Chapter 0341

Chapter 0341

Hannah

I spent the entire day avoiding the internet, too afraid and cowardly to see the backlash over the audio tapes being released. I could already imagine the comments: calling me a whore, a liar, a traitor.

I couldn’t bear to see if those comments truly existed.

So my phone remained face down on the nightstand all day, untouched and silent. If any of my friends tried to reach out to me, I wouldn’t know. They would understand why I hadn’t replied.

Instead, I buried myself in my preparations for my presentation at the Luna Council–assuming I was still invited to the next meeting. Luna Alanna hadn’t contacted me, nor had anyone else from the council. I supposed that was a good sign.

Eventually, when my eyes grew too bleary to keep working, I resorted to pacing the house like a restless tigress.

jump, my nerves frayed and on edge. I kept glancing at the doors, where the guards were still stationed. They hardly seemed to move all day, although occasionally

months, I would no longer have an Alpha to handle these sorts of things. I

five months along now, and there was no more hiding the small

finally heard the front door open. Noah’s heavy footsteps echoed through the

he appeared in the doorway of the living room, he looked exhausted, his

disheveled mess.

he circled the sofa, I could see that dark circles ringed his eyes, and his shoulders were slumped with weariness. “The clip was claimed as a deepfake and taken down. We couldn’t confirm the


public?” I whispered, afraid

said, it was claimed to be a deepfake. You’ll–we’ll–be

been holding as Noah flopped onto the sofa beside me. It felt as if a hundred–pound leaden weight

It’s over?” My voice sounded small and hopeful, even to my

“For now. But Hannah…” He hesitated, his green eyes meeting mine, a mix of concern and something

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