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Passing Judgement

Author: Zee Wesley
last update Last Updated: 2025-03-06 19:12:21

KAIDEN

Nearly an hour had passed since I had sent my guards to fetch the proof Timothy Grant claimed to have. The proof that he claimed would show his innocence and prove that Elder Kane was working with the rogue wolves.

I was beyond frustrated. The fact that he was still trying to slip out of his crimes made my blood boil. But as the Lycan King, I had to follow due process. So, I let him fetch his so-called evidence.

Beside him, Elder Kane knelt in silence, shooting daggers at Timothy Grant for his betrayal. But Timothy simply avoided his gaze, unfazed by the fact that he was sacrificing his accomplice to save himself.

Hana, growing impatient, checked her wristwatch before turning to him with a sharp glare.

“It’s been over an hour, Mr. Grant,” she said coldly. “Are you sure you’re not playing games with us?”

“I would never do that,” Timothy Grant insisted, slipping on a pitiful expression. It might have worked on others, but not on me.

As if on cue, the council chamber doors opened.
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