Kathryn had fought back.

At first, when her adoptive brothers beat her, she resisted with everything she had.

They were older and stronger, but she refused to go down without a fight. She threw anything she could get her hands on at them.

One time, she even grabbed a hatchet and chased them across the village.

They were terrified.

Even when her adoptive mother tried to punish her on their behalf, Kathryn didn't back down-she raised the hatchet and swung at her, too.

Her defiance finally shocked them into submission.

After that, they never dared to lay a hand on her again.

But she still had to live in that house, relying on them for food and shelter. The abuse didn't stop-it just took different forms. She was always hungry, always cold, never given decent clothes or a proper place to sleep.

And her adoptive father, the man who had brought her into that family, never once stepped in. He never defended her.

Kathryn hated him the most.

to prison, he later

knew the truth-her biological mother

No sympathy, no pity. If anything, she

the Farrell family, her adoptive mother and brothers tried to

drain her

gave them

with the Farrells, she had already built a

from her adoptive family. She had no intention of helping them. No intention of

tormented her for years-why should she lift a finger

She wasn't a saint.

will ever happen again." Then

swelling has gone down a

she had been beaten, her face

tending to her with ice

doesn't get too cold there,

too hot, we can turn on the air

was because of everything she had endured as a child, but winter always

used to suffer from

until she built her business and became wealthy that she finally had warmth-heated

got

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