Contractually Yours, Alpha by Giftemmy

Chapter One Hundred and Seventy Three

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 I looked 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.

"Silence," I said, and they fell quiet. The tension in the room thickened with each passing second. "This is how this will go-you speak only when I ask you a question."

stared at me as if he had just seen a

be alive. The shot to my stomach had been fatal, but the Empress had appeared out

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

to be the only one brave enough to answer. "The plan was for

telling me," I said. I could see it in the way the

more. We had other plans too, just in case the 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 we decided that leadership would fall into the hands of the

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 it all amusing. “How many

But the others were

and loyalty being earned, but these people had wanted to seize power

would attempt to murder me, Keith would have been the first to come to mind. He never

make a move.

Alpha,” Kade 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 the farmers-I'll do it. But

brave, but I could see the fear in his eyes, he knew death was laying wait for them all. "We've made a grave mistake-one that will never be repeated. We know the consequences