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Hope and suspicions

Penulis: Riel
last update Tanggal publikasi: 2026-04-20 20:46:55

I don’t blink.

Not once.

As Cole tells me what happened.

About how he protested when the guards refused to take me to the holding cells.

It was protocol. That was how things were meant to be done.

A criminal was to be taken to the holding cells before their trial. Then, depending on the outcome, they could be transferred to the permanent holdings.

I had been unconscious and unable to speak for myself.

However, the pack guards wouldn’t listen to a word he said on my behalf.

He says it calmly. Li
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