The Pack's Doctor by Cooper

Lila

My palms are sweating and I’m clutching my hands so tightly in my lap that my knuckles are white. Alpha Cyra reaches over and gently covers my hands with hers.

“Alpha Stellan, please step forward,” Councilman Edward says.

When he walks by, he makes sure to glare at me. I don’t look up, but I can feel the heat of his anger.

“Alpha Stellan, you are facing three charges in this courtroom today. First, you had knowledge of another Alpha’s embezzlement and kept that information from the Council. You then used that information to force an alliance bond with Alpha Arden, using his daughter as collateral in the agreement. Alpha Cyra was underage at the time and unable to give her consent, therefore making the agreement illegal in the eyes of this courtroom. Second, you are also charged with knowingly and intentionally using information about Alpha Cyra’s inheritance to gain access to her inheritance for your own gain. You are charged with attempting to force your mark on Alpha Cyra against her will and threatened to rape her to complete the bond in order to obtain that inheritance money. Third, you are charged with tampering with a supply of birth control that was delivered to Alpha Cyra’s pack. This tampering has caused multiple unwanted pregnancies in older she–wolves, putting them and their pups at risk. How do you plead?”

“We plead not guilty on all counts, Councilman,” his attorney says.

“Fine, let us start with the first one. Knowledge of Alpha Arden’s embezzlement,” he turns to the triangle of people standing off the side, waiting to be called upon. “Tracker?”

“Councilman…” she begins, and then outlines the process of how the money was tracked. The other two, Hacker and Hijack, also speak to their roles in acquiring the information they found. A recording of the conversation between Alpha Arden, Alpha Christer, and Stellan is played, clearly outlining not only his knowledge of the embezzlement, but also Stellan’s suggestion of the alliance bond.

I grip my hands even more tightly together. I was such a fool.

When Alpha Cyra is called upon, she steps forward and states what happened when the alliance bond was presented to her and that she wasn’t given a choice in the process.

‘It wasn’t your fault,’ Alpha Yorick’s voice filters into my head.

I look up at him. ‘You didn’t know. He used your mate bond against you. Don’t blame yourself. You’re not stupid. You were in love and you trusted your mate.‘

I nod my head at him as Alpha Cyra returns to sit beside me, putting her hand over mine.

I completely agree with Yorick. You didn’t know and when you did, you told Piper,’ she says in the mind link.

I nod again, taking a deep breath. Stellan may hate me, and while my wolf, Bree, is howling at his betrayal of us, my Alphas believe me and have faith in me.

I tune back in just in time to hear the Council give their verdict of Stellan’s knowledge of the embezzlement and alliance bond.

finds you guilty of

“THAT’S INSANE!” Stellan roars.

the military men steps forward, putting a hand on Stellan’s shoulder. He pushes it off, but

Stellan, or you will be removed from this courtroom,” Councilman Edward says, his voice booming

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making me

surprised, the audio very clearly identified him

him, but they don’t step back, ready

second charge is knowingly and intentionally using information about Alpha Cyra’s inheritance to gain access to her inheritance

stand, Alpha Cyra stands

Cyra, you will be called when we’re ready to hear your

by. I am here in a supportive role for her. Alpha Stellan is her mate and while their bond was never completed, standing against her mate

quietly talks to the other council members before

Warrior Lila, please tell us your knowledge of what happened and how you ended up having information about Alpha Stellan’s plan to gain Alpha Cyra’s inheritance,” he says. I notice his voice is kinder with me than

both my Alphas, Alpha Warren, and all

the alliance bond, and he was trying to get out of it so we could be together. I believed him. It wasn’t until one of Alpha Cyra’s Academy mates called me, telling me about Alpha Cyra finding her fated mate and not wanting the bond that I started to ask more questions. I realized that Stellan never really answered my questions and would distract me with … intimacy. Then, one evening when I was asking him questions, he said his brother, Alpha Christer, needed to speak with him. I followed him and hid outside Alpha Christer’s office. That’s when I realized that Stellan had been lying to me. Alpha Quirin had bought the loan and was calling it.

a couple of questions about where I was hiding, bo about Alpha Quirin coming to attack

I explained that they were

there anything else, warrior?” the

Stellan, seeing that his chest is heaving with his

wnat him. He lied to me and used me,” I say, my

snarls.

watch the military team step closer, grabbing

will assist you. Say the words to reject your

Lila! Don’t you fucking dare! You’re

my hand, gripping it tightly,