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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situation erupted. The ogue wolves and unknowns in the crowd egan to attack, their fury spilling over as hey lashed out at everything in their path. Jathan was in the thick of it, fighting them off even as they landed blow after blow. My house

tension.

shattering downstairs, the unmistakable crash

the walls.

the walls.

stood his ground in

at the intruders.

fists, and

neck tense as he struggled to maintain

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of

he'd finally

for the life we had once

could do was

from the chaos unraveling

sneered, tossing a chair through the open window. "You're going

jaw tightened. He took

but he wasn't

time. The

rogue closest

with

down his cheek-lunged first. I

blow to his shoulder,

twisted around, delivering

to the rogue's jaw.

of

echoed through the air.

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be

De fight had begun,

predators. One of them-a scrappy, wiry wolf with

spinning around to grab the wolf by the arm and throw him against the side of the house. The impact sent a shockwave through the walls, and I felt it upstairs, the tremor vibrating beneath

moment, Nathan

man he used to be.

like

pushed too far.

were calculated, his

scarred rogue

sidestepped, grabbing the rogue's

With a swift kick to

Nathan sent

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