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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even as they landed blow after blow. My house

tension.

wasted no time. I heard glass shattering downstairs, the unmistakable crash of something

the walls.

the walls.

stood his ground in the

at the

fists, and I

he struggled to maintain

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flicker of

finally stand

the life we had

all I could do was watch

the chaos unraveling

chair through the open window. "You're going to stand

jaw tightened. He took a

but he wasn't backing down

time. The

rogue closest

wolf with

his cheek-lunged first. I

shoulder, but it

twisted around, delivering

the

of

echoed through the air.

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be

De fight had begun,

in, circling Nathan like predators. One of

by the arm and throw him against the side of the house. The impact sent a shockwave through the walls, and

a moment, Nathan wasn't the

used to be. He fought

like someone who

pushed too far.

were calculated, his

The scarred rogue

rogue's arm

swift kick

sent him

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