Revenge...

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Prologue; Shall I forgive her?

Nightclaw was a witch; I never doubted it. She deserved to die; neither have I doubted that. She wished for my death long before the warrior's claws glittered above her own neck: Month upon month I lived in terror of death being slipped into my life. Yet, an hour before the claws sunk into her flesh they say she prayed for my forgiveness. Had the warriors brought me her message, would I have forgiven her?

No. Never.

She beguiled my father and seduced him. She transformed him into a cat so unlike his former self that even after she had lost her diabolical hold on him, my father was never again the leader he had once been. Because of this evil witch who called herself deputy, I lost everything: my rightful place in the circle of the clan, my mother's loving presence, my father's devoted affection, my chances of a fruitful marriage. And I came close- very close- to losing my own life.

Because of Nightclaw, my father discarded my mother like a useless kit, forbidding me to ever see her again. Because of Nightclaw, he declared me a bastard, humiliating me for his own selfish ends. And afther years of using me as a pawn in his endless quest for power, promising me to this suitor and that one, my father abandoned me.

I can forgive her nothing.

You who are quick to judge me, I beg you, hear my story...