Mrs. Stykes crumbled, as if all the energy in her body was sucked away by an invisible ghost. Her eyes burned with pain and humiliation.
Sienna could not even react just yet, because she couldn't believe the words she was hearing. They stung worse than the bite of a bee. They would probably haunt Mrs. Stykes forever, because she knew they would haunt her. If this was how beast men treated their partners who lost tails or any parts of their bodies, then she was glad not to be one.
News of the case she was overseeing seemed to travel fast on the compound, people hurried over to watch from a distance and see how she would judge.
"This is a tough one." Lord Marius muttered slowly.
"If she sends for the pan, I will carry out the beating myself." Grandpa Corven declared.
