Two months passed before we held the trial. Two months of healing. Of freed prisoners slowly remembering how to be people. Of wardens learning to live without collars. Of everyone adjusting to a world where Draven was chained instead of controlling.The trial was public. Every pack invited. Every victim given the chance to testify. Every crime detailed for the world to see.They brought Draven in chains. He'd aged in captivity. Lost weight. Lost that aura of invincibility. Now he just looked like what he was. An old wolf who'd hurt too many people for too long.The chamber was packed. Standing room only. Freed prisoners filled the front rows. Their eyes fixed on the monster who'd destroyed them. Some faces showed hate. Some showed fear. Some showed nothing at all.Kira sat beside me. Her hand kept touching her neck. Confirming the collar was gone. That this was real. That Draven was the one in chains now."Are you ready to testify?""No. But I'm doing it anyway." Her voice was steadie
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