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“No further questions.” Mr. Francis smiled as he sat down. Elaine looked flustered as the judge excused her. “Your next witness?” The Judge Anthony asked Mr. Francis. “I’d like to call Hailey Mertens to the stand.” He looked over at me and smiled. I was caught somewhat off guard. I knew at some point that I would have to tell me story but I assumed I’d get to do it when Lilith called me. “Your honor, that is not appropriate to call my client to the stand and actually illegal. We have to put her on the stand first before Mr. Francis can question her.” “Fine, then put her on the stand.” Mr. Francis smirked. “Now you are just making a joke of this court.” Lilith frowned at him. “I agree. Mr. Francis call you next witness or rest your case.” “Okay. I will like to call Mr. Robert Mitford.” Mr. Francis called out. Who the fuck was Robert Mitford? Lilith sat down as an older gentleman walked forward. He didn’t even look familiar to me. The guard walked forward. “Repeat after me.
“I don’t agree. Everything is followed up by the state. If they deemed it unfit, they would have sent the Feds in to handle things. You may not like my findings but that doesn’t mean I am wrong.” Robert was getting red in the face. “I would like to submit into evidence another piece of documentation. It was in the came envelope that had the pictures in it. Since those were deemed truthful, this shall too.” Lilith picked up Patrick’s view of the murders and handed them to the guard. He gave them to Mr. Francis and to the judge. I watched out of the corner of my eye, Mr. Francis show Thomas. “How is Thomas reacting?” I asked Waylon in the mind-link. “Not good. He is pissed off and very stiff.” “Objection! How you did you come by this? What…just what?” Mr. Francis asked, panicked. “We have been over this but I can go back over it if it pleases the judge?” Lilith asked. “Yes, please.” The judge looked at the two reports. “I was delivered a vanilla envelope to the palace. They watch
“I don’t work directly with King Thomas. That is for more public appearances. Not much different than the president of the United States. He gets all the credit but doesn’t actually do any of the hard work.” Waylon kept his face passive. “Would you have done anything differently?” “Do you mean in the capture of Ms. Hailey?” “Yes, would you have done anything differently in the capture of Ms. Hailey?” “Certainly. Firstly, I would have given her a chance to respond. Then if she still refused, you always start with the less lethal option first. That is how police work goes.” “Is that how you practice in your pack?” “Not particularly.” “How so?” “Well first off, we generally don’t have murders. However, if a crime is committed, we will take them to our cells and have a trail but most differences are resolved with a conversation and then a punishment.” “What about enemies?” “An eye for an eye.” “That’s not how police work.” “I’m not the police.” Waylon shrugged again. “Howe
“My three friends and I were playing secret agents. Cassie, Molly and Eva. We were wanting to spy on my parents so we ran into their bedroom. Since they were not there, we hid in the closet. After a few minutes, they still didn’t show up so we started playing patty cake to pass the time. After around thirty minutes, the bedroom door flew open and my mother was tossed inside. We watched as her body landed against the dresser. She was naked, covered in blood but her eyes landed on me. I’ll never forget the fear I saw in them as she spotted us girls. One of the girls screamed and the killer found us. He wasted no time in sticking his hands into Cassie, pulling her heart out. Molly tried to get me to run but I was frozen. Unfortunately, he got her next. I watched as he bit into her neck, spraying me with her blood. Eva was able to get me to move out of the back of the closet.” I paused as I took a few breaths. “I wasn’t quick enough and he grabbed my ankle. Eva tried to get him off of me b
“The proper way to address me is King Thomas.” “You will never be my king and actually if you want to compare strengths, my aura will be stronger as I am the rightful heir.” “Is that what you believe?” He asked, like he knew something. “It is. Even nature knows that you are a crook.” My face was passive but my emotions were not. Him questioning me was more than I think I could have handled if Waylon wasn’t there taking away my anxiety and anger. “I can see you are a little emotional but I will let the disrespect slide, since I am a forgiving King and all.” He paced in front of me. “What evidence do you have that I actually killed your parents, my brother and sister-in-law?” “My own eyes.” “No blood was found that was mine? No hair or anything?” “You had gloves on and we will let the new examiners tell us what was found after they tear apart that room to find the answers.” “That is your hope. So when it comes down to it, it is your word against all the mounting evidence a
Waylon POV The entire helicopter ride, I was restless. The further I got away from Charlotte the harder it was. Or Hailey? Do I call her Hailey now? Either way, I just had a terrible feeling that I was going to the wrong location. “What’s wrong?” Axel asked. “I don’t know. I just feel like the danger isn’t at my pack. I feel like Hailey is the one in danger.” Loosing my tie, I started to sweat. “What is going on with you?” Axel felt my head. “I don’t know. It’s like-” “Seatbelts! We are descending.” Looking down, we were at my pack. So far, everything looked… empty. Jessica and Ky were standing by the landing doc. As we went down, my hand fumbled with my phone. “Dude..” Axel looked concerned. Finally, we touched down. It took me a couple of tries but I was able to get the door open but my legs gave out and I fell to the ground. “WAYLON!” Jessica yelled as she ran forward. “What’s wrong with him?” Ky asked. “No idea.” The helicopter took off as soon as we were out. Didn’t
Waylon POV “My fucking head.” I moaned. “What the fuck happened?” “Hailey happened.” Jessica was standing beside me, pushing something onto a tube. That tube was in my arm. “What’s wrong with Hailey?” It still sounded weird. “I don’t know what happened, Waylon. One minute you were fine and the next it was like you overdosed on wolfsbane.” Axel stated. Nova was in the corner just staring out the window. “The blood pack?” I asked, looking at Jessica. “I believe so. I think when you guys left, someone poisoned Hailey.” Jessica answered. “I can’t get through to Lilith. Waylon, she was with Hailey. There are only two options. Either Lilith drugged her or Lilith is in trouble too.” Axel firmly stated. “By treating you, I can treat Hailey. Well, that is if has anything to do with the blood. You guys share a blood so when she got poisoned, you did too. That’s why people don’t do blood packs anymore!” Jessica slapped my arm. “Hey! It saved Hailey’s life!” I answered as I closed my e
Waylon POV By the middle of the next day, Jessica had already given me four syringes of the antidote for wolfsbane. My body was literally exhausted. As much as we brain stormed the discomfort I was feeling, we could not figure out what she was doing. There was times when there wasn’t any pain for a few hours. Other than that, there was a constant sting of pain in my arm or legs. Occasionally, also in my head or back but that was random. We were sitting in my office when Axel barged in. “Look at the news!” Jessica quickly grabbed the remote and turned it on. ‘Breaking news! I am currently standing outside the palace where it has been confirmed that the newly appointed Queen Hailey has been kidnapped. Shortly after the alleged confession of former King Thomas, Hailey was grated an acquittal from her charges. The power was immediately transferred from Thomas to Hailey, making her queen. Quickly after, her attorney, Lilith St. Claire, took her up to her room for safety reason as Thomas