Sienna’s POV
The room seemed to tilt. Darius leaned forward.
“Under pack law, what happened should have ended with your execution or you being declared a rogue. If Gideon had allowed you to remain beneath his roof while still using the Vale name, Edmund would have had the authority to choose either punishment.”
I remembered my father’s hard face when he sent me away. I remembered believing he cared more about reputation than his daughter.
“Making you packless was an act of mercy,” Darius explained. “It stripped Edmund of the right to execute you under Silverlake law.”
Tears blurred my vision.
“Your father paid for that choice,” he added. “Edmund removed Gideon’s Gamma rank and most of the respect attached to his name because he accused Gideon of placing family before the pack.”
I lo
