Semua Bab Rise of the Phoenix Wolf: Bab 21

OCTAVIA.I wasn’t certain how I should be feeling about everything.The truth finally came to light, but it didn’t change the past other than to clear Dad’s name.I still couldn’t wrap my head around the fact that I believed in the lie that Alpha Richard claimed as fact. I knew Dad better than that, and I was ashamed that I doubted his character, doubted his integrity. Perhaps I wouldn’t have believed the lie if it wasn’t for Mom corroborating it. Honestly, I just never imagined a scenario where she would lie. It hadn’t even occurred to me that she was under an Alpha command.People’s eyes were drawn to me upon hearing the truth. Guilty expressions, whether earnest or not, lingered on their faces. I didn’t react, instead keeping a mask of indifference on my face.There was a difference between them and me even though we all believed the lie. I NEVER would’ve hurt someone at all, like they did to Mom and to me. I never would’ve hurled insults, fists, or anything else. At least the Omeg