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"The Trial"

Author: June Calva
last update Last Updated: 2025-10-15 15:53:07

POV: Ronan Montague

The holding room smelled like fear and regret.

I sat on the concrete bench with my hands cuffed in silver-lined restraints that burned against my skin. Standard protocol for violent offenders, they'd explained. Like I was some kind of rabid animal that might attack the guards if given the chance.

Maybe they were right. I'd killed someone yesterday. Crushed Tybalt's throat while he was submitting, crossed the line from self-defense into murder so fast I didn't realize it was happening until his body went limp in my jaws.

The mate bond ached constantly. Juliana's pain echoed through our connection, mixing with my own guilt and horror until I couldn't tell where my emotions ended and hers began. She was grieving. Furious. Torn apart by impossible choices I'd forced on her.

And she hadn't visited. Hadn't called or texted or given any indication that she believed my version of events over what the witnesses claimed they'd seen.

The door opened and my father walked in.

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