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"Do not speak III of the Bedfords! They are the only family trying to uphold the decency that Pack DarkWood used to hold so dear!" the old woman replies.

"I will speak however I wish!" Alaric yells at her. "Show such insubordination once more and you will sincerely regret It!

At this, the old woman closes her mouth, but her eyes show she has much more to say. She doesn't dare speak, though. Her jaw is clenched tight, jaw held high in silent defiance.

"I know you, woman," Alaric says lowly to the old nurse. "You were a maid in the Bedfords household. John, this is the one, isn't she?"

Alaric turns to his Beta, John, who produces a receipt from the briefcase he carries. John looks down at the paper carefully, then looks back up to the old woman.

"It's her, Alpha King. She has been receiving payments from the Bedfords for the last several months in exchange for stirring up rumors about Cara Wilson," John says.

The crowd gasps, startled by the news.

"She's the one who has been paid to speak falsely!"

"We can't believe a word the old woman says!"

has been lying to us all!

Alaric says to his

an arm, grabbing the old woman's elbow. She huffs loudly before

The old

then seems to decide that it's not worth it to press the issue further. The old woman is almost gone anyway, safely in John's grasp. Alaric seems to decide that she's no longer a threat. "Alright, everyone get back to work!" Alaric yells

several more apologies before the hallway

vacated by the now absent crowd, I suddenly feel stifled, like there isn't enough room

sorry, Cara," Alaric says softly, taking a step

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do what I can to have the Bedfords leave

that he expelled his former Gamma, George, on my account. Clearly

To protect me.

To protect my reputation.

always had such a strong

with him in the first

it's one of the

of his black hair fall onto his forehead and my fingers have the