KadeThe chaos in the hall still hums in my ears, a deafening roar of accusation, disbelief, and fear. The Alpha King and his family—dead. I can’t wrap my mind around it. The sight of them collapsing, one after the other, their bodies convulsing in pain before falling still—it plays on a loop in my head, and my chest feels tight, like I can’t get enough air.I’m still frozen, standing in place as if my feet are anchored to the floor. I remembered Valeria’s eyes as they looked at me, the pleads in them. Pleading for something, for belief, for trust, for me to step forward and say something, anything. But my throat was dry, and the words had to stick to the back of my tongue. I just watched dumbly as she was dragged away by the guards. But what was I to do? Defend a murderer?‘She isn’t a murderer… yet,’ my wolf, Kenny, reminded me.Valeria was innocent until proven guilty, but why was I convinced that she was already guilty of the crime?“Are you just going to stand there and do nothi
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