His Knees, His Pleas, But Our Son's in Peace

Chapter 28

My heart sank as I read through the lies, the accusations.

Sienna, that vile woman, had started slandering me in the public media, portraying me as some sort of villain

responsible for her misfortunes. She

blamed me for her disfigurement, for her failed relationships, spinning a web of lies that the public was all too eager to believe.

My wolf growled in the back of my mind, a low, angry sound that mirrored the rage building within me. How dare she? the wolf snarled. How dare she try to tarnish your name?

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But I was too tired to be angry. All I felt

was a deep, bone-weary sadness. They

didn't know me, didn't know what I had

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been through. All they saw were Sienna's lies, and they believed every word.

Not long after, people who didn't know the truth were coming to my house, throwing bottles, shouting obscenities, as if I were the monster Sienna painted me to be.

A knock at the door startled me, and I

stood, wiping my eyes as I made my way

to the front of the house. The voices

outside were growing louder, angrier, but the sight that greeted me when I opened

the window to

Nathan stood there, a large bouquet of

flowers in his hands, his expression a mix

of frustration and desperation. The crowd

outside seemed to take this as some sort of

confirmation that he had cheated on me,

that I was the wronged party, and they started smashing things in anger.

"Doris, I-" Nathan began, but before he

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it, fighting them off even as they landed blow after blow. My house had been taken over before, and It

tension.

time. I heard glass shattering downstairs, the unmistakable

the walls.

the walls.

ground in the front

at the intruders.

and I could see

he struggled to maintain his composure. I

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of

he'd finally stand up for

for the life we had once

do

from the chaos unraveling

of the rogues sneered, tossing a chair through the open window. "You're going to stand there

He took

wasn't

time. The

closest to him-a

wolf with

down his cheek-lunged first. I

to his shoulder,

twisted

to the

of

echoed through the air.

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be

De fight had begun,

rogues joined in, circling Nathan like predators. One of them-a

arm and throw him against

Nathan

used to be. He

wolf cornered, like someone who

been pushed too far.

were calculated, his

scarred rogue came at

but Nathan sidestepped, grabbing the rogue's arm and twisting it

swift

Nathan sent him

is Knees, His Pleas,