Todos los capítulos de Bound To The Cruel Alphas (SPICY): Capítulo 261 - Capítulo 270

The courtroom had barely recovered from Cael's testimony when the chief judge called for a short pause. The room immediately filled with low voices as nobles, generals, council members, and reporters turned to one another and discussed everything they had heard. I remained in my seat, but my mind was still fixed on Cael's final words. The academy had been corrupted, the Wraith had appeared, the Lunae Guardian had revealed itself, and now the evidence was becoming too large for Lucious to dismiss as a collection of lies.I looked across the courtroom at him.Lucious sat unusually still.His face was calm, but the confidence he had carried when he first entered the courtroom was slowly disappearing. His fingers rested on the table, but I could see the tension in them, and his eyes kept moving between the judges and the witnesses. Every new testimony seemed to take something from him. He had spent years controlling what people believed, but today, he was watching that control slip away i

ZANA’S POVThe moment Aisha stepped fully into the courtroom, I knew something was wrong. I had expected to see the same determined girl who had walked through those doors ready to expose Lucious, but the person standing before me looked nothing like the girl I had imagined.Her face was pale, her lips were slightly trembling, and there was a nervousness in her eyes that she was clearly trying to hide.I stared at her from my seat, unable to understand what had happened between the moment she arrived and the moment she stood before the judges.My stomach tightened.Something was wrong.I could feel it deep inside me, almost like an instinct warning me that danger was approaching. Aisha kept glancing around the courtroom, but every time her eyes moved toward the witnesses, the council members, or even the brothers, she quickly looked away. Her hands were clasped tightly in front of her, and I noticed that her fingers were trembling. She tried to hide it by pressing one hand over the ot

ZANA’S POVThe chief judge turned toward the council members."Do you have any additional evidence regarding this witness?" he asked.One of the senior council members stood. "Not at this moment."A wave of whispers spread across the room.My wolf went quiet inside me.I felt the pressure in my chest grow. My heart started beating faster.This was exactly what Lucious wanted. Aisha's denial had created doubt.After everything we had presented, one changed statement could give his lawyers an opening.The defense counsel immediately stood."Your Honors, this testimony raises serious questions about the credibility of the evidence presented today."I looked toward him.He continued confidently."We have heard numerous accusations, but now one of the council's own witnesses has admitted that her sworn statement was false."He gestured toward Aisha. "That alone should cause this court to reconsider the reliability of the other testimonies."His words knocked the breath out of me. My stomac

The courtroom became tense.Cael continued. "You arrived after the incident. You weren’t present when the Wraith appeared, and you did not witness Zana near the restricted archives."The witness's expression changed, only slightly, but I noticed.Cael noticed too."You're lying," he said.The witness opened his mouth. Before he could answer, the courtroom doors suddenly burst open.Everyone turned.A royal guard stumbled inside.He looked terrified."Your Honors!" he cried out.The judges immediately stood."What happened?"The guard was breathing heavily."There has been an attack." He said.My heart stopped.Me and the brothers looked at each other with shocked expressions.What?"Where?" one of the judges demanded."The council archives."Maren's face changed instantly."The archives?" she said.The guard nodded. "Someone broke into the restricted section."My chest tightened."What was taken?" the judge asked.The guard swallowed. "Nothing."The room became silent."Then why are y

ZANA’S POVI couldn’t stop staring at the hidden passage that we just uncovered.The dark opening in the stone wall looked completely out of place in a building that was supposed to be nothing more than the seat of justice.Cold air flowed out of it and brushed against my face.My Lunae mark continued to burn beneath my sleeve, and the strange pull I had felt before was becoming stronger with every passing second."We need to go down there," I said.Percy looked at me. "Now?"I nodded. "Yes."Darren glanced toward the passage, then toward the courtroom where the judges, guards, nobles, and reporters were still trying to understand what was happening.His expression was cautious, but I could see that he was already considering the same thing I was. Aisha had disappeared, the courthouse had a secret passage beneath it, and the passage had only revealed itself after I felt something calling to me from below.There was no way I could sit back and pretend those things were unrelated."We s