They Sent Me Away. I Never Came Back. novel Chapter 10

Chapter 10 

Damian didn’t argue. 

Lyra had manipulated them. 

But the only reason it had worked was because they had already decided to stand on her side. 

All she had to do was shed a single tear, and they were willing to place every accusation on me. 

Damian closed the video and took the moonstone pendant from his pocket. 

He placed it on the table. 

“Starting today, you’re moving out of my house.” 

Lyra stared at him in disbelief. 

“You’re kicking me out?” 

“You are still a member Blood Moon Pack recovered and brought home. The pack will arrange housing for you and cover your living expenses.” 

His voice remained cold. 

“But you are no longer allowed in our private spaces, and you will not use anything Aria left behind.” 

“But you promised you’d take care of me.” 

“Taking care of you does not mean letting you replace her.” 

“And it certainly doesn’t mean letting you frame her.” 

Lyra looked toward the other three, hoping at least one of them would defend her. 

Rowan only stared down at the damaged medal in his hand. 

Julian silently gathered my research files. 

Asher kept replaying the moment in the video where his fingers had locked around my arm. 

This time, no one stepped in front of her. 

Lyra eventually left the room in tears. 

Damian felt no relief. 

He played the video again and paused on the final look I had given them. 

There had been no anger in my eyes. 

No hurt. 

Only the quiet calm that came after disappointment had gone too far to be repaired. 

It was only then that Damian finally understood. 

I hadn’t given up on them while I was leaving Blood Moon Pack. 

I had given up on them much earlier. 

The moment they stormed into my bedroom and chose to believe Lyra over me, I had stopped thinking of them as my family. 

After several days on the road, the transfer vehicle finally entered Northern Pack territory. 

I was taken directly to Frostland’s wolf-core research facility. 

The North was colder than I had imagined. 

During my first week in the program, I followed my mentor into the extreme-cold testing zone, where we studied how low temperatures affected werewolf shifting and wolf-core stability.