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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!"

been lying to us all! For

take her away," Alaric

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

gets! She's still a useless, wretched villain!" The old woman calls

look from a distance, but 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

the hallway finally

space vacated by the now absent crowd, I suddenly feel stifled, like there

Cara," Alaric says softly, taking a step closer to me. His blue eyes are sincere.

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Chapter 6107

Bedfords leave you alone, even if that means expelling

he expelled his former Gamma, George, on my account. Clearly he's willing to do

To protect me.

To protect my reputation.

had such a strong

him in

In fact, it's one of the things that

his black hair fall onto his forehead and my fingers have the urge to