Lycan's Prey by Jessica Hall

Chapter 226

He hesitates, and that hesitation alone is enough to make my heart skip a beat. Soren rarely hesitates. He’s always calm, always in control, always sure of what needs to be done. But right now, he looks. conflicted.

“Let’s sit,” he says quietly, taking my hand and leading me to the couch in the corner of the bedroom. I follow without protest, my mind racing with a thousand possibilities.

The silence stretches between us as we sit down, and I can’t take it anymore. “Soren,” I prompt, my voice sharper than I intended. “Tell me.”

He exhales slowly, running a hand through his hair. “They’re both in custody.”

Relief washes over me like a tidal wave, my shoulders sagging as the tension I’ve been holding onto all day begins to ease. “That’s good, right? This is what we needed.”

“Yes, but there’s more,” he says, his tone carefully measured. “There’s going to be a secret trial. The council wants to handle this quietly to avoid any public unrest. They want to make sure everything is tied up neatly before we move on Alaric.”

I nod slowly, absorbing his words. A secret trial makes sense. The last thing we need is a public spectacle that could give Alaric time to cover his tracks. But something about Soren’s expression tells me there’s more he hasn’t said yet.

my heart starting to pound again.

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testify against Rhett and Clyde, they’ll lessen her sentence. Instead of execution, she’ll do a

When they do, a cold fury rises in my chest, hot and sharp, making it

than a whisper. “They’re offering her a deal? After everything she’s done?”

me and

isn’t what you want to hear, but we need her testimony. Without it, there’s a chance Rhett and Clyde could find a way to wriggle out of this. Bianca’s testimony will seal

I can testify. Bianca told me what they did to your wife, Alaric’s involvement, and

won’t be enough. When we captured Rhett and Clyde we learned Alaric is building an army. Clyde will try to say this is just a vendetta against him and Rhett since you are my mate. He even tried to claim he was there to stop Rhett.” he runs his fingers through his hair in frustration. “Rhett and Clyde won’t speak

air. Pacing to the window, I

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