"I am not your psychiatrist Alpha," He had told her bluntly. "Nor am I a shoulder to cry on. As I said, we are not exactly friends. What you need to understand is that Pandora had relented from killing you which she could have done easily. She may have spared you because deep down she still has some feelings for you, or perhaps it was just pity. Either way you are alive. If I were in your shoes, I would reminisce on the misdeeds I have done, and try to repent for them. Perhaps this mark that you bear is a way of repenting."