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 ...