Chapter 13

An Alpha daughter?

The spokesman, gave Arianna a skeptical look. He had sensed no wolf from her.

“State your crime before the king,” he ordered.

“My crime was trusting the wrong people. I let the wrong person into my heart.” Arianna didn’t miss a beat. “They betrayed me and took my pack away from me. I barely escaped with my life before being sold to the Citadel.”

To satisfy your rut, Your Majesty. Her mind added the unspoken truth, though voicing it would be a death sentence. A slave’s word held no weight, especially one with no proof.

She had long made up her mind. She would rather die than admit to being a traitor. She was never one.

“You’re accused of treason-betraying your pack for selfish reasons. Now you stand before the Grand Court, claiming it was all a lie?” one of the Lords seated at the altar at the left side of the King questioned.