83 Hearing

Desiree

"You know why you are here?" I asked Lana loudly for all to hear, and she looked up at me with the most respect her proud ego could manage.

"Because we disrespected you and called you a whore," she said, trying to make me look petty.

I smiled at her and tried to speak, but Adam placed his palm on my hand to stop me. I looked and him, confused, and he smiled at me, so I relaxed and let him take over.

"You have been punished for that already. You are here for two things. Lola, You are here to stand trial for poisoning my food with silver," He said, and everyone gasped, even me.

I remembered the incident as if it were yesterday. I was vulnerable, and the conniving bitch had beat me and handed me to the enforcers. I would have died if Adam did not pull through. Adam had promised me to catch the culprit, but after a long time had passed and nothing happened, I thought he was not successful and had decided to let it go. I did not expect this. He was a man of his word.

"Alpha,