Helanie:
I kept my head down while telling my story from start to finish.
"It was also then that I promised the Moon Goddess I would not accept my mate until I had my revenge," I said, steadily raising my eyes to look at Kaye. His mouth opened in shock, but he kept his reaction subtle.
"One of them was Rayden, the other is Kaidon. Then there’s Zellu and Roo—I haven’t t the others," I added.
Everyone was silently watching , while Penn took deep, heavy breaths. He hadn’t lifted his eyes from the ground this whole ti. And when he did briefly, I saw the tears in his eyes.
"And you all trust—" Emma, who had been standing in the corner, opened her mouth, but Norman hissed.
"Stay out of it," he muttered.
My mother sat in the corner, keeping her head down. Charlotte flashed a smirk here and there every ti she heard talk about that night. It was like she was happy I went through it.
"You’re hearing this? You think our nephew would do sothing like that?" Darcy asked Lord McQuoid, who refused to look in the eye.
"I didn’t know our cousin was born with only pureness," Maximus scoffed at his mother.
"But he is born with our blood. We would never do sothing like that," Lord McQuoid hissed at his son. I watched my mother stretch her neck before staring at her fiancé.
Her eyes shifted to mine, and for a brief mont, we looked at each other before we both looked away.
"I will speak now, and I request everyone to let finish," Lord McQuoid sighed, straightening his back in his seat. "I am not questioning your story. But this is a serious accusation. I have seen won lie every day. I am not saying it didn’t happen—it did. And the one who did it got his punishnt of death. Rayden was responsible, there was proof of it. But there is literally no proof to go against such powerful alphas. And it would be wrong to accuse innocent people," Lord McQuoid said, causing Emt to scoff and roll his eyes.
"We could give them so of those herbs or use those weapons to make them tell the truth," Maximus sighed, shaking his head as he ntioned the deadly weapons that forced people to confess.
"Maybe you’re forgetting that we signed an agreent stating those weapons will only be used during war and never on any pack’s alpha," Lord McQuoid reminded his sons.
"Besides, an alpha carries a lot of his pack’s secrets. You want him to reveal those? That’s why these weapons are never used on alphas," Lady Darcy quickly jumped in to defend them.
"So what do you think I should do?" I lifted my head and asked Lord McQuoid, who seed pretty upset about the recent events. The lack of eye contact made see the doubt in his eyes.
"I am sure there were others involved, like you claim, but how can you be so certain it was Roo? Maybe it was soone like him. Did he tell you his na that night?" he asked, keeping his tone neutral.
"Yeah, he gave her his address and submitted his CV too," Maximus comnted, taunting his father for his question.
"Son, these questions—and even harsher ones—will be asked later," Lord McQuoid turned to glance at Maximus, who was hunched down with his elbows on his thighs, his eyes shooting daggers. He was constantly shaking his left, showing anxiety.
At that mont, I could tell that apart from Darcy, Emma, Charlotte, Lord McQuoid, and possibly my mother too, everyone else believed . Kaye was another story. I could no longer recognize him, despite him showing a little concern.
"That is right. Helanie has no proof to go after them," Lady Darcy sighed. In fact, she seed to smile a little too comfortably.
"And then she’s saying they have videos of her. Do you want to go public with the accusations with no proof? The real culprits will release your videos—what would you do then? And you said they are not visible in the videos, so it will be just bad for you," Darcy shrugged, making close my eyes and take shallow breaths. She was trying to scare away because, deep down, I was sure she had little fear that Roo might be guilty.
"Don’t worry about those videos. The internet will be shut down for a while," Norman hissed.
"And how will you do that? You’re just a rogue—maybe a future rogue king—but you cannot control the alpha kings and if they will allow the shut down of the internet," Darcy was quick to use a stern voice with Norman the mont he tried comforting .
"Our brother said it’s taken care of," shock hit Darcy when it was Kaye who supported his brother. She gave him a look, almost like she was asking if he knew where he stood in this matter.
"The internet connections have been destroyed sohow—maybe due to snow," Kaye shrugged, making it clear that he had done sothing.
"Well, sharing videos is still possible, isn’t it?" Lady Darcy folded her arms over her chest, making Emt let out a laugh, which caused her to check her posture.
"I was just talking to the council—and there has been an issue. Since we haven’t taken care of the Gims, the snow is spreading to the packs now. So—I don’t think we can work until they provide us access to their packs and manually conduct a checkup on everyone’s phones," Emt added, making Darcy’s jaw drop.
My mother had been sitting still, rubbing her palms anxiously and taking slow, steady breaths. She hadn’t moved a muscle or spoken a word. After so ti, I thought she was a statue.
"You will let those monsters attack innocent people for her crazy story?" As Darcy slamd her hand on the table and yelled, Norman turned to her and slamd his hand down even harder, breaking the glass. Then, in the sa aggressive tone—only more powerful—he responded:
"Short answer? Yes!"
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