Talia paid for Lyra’s mistake and spent three brutal years exiled at the border as a slave. She lost her wolf companion, was branded for punishment, and returned home carrying scars that could no longer stay hidden. Yet her family still favored Lyra—until the pool sabotage forced the truth into the light. Her brother was left in deep regret, and even the Wolf King and Queen recognized how unfairly she had suffered. But with her people and her ailing grandmother to protect, Talia swallowed her pain and kept it all to herself.