It took all her will to keep her breathing calm and her appearance composed. She refused to break down into tears in front of the alpha but never before had she felt her life hanging in the balance, as though she were about to tip to either side and Valen would be the one to push her and decide her fate. Finally her judgement was passed. She was allowed back in Imperium but at the rank of a slave. Integra bit her lip and nodded. "Your judgement is fair. I'll work hard to earn that place of freedom." She could feel relief bubbling in her gut. Her siblings she could see them again and as for her rank she was determined to make that change. She could accept the rank of a slave as long as there was that promise of hope at the end. She could do this, she would do this.
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