บททั้งหมดของ The Ex-Convict Luna is Back: บทที่ 51 - บทที่ 60

Mariana’s POVThe courtyard was still smoking from the barrage of fights happening when the last of the assassins fell. My arms were shaking, blood running down my forearm, the metallic scent of blood spilled on the whole floor of the mansion thick in the air. My eyes are turned wolf just like Victor and Rozen.They prevented themselves from staying in their shifted forms for so long, cautious that they would go feral. On the yard, Justin successfully curbed the other assassins.Gasping, I met the eyes of my mate who got a big wide grin in his mouth seeing me holding the decapitated head of a rogue wolf assassin.I smiled back thinking to myself that it was all over only to spot another assassin crawling from underneath the shadows, breathing heavily from his wounds while clutching his blade like it’s his lifeline.His eyes met mine, wild and burning with something close to triumph. “You are a traitor! You should be killed now, Mariana Rose.”My heart dropped not because of the impend

MarianaSitting in the car together while driving towards the court to challenge Evan’s claim on me felt like forever. Rozen was on the wheels, his brows furrowed, his muscles on his arms all clenching in tension.When we arrived, the guards poured into the hall and closed all the exits giving me a deja by when my sentence was being read here.Remembering that, I can’t help but let out a sigh and rub my cold hands against Rozen. He looked at me with confused eyes and he didn't say anything. He just took my hand and squeezed them inside which felt so comforting.On the front was Victor with his sharp eyes intently looking at us. “We demand the council to grant us an audience now!”A minute, the council chamber clad in their robes sat in their silvered seats, faces the same when they handed me my lifetime imprisonment. They all look stoic and cold as if they’re not changing anyone’s life here.“Glenda Ricks,” one of them said in a stern voice, gazing at me behind his spectacles, “you st

Mariana’s POVThe council hall shakes the second Jezebel opens her mouth for the revelation.“She is not who she claims to be.” Her voice slices the air like a venom. “Her whole identity is a lie. She deceived us!”She looked at Rozen who's intensely staring at me. “Alpha Rozen, open your eyes! She's not your sister! She's not Glenda! She deceived you because she's a spy!”The impact hits harder than a direct punch to my spine. My face reddened seeing how hard Rozen kept his emotions from exploding. The crowd reacts instantly. Gasps crack through the room, their chairs screech in disbelief. Some enforcers from Rozen’s pack prepare to shift if there is a need to defend their alpha. The air turns sharp with fear and suspicion and it feels like the temperature drops so fast my lungs feel tight.I want to shout. I want to deny her accusation. I want to lock Jezebel in a cage and let her rot.But she’s telling the truth, the truth that I cannot deny anymore. The council elders in the co

Mariana’s POVBut still I deceived him. The one he has been waiting all his life manipulated him in the end. If that is not the worst thing to do, then I don’t know what is. I staggered as my knees hit the floor, the chains dragging with me. My breath shook uncontrollably.The memories that I got to peek inside his head due to the mate bond is replaying in my mind over and over again. He was never blind. He was never indifferent. He was never fooled the way I thought.He wanted me long before he ever admitted it to himself.The realization hollowed me out. He isn’t someone I can handle. “Rozen,” I whispered. “I never meant to hurt you. It’s just that…”I took a long breath. Am I ready to tell him everything? Can I tell him that, ‘oh, I went into prison for Evan’s murder but he betrayed me so I need to have my revenge with the use of your sister’s face and identity’. He stared at me with empty eyes and hidden animosity. For a second, I thought he would walk away but he inched close

Mariana’s POVRozen stepped back only far enough to give me air.“Speak,” he said. “Tell me what you were so desperate to hide. Why did you lie? What made you do all of this?”My throat closed around the words as a mix of fear and guilt consumed me. Slowly, I lifted my head and met his cold eyes that almost bit my tongue in surrender. “Alpha Rozen, I did not lie because I wanted to hurt you. I lied because I had no choice. I had to protect—”“Yourself.” He cut me off and smiled smugly. “Always yourself. Of course, everyone should protect themselves.”“That is not fair,” I said in a soft voice. His eyes snapped to mine the instant I said that. “What is it that you say? It is not fair?” His nostrils flared as he growled. “You wore a false name. You stole my sister’s identity and name! You slept under my roof for free! You ate at my table. You let me defend you with my life and the entire time you were screwing at me! You were laughing behind my back because you successfully manipula