CHAPTER 52

A Sin (From Rachelle's Perspective) Hazel left after he had cleaned my wounds. He told me to sleep. But I could not. Every night, I was haunted by the thought of not being able to leave this family. Hazel once told me that there was a cause behind Father's vehement dislike of me. "Can't you see that you don't look like him?" "You mean he beats me up just because I don't look like him?" "Come on, Rachelle. It's clear that... Don't mind, please. It's clear that you're not his." "You mean, Mother cheated on him and I'm the result?" I asked. "I guess so. I mean, look at Alpha Draven and me. We have gray eyes and dirty blond hair. But you don't. You have brunette hair and Rachelle eyes. Even Mother doesn't have them." He had a valid point there. My appearance was diametrically opposed to that of my father. I had a few things in common with Mother, but I had nothing in common with Father. Father, Alpha Draven, and Hazel all had blond hair and gray eyes. Mother had dark brown eyes an