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CHAPTER 71: SECRETS ARE BEING REVEALEDThe great hall was already full before Arden arrived.That was the first thing that unsettled everyone.There were no long tables covered with roasted meat, no golden plates of fruit, no servants carrying wine, and no musicians playing near the raised platform. The hall had not been prepared for a celebration.It had been prepared for judgment.The doors stood wide open, allowing the cold morning air to sweep inside. People crowded the entrance, the courtyard, and the stone steps outside. Warriors stood shoulder to shoulder with villagers, servants, nobles, and members of nearly every family in the pack.Almost everyone had come.Some had been summoned.Others had followed because rumors had spread through the kingdom before sunrise.The great hall itself was packed so tightly that people had to stand along the walls. Those who could not fit inside gathered outside beneath the gray sky, peering through the open doors and windows. No one was turne

CHAPTER 72: THE PRICE OF BETRAYALArden stood before the accused while the entire pack watched.Bronze, Marius, Mara, and Lyra were placed in a line beneath the raised platform. Guards surrounded them, but the guards were not the only thing preventing escape. Hundreds of eyes followed their every movement.Outside, the crowd had grown even larger.The great hall doors remained open, and the cold wind moved through the room, stirring cloaks and carrying the scent of wet earth from the courtyard. No one complained about the cold. No one wanted to leave before the judgment was spoken.Arden’s voice echoed through the hall.“Bronze. Marius. Mara. Lyra.”Lyra closed her eyes.“You betrayed the crown, endangered my mate, supplied information to enemies, and attempted to destroy the peace of this kingdom.”He looked toward the elders.“The elders who should have protected this pack were scheming against it.”Elder Helena lowered her gaze.Elder Kade’s jaw tightened.Elder Voss looked sick.E