A few elders rushed over to clamp a hand over Jocelyn's mouth. They looked ready to strangle her."Shut up! Please shut up!" Elder Edmund begged, shaking. "You've ruined us enough!"I raised an eyebrow. "Ruined enough? What does that mean?"Elder Edmund looked at Marcus, then gritted his teeth and spilled the truth. His voice sounded like it was bleeding. "These past few days, not only did Jocelyn not help... she stole the very last of the Moonshade herbs from the pack vault!""What?!" Gasps broke out from the crowd."She sold those rare herbs on the black market to buy diamond jewelry and a mink coat!" Elder Edmund was shaking with rage. "Now we don't even have money for severance pay! She destroyed the pack's last way out!"I looked down at Jocelyn, who was still in the dirt. Her face instantly turned ghost-white."I... I just..." she stuttered, trying to find an excuse."Just what?" I scoffed. "Just thought the pack was going down, so you grabbed whatever you could first?"Elder Ed
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