Chapter 72

KAI

I watched in horror as the crowd around us grew louder, their yells and curses directed at Alina. Everything seemed to slow down, the noise becoming a dull roar in my ears as I tried to process what had just happened. Alina… a witch?

I had wished and prayed that this was not true. That my mate was not a damn witch. J had not known what my reaction was going to be to that, but now I did. My feelings for her did not change. In fact, I felt the. More stronger than before because all I wanted to do was go down there and save her from all of this.

I heard them chanting the word ‘witch’, and I couldn’t help but think of how the word itself felt foreign, impossible to connect with the woman I loved. She had passed the trials, but it wasn’t enough for them. They still wanted blood.

I felt dizzy, my mind spinning. No matter what had been revealed, Alina was still the same person she’d always been. I wasn’t going to let them tear her apart because of something she didn’t even understand