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."

still looked uncertain. He stared at me as if he had

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 affect the

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

I said. I could see it in the way the others kept

believed that this could be the beginning of something new and..... different.

their way into the council even after walking

But the others were

loyalty being earned, but these people had

advisors would attempt to murder me, Keith would have been the first to come to mind. He never liked the idea of a woman as Alpha. But

make a move.

stripped of my title or forced to work in

loyalty to you," Stark said. He tried to sound 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 of our actions, but I beg you... forgive