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Chapter 11

Following my visit to Cole's holding cell, I swung by to see his friends, who were in much worse shape. Under my orders, they were castrated and corporally punished. And now, the wretched trio were shackled to the corner of their dungeon cell, barely hanging on for dear life.Seeing them in such terrible shape filled me with satisfaction.My recent investigations revealed that Greyson, Lucas, and Theodore had not only been politicking behind the Alpha King's back but also abusing their positions of power. Over the years, they had been involved in corruption, slavery, countless murders, and had degraded many women.When Fenryr learned all that Cole's friends had done, he flew into a rage. He'd known about the corruption going on among the nobility. However, it had been less than two years since he became the Alpha King, and many of the Elders refused to listen to him because of his young age at the time of his ascension."If I'd known about these scumbags, I would have killed them e
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Chapter 12

Cole and his friends would be executed today.With the evidence Sebastian had gathered for us, it didn't take long for Cole's and the other nobles' retrials to proceed. To make an example of them, it was decided that Cole's execution would be made public to Lunholm and held in the square outside the royal palace.Fenryr and I watched from the balcony, noting the fearful expressions of those on death row.Cole was searching the audience for something, and his gaze trailed up the wall until it landed on me. His eyes lit up, and he parted his lips as if to say something.However, before the words could leave his mouth, the warrior behind him fired an arrow through his chest. Cole coughed up blood, and even as the fight left him, he did not take his eyes off me. His lips moved like he was trying to tell me something, not that I cared.At that moment, Camilla suddenly burst through the crowd and laughed maniacally at the corpses on the execution stage. "Good riddance! Good riddance to
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