Chapter 144

Chapter 144

Sophia’s sobs filled the room, but I felt no sympathy for her. Not after what she and her family had put Ella through.

“You all need to pay for what you’ve done,” I said, turning to Richard and Margaret. “All else aside, hiring someone to kidnap my wife goes far beyond simple meddling.”

Margaret scoffed. “She was never in any real danger. That rogue was just going to rough her, up, scare her-”

“You had her drugged, tied up, taken to a barn in the middle of nowhere, and nearly raped.” My voice was hardly more than a growl. “And he intended to take pictures of the entire thing like some kind of humiliation.”

“Alexander, please be reasonable,” Richard said desperately. “Our pack needs this alliance. We’ve invested everything in maintaining good relations with your territory. And ultimately, no real harm was done. Ella wasn’t actually hurt.”

“But she was,” I hissed, feeling my wolf rise to the surface of my skin. “That was an incident that she’ll never forget for as long as she lives.”

Margaret and Richard exchanged frantic looks while Sophia whimpered in the background. My wolf raged, urging me to rip their throats out right then and there. But I controlled myself- for now, anyway, and only because Liam was standing there and the Alpha Council would have me sent to prison for life if they found out.

to be fair, Liam would probably go

I glanced at Liam. He took a step forward and curled his lips into a malicious sneer. “If this goes to the Alpha Council, it will create a massive scandal. We’ll have no choice but to tell them the truth-that Ella is dying because you refuse to mark her. How do you think that will look for your political career? How do you think that will

snarled. Threatening me

wouldn’t stand for it. I couldn’t bear to see her

myself


“if you breathe a word of this to anyone, I’ll make sure you face the

eyes widened. “You

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cut him off. “You’ll become

and

Margaret whispered bitterly. “We

get out of my house.

Gabriel showing them out, Sophia casting one last desperate look over her shoulder before the

to speak. The punishment didn’t feel like enough, but humiliating Ella publicly? If people found out about her illness, she would

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