~EVERETT~"And planted all around her corpse," Silas added, "were your father's personal belongings. His bloody crest dagger. His pack cloak. His signet ring.""I DID NOT KILL HER!" my father suddenly roared, stepping forward, with his face twisted in absolute agony. He slammed his fist against his chest, staring at me with desperate, terrified eyes. "Everett, you have to believe me! I swear on my soul, I swear on your mother's life, I had nothing to do with it! Elara came to me, saved my village, and we said our final goodbyes! She went back to her pack to face her punishment for betraying them! I never saw her alive again!""I know you didn't, Lucas," Silas said gently, placing a hand on my dad's tense shoulder. "I know.""My pack was surrounded two days later!" my dad cried out, tears streaming down his face as he looked at me. "Zeth brought three hundred warriors to our gates! He brought Elara's lifeless body on a stretcher! He accused me of seducing her, manipulating her into
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