CHAPTER THIRTY - FOUR

--Alyssa-

I walked over to the only vacant seat, which happened to be near the Alpha King’s chair. The silence in the room was almost deafening, and it made me acutely aware of the multitude of eyes on me. I couldn’t help but wonder what they thought about me. Did they see me as bad? What were they thinking? Even the children were staring at me, their innocent eyes wide with curiosity.

I sat down and greeted everyone politely, my voice barely more than a whisper.

“Oh dear, it must have been so hard. I’m sure you’re going through a nervous breakdown,” a woman seated beside me said sympathetically, her eyes filled with concern.

“What if you had been raped?” another woman interjected, tears welling up in her eyes.

“Are you doing fine now?” yet another asked. They didn’t even wait for me to answer their questions; they just kept bombarding me with their worries and concerns.

Their reactions made it clear they were feeling pity for me because I had almost been raped, not because I had trie