Contractually Yours, Alpha by Giftemmy

Chapter One Hundred and Seventy Three

Chapter One Hundred and Seventy Three

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I didn’t need a crowd to witness the trial. I had only invited en pack members, but no doubt, once it was over, news of what happened here would spread to the whole pack. The trial would take place in the dungeon chamber.

Phil and Austin took their positions by my side. I doubted Iooked any better than I had a few hours ago, but I was ready to face them. The door swung open, and three soldiers dragged in the rebels–Stark, Luthor, and, of course, Kade. The very one who had shot me.

The moment they spotted me, they went pale.

The soldiers didn’t have to force them to their knees–they went down willingly.

“We… you shouldn’t be alive. There’s no way you could have survived that,” Stark said, disbelief clear in his eyes. “It shouldn’t be possible…” he kept muttering to himself.

room thickened with each passing second. “This is how this will go you speak only

uncertain. He stared at

The shot to my stomach had been fatal, but the Empress

killed me, did you for one moment think about how it would

“The plan was for the next Alpha to be chosen by

could see it in

previous one failed. Military rule. We believed that this could be the beginning of something new and… different. But there were many flaws to the plan. So

what they weren’t saying. The plan was to seize control–to force their way into the council even after walking away from it, afterall, I would be dead, there would be no one to stop them. I chuckled, finding

But the others were too reluctant to act…

to Keith; he had talked about respect and loyalty being earned, but these people had wanted to seize power into their hands; they didn’t care about ‘earning‘

to come to mind. He never liked the idea of a woman as Alpha. But to my

finally cried out, tears streaming down his face. “I swear my undying loyalty to you. I don’t care if I’m stripped of my title or forced to work in the fields among

knew death was laying wait for them all. “We’ve made a grave mistake–one that will never be repeated. We know the consequences of

but I silenced him with a small wave. This time, I

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