“What just happened?” Sierra asked me as we waited at the reception counter.“You’ve been released on bail in my custody, so now I’m responsible for you attending court or I’ll be arrested,” I said to her.“You paid two million dollars?” she whisper yelled at me.“Yes, if you attend court the bail money will be paid back to me when the trial ends,” I said to her.She looked at me with wide eyes as Ravi came back and handed me a memory stick. It would contain all the evidence, statements, video footage, if there were any, and all other matters related to the case. I thanked her and nudged Sierra towards the elevator.“Two million dollars,” she whispered.“It’s just money, Sierra,” I said to her as we reached the ground floor and I signed us out of the building by scanning my handprint onto the screen again.We left the building and walked back towards the way we came. I grabbed her hand again as more people filled the sidewalks and kept walking towards the portal. It opened again and I
“There’s something I need you to do,” I said to Sierra two weeks later as I finished my trial preparation for the day.The amount of evidence I had worked through had been insane and there were a lot to process and I had a whole notebook full of notes and questions. I had requested independent investigators for the video footage, handwriting analysis and I also requested the dungeon records from the Hastings pack. I was still waiting for feedback on most of my requests.“What do you need?” Sierra asked.“You need to formally reject the Hastings pack,” I said to her.“But I was never part of their pack,” she said.“Technically you were, you lived there among them for your whole life, even if you never took the oath to obey the Alpha, you accepted their rules and punishments as if you were a member,” I said to her.“Okay, how do I do that?” she asked.“I, Sierra Peyton, hereby reject the Hastings pack as my own, I reject Alpha Conrad Hastings as my Alpha and protector. I hereby accept t
“Griffin! Where are you going?” Jett asked as I grabbed my weapons and pushed him out of my way and walked to the clearing.“Didn’t you just see what I saw?” I asked him as I turned around and glared at him.“Take a breath, brother, I know we saw someone that looks like her,” he said.“No, that was her! I don’t know how but that’s what I’m going to find out,” I said to him as I started walking again.“It’s not possible, we all saw her die Griffin, I was there with you, remember!” he said loudly.“I know what we saw, I’ve seen it every night for the past eight years!” I yelled at him.“And what about Sierra?” he asked me.“What about Sierra?” I yelled, “I don’t know what to think or feel but I have to find Samantha!”“Fine, but I’m coming with you,” he said.“Potestatiu solis et luna. Tellus, venti, aque, ignis,” I said as nature’s elements combined in my mind’s eye.“Aperta portal,” I said and the portal opened in front of us.We walked through the portal and stood outside the buildin
My sleep was restless and I struggled to stay asleep. Both of their scents haunted me and in the end it was Samantha’s scent that won. My door creaked open and I was awake instantly as her scent reached out to me in my room.“Griffin,” she whispered from the doorway and I sat up in my bed.“What’s wrong?” I asked her.She walked towards the bed and sat down in front of me. She looked wide awake as she tucked a piece of her hair behind her ear. I could smell the shampoo from her hair, she was so close to me as she leaned forward and kissed me.It was all too familiar, the way she grabbed my shirt in her hand and pulled me closer, her other hand around my neck and before I knew it she was straddling me. I opened my eyes and broke the kiss off and pushed her off me.“We can’t,” I said as she sat on the bed and looked at me.“Because you have her now?” she asked me bitterly.“Sam, it’s complicated,” I sighed.“Not really, Griff. I’ve waited eight years for you, praying you’d come to find
I regained consciousness and felt the searing pain in my back as someone cut me open and pressed down on my shoulder blades as I tried to move. I could feel the bullet being taken out and I had no idea where I was.“Stop moving you idiot, I’m trying to help you,” Octavia said.“Octavia?” I questioned.“Who else would be out here trying to save your sorry ass?” she asked me.I gritted my teeth as she dug the other two bullets out and I had clenched my jaw as she made the cuts where my body had healed over the bullets. I felt the relief as the bullets were taken out and my healing kicked in once again.“How did you find me?” I asked her.“Kane somehow spoke to me,” she said.She helped me into a sitting position as Kane licked over my wounds, helping to seal them. I’d been closer to death tonight than I had ever been before. She’d shot me in the back, Samantha had shot me. It was as if my mind couldn’t grasp that reality.“What happened?” Octavia asked me.“I was betrayed, just like you
“All rise,” the court officer called out and the door at the back opened and Judge William Harding stepped through and towards his bench.“You may all be seated now,” the same officer called out after the judge had taken his seat.He opened the file and read through it for a few minutes before looking up and closing it. He poured himself a glass of water and drank slowly from it, irritating me because I was ready to get this under way.“Let’s get this show on the road,” Judge Harding said and looked at Nathaniel. “The prosecution may start.”“Your Honour we’ve spoken at length to Darius White over the weekend and I believe that we have a plea deal on the table,” Nathaniel said and my head snapped up. I was sitting in the back row of the court room.“We have Your Honour,” Darius said.“Your Honour, may I approach?” I asked as I stood up and every head turned to look at me.“Mr. Woods, you may,” Judge Harding said.I picked up my brief case and walked towards the judge’s bench, followed
“Come on let’s go,” I said to Sierra as I picked my briefcase up and put the copies of the prosecution’s witness statements away.“Where are we going? I thought court’s finished for the day,” she said.“We’re going home,” I said to her.“I don’t think that’s a good idea,” she said.“We need to talk about everything at some point,” I said to her.“Can you please just give me time until after the trial?” she asked me.“If that’s what you want,” I said and walked away from her.I looked at the strange car parked in front of my garage and my heart hammered in my chest as I caught his scent. Fucking Jett and his big mouth. The door opened as I stepped onto the porch and he engulfed me in a hug, wrapping his arms around me tightly.“I had to come,” he said as he let go of me.“You shouldn’t have,” I said to him as I pushed past him and walked into my house.“Griff, don’t shut me out,” he said.“Why don’t you hate me?” I asked him.“I could never hate you,” he said.“You should, I do,” I sai
“All rise,” the court officer said loudly as Judge Harding took his seat and we all sat down again.“Mr. Bridges, I’ve reviewed all your evidence last night and I’ve decided that it’s not necessary to call those witnesses,” Judge Harding said, “does the prosecution have any more witnesses to call?”“No Your Honour, the evidence speaks for itself,” Nathaniel said.“Noted,” he said and looked at me, “the defense may start their case.”“Thank you Your Honour,” I said as I stood up, “the defense calls Dr. Gold for cross-examination.”Dr. Gold was led back into the courtroom and placed under oath again as she sat down in the witness box looking pristine and calm.“Dr. Gold, you see a lot of injuries don’t you?”“Yes, I do.”“How long have you been the Hastings pack doctor?” I asked her.“Eighteen years,” she said.“Did you do an autopsy on Jonas Lasing?” I asked.“No.”“Why not?”“The Alpha didn’t deem an autopsy necessary since we knew that he had been poisoned by wolfsbane,” she said.“B