CHAPTER 161

MAYAI woke to urgent knocking on the chamber door.Asher was already moving, reaching for his sword before his eyes were fully open. Years of training made him react before thinking."Your Majesty," Rhea's voice came through the door. "We found her. We found Isabella."I sat up, pulling the sheet around myself. "Where?""Storage room beneath the old kitchens. She has been hiding there since the battle ended."Asher and I dressed quickly, not speaking but moving in synchronized efficiency born of our bond. Within minutes we were following Rhea through the palace corridors.The sun was just beginning to rise, painting the damaged walls in shades of gold and pink. Beautiful, despite everything.We descended into the lower levels of the palace, areas I had never explored. The air grew colder, damper. These storage rooms predated the current structure, carved from the bedrock the palace was built upon.Guards stood outside a heavy wooden door. Inside, I could hear whimpering."She was try

CHAPTER 162

MAYAThe throne room had been hastily repaired for the trial. Workers had cleared the debris from Gabriel's assault, but scorch marks still blackened the walls. A reminder of how close we had come to losing everything.Every seat was filled. Lycans and wolves packed together, united in their desire to see justice served. The air hummed with tension as guards led Kael in.He walked with his head high despite the chains binding his wrists and ankles. No fear showed on his weathered face. If anything, he looked annoyed by the inconvenience.They forced him to his knees before the throne where Asher sat, Maya standing beside him."Kael Whitmore," Asher's voice rang through the chamber. "You stand accused of treason, murder, conspiracy, and crimes against the crown. How do you answer these charges?"Kael lifted his chin. "Guilty of everything except treason. One cannot betray a kingdom one was trying to save."Murmurs rippled through the crowd."You murdered my mother," Asher said, his voi

CHAPTER 163

Chapter 163MAYA Gabriel smiled as they dragged him into the throne room.Not the desperate smile of a man facing death. A genuine expression of amusement, as if this trial was the most entertaining thing he had seen in weeks.Blood still stained his clothes from the battle. His wounds had been treated just enough to keep him alive for trial. Bruises mottled his face where soldiers had not been gentle during his capture.He looked like he had been through hell.And he was still smiling."Gabriel Blackwood," Asher's voice cut through the murmurs filling the throne room. "You stand accused of treason, conspiracy to commit regicide, the massacre of Blue Moon pack, war crimes, and crimes against the crown. How do you plead?"Gabriel threw back his head and laughed.The sound echoed off the scorched walls, making several wolves flinch. It was not the laugh of a madman. It was genuine mirth."How do I plead?" He grinned at Asher. "Guilty, Your Majesty. Guilty of every glorious charge."Gas

Chapter 164

MAYADawn broke cold and gray over the execution grounds.I stood in the front row of witnesses, wrapped in a heavy cloak against the morning chill. Around me, survivors of the southern gate attack nursed fresh wounds. We had driven Mordain's forces back, but barely. Twenty-three more dead. Forty wounded.The cost kept climbing.Asher had chosen not to attend the execution. "I have seen enough death," he had said quietly. "I do not need to watch another man die, even one who deserves it."But I needed to be here. Needed to see this through.Gabriel was led onto the platform in chains, his hands bound behind his back. He had refused the traditional hood, wanting to face death with open eyes.He saw me in the crowd and smiled.That same infuriating smile he had worn during the trial.The executioner read the formal charges. Treason. Massacre. Attempted regicide. The list went on.Gabriel did not flinch. Did not beg. Just stood there with that smile as if this was all part of some elabor

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