Chapter 123

Chapter 123

"You have been accused of murdering Alina, the pack witch, how do you plead?

Once again, Lella finds herself in the elders' chamber, in the midst of the same men who were ready to condemn her days ago without proof and now, sitting in the middle of their judgemental circle with twelve sets of eyes leering at her, she knows her fate is sealed. Especially since Carmela has created proof, proof no one will let her see defend herself against.

A gross injustice.

"Where is the Alpha?" Leila mutters weakly, counting her words. She is tired, hungry and thirsty.

"You are in no position to ask questions, Leila! How do you plead?" Trent barks at her but Leila doesn't cower.

Looking into the green eyes of the man who murdered her father in cold blood and whose daughter is hell bent on taking hers, she finds strength in the rage that boils through her.

"Until I am convicted, I am still your Luna and you will address me as such." Though weak, her aura still powers through her commanding voice and Trent grits his teeth, fighting the pressure to obey any sort of commands from her but the muscles in his neck take a life of their own and he bares it to her, seething with a deep hatred in his eyes.

us. Luna," Trent replies in a cold and sarcastic tone,

stomach and she clutches her arm around it. Fear and worry slice through her heart

she muses in

you," she powers through the pain and

only one that would at least allow her

to do to exonerate herself, she will ask him to put her under the Alpha command and question her, that way she can only tell the truth and he will see she is not lying but will that even work? She doesn't have her wolf. Then she will ask him to put the man that

of hope fills her as

letter of absence," Elder Mason says, stands up and walks

man with curiosity in

very own handwriting, his signature big and bold at the end of the letter which gives the council full power over her trial, a right to convict and mete out judgement to her as they deemed fit. The

would Tatum

he really believe she did

be responsible, Carmela must have fed him even more lies by now but what about their child, his heir? Does he not care for it

his voice, jolting her attention back

teeth, scowling at him,

here. For all she knows, that letter is probably not real. Carmela has proven herself to be very crafty and so

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