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Nash:

I had grabbed him by the collar and was dragging him to the warehouse. My brothers had been

informed, so they were already on their way. Some of the warriors and council members had also

arrived.

“Ah!” the whistler groaned, struggling to keep up with my pace.

teeth

“How the hell did you even escape?” I snarled at him, gritting my and dragging him mercilessly.

Once inside the warehouse, I shoved him onto the ground and got on top of him, raining down

punches. without pause.

“It was s–” he tried to speak, but I didn’t let up, beating him relentlessly. The warriors had to step

forward and pull me off him, restraining me to stop the assault.

“This is the whistler? The man who calls the monsters?” Yuki, the old council member, spoke up,

scrutinizing him closely.

Yuki had been a council member for a very long time. He was once an Alpha King, but since he had

no heir—his fated mate died without bearing him a child—he had to pass on the title to someone

else. Nevertheless, he remained a highly respected member of our pack.

“He is,” I confirmed, resisting the urge to spit on the man. Soon, my brothers barged in with my

father.

“Thank the goddess he’s been caught,” my father sighed, closing his eyes and placing a hand over

his heart.

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They had left Cain behind to ensure the two girls didn’t start any more. trouble. That had become

another issue. Nora had really hurt me. I changed myself so much for her, bent the rules for her, and

even started dating that witch of an ex of mine just so she wouldn’t face any humiliation. But in

return, she listened to her new boyfriend, who was obviously desperate to find someone to blame

for his fated mate’s

death.

She actually wrote a report on us! The things she wrote made us all look like monsters.

Did she ever truly consider us her family? Did she never trust us at all? How the hell did she get

manipulated so easily by Brody and end up. making that report on us?

But regardless of it all, I still cared about her. It was just that the timing was terrible.

“Tie him up to the chair,” Ryker ordered, twisting his watch off and handing it to Dad before he

started punching the man again.

He already had a bloody nose and bruised lips from my beating. If Ryker hit him too much, he’d

pass out, and we wouldn’t get any

answers.

“That will be enough, my son. Let him speak now,” Yuki stepped forward and gently patted Ryker’s

chest to calm him down.

“Tell us,” my father took the lead this time, “tell us, how did you escape? Why? Why did you unleash

those monsters again?”

There was so much pain in my father’s voice. The death of that girl had left us all deeply wounded

and anxious. That night was supposed to be so special for us, but then that one tragic incident

happened, and after that, everything just fell apart.

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I was accused of being careless, and then Nora also believed I was so evil that I spent that time with

her so my brothers could kill that girl.

The memory of us dancing together had now been scarred. I had wanted to dance with my mate

that night and wanted her to have a dance with hers. But she didn’t see it that way.

Every time I thought about her seeing us as monsters, my body flinched hard.

I really thought she would understand us, understand me. But then I read that file, and it was like

every page and every word she wrote condemned us as monsters.

I was beyond shattered, disturbed, and my wolf was in more pain than ever. It was also that time

again, the very disturbing months that we face every three years.

“Tell us,” my father shouted, and the man lifted his head and scoffed, almost as if taunting us.

But before any of us could unleash our anger on him again, he uttered, “Those weren’t my

monsters.

With that one sentence, he left us all in shock, wondering what it could mean.