.

It was Jasmin.

"Ethan, Leo... I can't take this humiliation anymore. Since Casey can't stand having me here, I'm leaving the Pack right now..."

Jasmin's tearful voice rang out.

Hearing this, both men instantly panicked.

Without a word of explanation to me, they immediately turned and rushed out like madmen.

Watching their hastily disappearing backs, I smiled self-deprecatingly, turned around, and went back to my room to calmly pack my things.

I didn't keep a single gift that Ethan and Leo had given me. I threw them all in the trash.

That evening, Ethan and Leo returned with Jasmin.

The moment they saw me, they both scowled and started scolding.

"Casey! Why did you send people to trash Jasmin's room? You drove her to the point of wanting to leave the territory! If we hadn't caught up with her in time, she really would have left!"

Looking at their righteous indignation, all I felt was deep exhaustion.

I didn't even bother asking how Jasmin had staged the scene this time.

My silence was taken as admission in their eyes.

Leo held back his anger and said coldly, "Jasmin's room is uninhabitable because of what you did, so she needs to stay with us for a while. Since you caused this mess, give your room to Jasmin."

I glanced at him. Too tired to argue, I simply tossed the room key on the table.

I was leaving soon anyway. It didn't matter where I stayed.

Then Ethan frowned and added, "Also, Jasmin is allergic to pollen, so I'm having the rose garden in your yard completely removed."

My heart stabbed with pain.

That rose garden was my mother's favorite flower when she was alive. She had tended it herself. It was the only memento she'd left me!

I stared hard at Ethan, but all I saw in his eyes was favoritism toward Jasmin.

Soon, several lower-ranking wolves came with tools and headed to the backyard.

I stood by the window, numbly watching as those beautiful roses were uprooted and crushed into the soil.

Eventually I moved alone into the guest room next door.

Looking at the empty room, I felt strangely relieved.

Good. The traces of Casey should have been cleared away anyway.

Late at night, a knock on the door broke the silence.

I opened it to find Jasmin.

She wore a wolf fang necklace around her neck and showed it off to me with a smug expression.

"Casey, look! Leo gave me this today. Don't you think it's beautiful?"

My pupils constricted sharply.

That necklace was the last memento my parents had left us!

Leo had actually given it to some outsider Omega?!

"Give it back! You don't deserve to wear it!"

I instinctively reached out to snatch the necklace back.

Seeing me make a move, a triumphant smile appeared on Jasmin's face.

She deliberately took a step backward, then spread her arms and fell straight down the staircase.

"Ahh!"

Her scream immediately alarmed Leo and Ethan in the study.

Both men rushed out. Seeing Jasmin lying motionless at the bottom of the stairs with blood covering her forehead, they paled in fear.

"Jasmin!"

Ethan raced downstairs and pulled her into his arms.

Leo charged up and grabbed my wrist, demanding harshly, "I knew your obedience during the day was an act! The moment our backs are turned, you find ways to bully her! Casey, you've disappointed me so much!"

Jasmin leaned against Ethan, breathing weakly. "Ethan, it hurts so much... I feel like I'm dying..."

"Casey, use your healing power to save her now!"

Ethan turned and roared at me.

I possessed a rare healing ability among wolves, but each use consumed a great deal of my life force.

I gritted my teeth and violently shook off Leo's hand. "I won't! She staged that fall herself!"

The two men were furious.

Leo snatched the necklace from Jasmin's neck and held it high, his eyes blood-red as he threatened, "Casey, you won't do it? Then I'll smash this necklace as compensation to Jasmin!"

Ethan released suffocating Alpha pressure and glared at me through clenched teeth. "If you dare let anything happen to her, I'll reject you!"

I looked at these two men I had once cared about most, threatening me with my parents' memento for the sake of a lying she-wolf.

My chest felt stuffed with grief that couldn't be released, hurting so much I felt ready to explode.

I stared at Leo, my voice choking. "So Mom and Dad's memento... you really gave it to her?"

Then I looked at Ethan, my eyes frighteningly red.

"So in your heart, I'm not even worth as much as some outsider Omega?"

Both men froze.

Before they could speak, I snatched the necklace from Leo's hand and said slowly, enunciating every word.

"Remember this. This is the 96th time."