Tahra had been completely silent since she heard Zane reject her. She hadn't uttered a word even as tears poured down her face until she heard people slowly begin to clamor for her banishment from the Pack.
Her heart was broken and she felt too weak to stand as every part of her limbs thrummed in pain.
Yet, regardless of everything happening around her and the insults that were being hauled her way, nothing hurt more than when she heard Zane's rejection.
To her, Zane had been her light at the end of a tunnel even without the mate connection they had that made her extremely attracted to him, Tahra loved him beyond words,
Yet, words were all it took for him to believe that she had cheated and for him to reject her openly for it without giving her a chance to plead her case.
Finding out that the person she thought was in love with her, didn't care was what broke her the most.
"Banish her!!! Break her legs!!! Teach her a lesson she'll never forget!"
"Kill her!!! A whore like her doesn't deserve to live!"
"She should be whipped and stripped in public!!!"
The shouts were loud as Tahra waited to hear what her punishment would be.
Even after being rejected there was a small space in her heart that made her feel convinced that Zane would never go as far as to banish her from her pack and everything she knew.
He would at least give her a chance to speak.
'I wasn't touched so I can at least do my best to convince him if he gives me a chance to,' Tahra thought with her head lowered to the ground.
'If I sleep with him, he'll believe me and maybe he'll love me again,' Tahra internally cried within herself but that was before she heard Zane's next words.
"I-I Banish you Tahra Faldel from the Z wolf distrist!" His voice loud enough for it to be the only words Tahra heard even as he continued speaking, unable to process whatever else she heard him say.
"I'll personally--"
But Tahra wasn't listening. For a split second she could barely breathe unable to lift her head to see the expressions on the faces of the people around her.
She could already imagine the huge smirk that was bound to be on Maeve's face and how happy her family must be, unable to understand what she had done to deserve it.
Zane's words were like a heated flame burning right through her soul but beyond that it the betrayal of her family that hurt just as much.
"Banish her!"
"Someone like her deserves the worst!"
Tears poured down her face but regardless of how humiliated she felt Tahra couldn't bring herself to stop crying.
She couldn't feel any strength in her legs and all she wanted to do was bury herself deep in the ground where no one could find her.
She had always been a loner in the pack but had never considered that to be a big problem, especially since she had Herret her best friend and Zane.
But listening to the heavy whispers around her made a dark cloud of gloom settle on her very soul, as she felt completely rejected by the world.
Tahra still had her head bent to the ground when she suddenly felt someone grab her arm and pull her up from behind.
"Tahra! come with me!"
A familiar voice but Tahra didn't bother raising her head up to see who it was as she allowed herself to be dragged away with making any attempt to pull away from their hold.
She was hurriedly pushed into the car and it was only when she heard Herret's voice that her mind slowly began to focus on what was going on around her.
"Tahra! You'll be fine! You need to be strong!" Herret mumbled to her over and over again as she sat beside her in the car but Tahra simply chuckled under her breathe in response to her words.
'Easier said than done!'
"Zane ordered that he'll be the one to lead you out of the district himself! I think you should listen to--"
"Don't bother. I can go myself!"
"Tahra! I know you're--"
"SHUT UP HERRET! JUST SHUT UP!" Tahra screamed, feeling the tears she held in slowly start to flow all over again, making a mess of her already red and puffed up eyes.
"NEVER SAY THAT NAME IN FRONT OF ME EVER AGAIN!" Tahra continued in a voice much lower than before, akin to a whisper.
Herret didn't hesitate to immediately stop talking, as she quietly listened to Tahra's sobs as the car raced throught the streets back to her family house.
They had just gotten there when Herret watched Tahra jerk the door open a split second after the car slowed down. Following quietly behind her into the house to help her pack her things.
Herret was pissed her heart pounding hard in her chest as she glanced at the entrance of the house before glancing back at Tahra wondering when Zane woud arrive.
Especially since Talon her boyfriend's words were the only thing that kept her from exploding with unbridled anger.
"Stay close to her! Zane loves her and he'll explain everything the moment he can get away"
'But what explanation could he possibly have for what he just did?' Herret thought to herself wondering how she would react if she was in Tahra's shoes.
Knowing that she would do worse than Tahra, unable to do anything but cry.
Distracted, Herret hurriedly joined Tahra in the room surprised to see her already tossing bundles of clothes into a suitcase without caring enough to fold it properly. In more of a hurry than she had to be.
"How do you feel"
"If you're asking if I'm in pain from the broken bond then yes. If you're asking if I feel faint and weak to my knees, also Yes. I feel like I could die yet I also want to drag someone to hell with me! Are you going to help me or ask me questions," Tahra responded as calmly as she could, a tone that Herret thought to be extremely cold.