Barnell glanced at his daughter, his expression filled with exasperation at her failure to live up to her potential.
His daughter was usually clever, and her abilities were not weak either. How had she ended up falling so easily into the hands of a mere half-breed bastard?
"You want Carlya to undergo the clan's whipping punishment?"
When Tina heard this, her voice became shrill:
"Don't forget, that isn't an ordinary whip. It's been soaked in aconite for years."
"And it's a full hundred lashes. Even the strongest man in the clan couldn't withstand them, let alone our Carlya."
"If she really gets punished, how could she possibly still be alive after a hundred lashes?"
"Even if she survives, she might turn into a beast that has lost its mind—an enraged creature that knows nothing but killing. She might never be able to return to human form."
Tina shielded her daughter behind her and shouted, "Barnell, do you really want to see our daughter become a beast with a shattered mind and no reason left?"
Carlya gritted her teeth. "Dad, even if it really is him, we don't actually need to be so afraid, because there's another vampire just as powerful as he is."
"Besides, there's something else. Su Qiao's child is a little bastard with human, werewolf, and vampire bloodlines. No one knows which low-level vampire she had it with."
"If we expose this, and let the clan elders and the vampire elders find out, they'll have endless trouble to deal with. By then, they might not have time to concern themselves with my matter."
When Tina heard this, she hurriedly chimed in, "That's right, that's right. Carlya can hide somewhere far away by then, and she won't have to be punished."
"Are you sure?"
Barnell had never expected that