The Verdict Book Novels & Stories

It had been arranged for the jury to return with the verdict and it was time now. With that, the foreperson of the said jury stood and faced the courts. “Your honor, the jury is unanimous in the case Varya Luther versus Theo Anderson and co,” Immediately these words left the speaker’s mouth they appeared to have hung in mid-air and my heart nearly burst out of my chest. Kylo held my hand to the best of his ability and I tried to calm down. There, too, was this relief.

" The gavel came down with a thunderous crack, and with it, the last remaining voices of doubt on the internet were silenced. Scarlett's legs gave out beneath her. "No... I don't want to die! Mom... Grandma... Great-Grandpa... save me..." However, her struggle was futile. The same netizens, who had once accused me of fabricating evidence and abusing my authority, now completely reversed their stance. The comment sections were flooded with praise. "Judge Hart saw through their act from the very beginning!" "A monster like her deserved the death penalty a long time ago!" At the same time, however, a new question began spreading through the crowd.

"I'm sorry, Mrs. Fuller. I didn't realize who you were. Please forgive me. I have received my punishment. Please, I can't take it anymore." "Where's your brother?" I asked suddenly. Yvonne paused in surprise. "In prison." I laughed coldly. "He's still alive. Why should I forgive you?" Someone sent me a video of Yvonne slapping herself while kneeling on the ground naked. As she struck herself, she said, "I am a bitch! I am a slut! I deserve to die!" I knew without asking that this was Benedict's doing. Even so, how was this enough to avenge Jeremy's death?

Astrid interrupted them, so Colza's gaze turned towards her. "The Sacred Book only holds the truth about the King's action, like the lie he imprinted on the humans. Meanwhile, the Records of Lies has the present lies. For instance, the one Zaykee discovered inside the Kingdom of Saobar's underground," Jacob answered instead Colza while glancing at Astrid. "Ehh? The book also knows that?" Zaykee's eyes widened with open mouths as he stares at Jacob. "Yes," Jacob briefly answered. "I see," Astrid spoke.

“Allow him. Underestimate is a weapon.” For the first time since the verdict delay, something steadier replaced the worry. Sebastian had 40-eight hours. So did we. and that i wasn’t prey anymore.

She had become familiar with this weight, and today she wore it well. Veronica sat across the room, pale beneath the courtroom lights. Gone was the invincible sheen that had defined her. Her lawyer whispered something, but she didn’t respond. She stared straight ahead, hands clenched in her lap. The judge entered, heavy robe swaying, a presence too grounded to be distracted by the circus around her. "All rise," the bailiff announced. The judge took his seat and then everyone else followed. The judge cleared his throat before he began to speak. “In the matter of the State versus Veronica Hale,” the judge began, voice crisp, “the jury has reached a unanimous verdict.”

Smoke burned his throat, but it couldn’t chase the image away. The journal. The photos. Emily’s face among them. He’d burned the evidence, but the fire couldn’t erase it from his head. Couldn’t erase the sound of Caleb’s voice, the pride in his words. “Begged me to stop. Didn’t make it any less sweet.” Rhett ground the cigarette into the pavement, his boots crushing it to ash. His breath came ragged, uneven. He thought killing Caleb would give him peace. Instead, all it gave him was confirmation.

“Will the defendant stand, please? You may read the verdict” “WHEREFORE, in view of the foregoing, the Court finds accused Marissa C. Garza…” …

I did not turn toward her because if I did right now I would not be able to turn back, and I needed to be here, in this moment, for this. Judge Harmon focused on the foreperson. "Has the jury reached a unanimous verdict?" "We have, Your Honor." "Please state the verdict for the record." The foreperson lifted her head. She had a yellow legal pad on the first day. She had come back without it. "We, the jury, in the matter of the People versus Lucy Harrington, on the charge of attempted murder in the first degree—" Lucy's fingers were spread flat on the table. Her lead sat with her pen down and her folder closed and her face arranged into something that cost her more than it showed.

The judge knocked the gavel against the desk, signaling for silence. Kieran snapped out of it and quickly returned to the defendant’s table, speaking righteously, "Your Honor, the evidence of Rowan’s crime is conclusive. I request that the court rule in our favor and order him to leave the marriage with nothing. As for the personal dispute between us, we can settle that privately after the trial." His tone was urgent. The judge glanced down at the evidence file and was about to speak. "Wait!" Elara suddenly called out loudly. "I have something to say."