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256–My Chosen Mate!

Nora:

There was only one plan I could come up with. Once I transition, I have to run as fast as I can. I

know I will attack those who come in my way, but I will be doing that to save my life. I just wondered

if I will be missed once I leave this place.

Probably not.

They will always remember me with bitter and hateful words.

As soon as Ford’s hand landed on my collar, I watched him smirk. He was going to tear open my

dress, exerting his power over me. Before he could put his other hand on my collar, a loud scream

pierced the air, and everyone turned to look at the person arriving in haste.

“What the hell is going on here?” Brody yelled, pushing away the guards who tried to stop him.

“You must have heard all the accusations. They’re all true; she’s the daughter of the Whistler,” Yuki

growled, his voice laced with barely controlled anger.

“And? That gives you the right to insult my chosen mate? She is soon to be Luna of the Silver Jaw

Pack and this is how you are treating her?” Brody retorted, even shoving the guard who attempted

to hold his arm. He managed to reach me, pushing Ford away and stepping in front of me.

Everyone gasped and shook their heads in disapproval at him. But he seemed to confidently stand

before them and take my side. I didn’t

new be willing to turn everyone against him for me.

“How can you side with that monster’s daughter?” one of the women cried. She had lost her

daughter, our school teacher, during the monster’s attack on the school.

“Because she is innocent. We should not punish her for her father’s crimes,” Brody shouted, making

me gently wrap my fingers around his bicep and pull my body closer to him.

His body responded to my touch, and he placed his hand on mine, reassuring me that he was here

for me.

“It doesn’t matter. There’s no way she couldn’t have recognized him. A daughter knows her father’s

voice, even if his face has changed a bit from surgery or aging,” Yuki snapped at Brody, giving him

a deadly glare.

“I don’t believe that. She left home very early on. Why do you think she did that? She didn’t like

what was going on. She didn’t want to be a part of what was going on,” he continued to defend me,

frustrating the pack members.

I was stunned too.

I didn’t know he loved me that much–to come here and make himself look bad in front of everyone

just for my sake. He earned a new respect in my eyes.

But that didn’t change the fact that I was already beyond humiliated.

“She’s

‘s one of them. She’s the one who killed Mia. Ask her where she was the night of the ball. Was she

with you? No! Because we checked the ball’s cameras,” Yuki declared, his voice dripping with

accusation. However, there were no cameras in the garden, so they couldn’t spot

me with Nash.

That realization shook me to my core.

Brody turned to me and held my hand gently, “Look me in the eye and tell me where you were. I

know you didn’t do it, but they will need your word.”

I gazed at him with tears streaming down my cheeks, my lips quivering. I so wanted to tell them

where I was, but then it would implicate Nash. They would question him for spending time alone

with his stepsister and losing the Whistler.

I just watched and stared at Brody.

“I was walking around the garden,” I finally said, my voice breaking and tears appeared in my eyes

again.

“Was there anyone who could vouch for you?” he whispered, his warm hands keeping my cold ones

comforted.

I shook my head at him before my eyes landed on Daphne. She would never side with me. In fact,

she would deem me a liar if I opened my mouth again.

So I just shook my head and lowered my face, letting the tears fall.

“Nothing–nothing will happen to you, you hear me?” Brody steadily shook my hands in his, and I

raised my head to give him a broken smile,

I don’t know how he intends to keep that promise because so far, everyone seems to be against

me.

And that’s when the guards began to grab Brody. Even he seemed

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surprised that they were taking such action.

“You cannot lay your hands on an alpha-” his words were cut off when someone swiftly injected him

with wolfsbane.

They acted quickly to prevent him from shifting. I knew in that moment that they would silence

anyone and everyone who would come. for my defense.