Chapter 149

• Klara scoffed, her arms crossed tightly across her chest. "Innocence is a luxury we can't afford right now, Alpha. She played you," she spat, her voice laced with suspicion. "Made you see what she wanted you to see."
• "No, I refuse to believe that. She is innocent of all these accusations, Klara." Randall defended, "Visha wouldn't… couldn't do something like that. This is all my fault. I must have misread the signs. It was a tricky one," he said, running a frustrated hand through his hair.
• Aldric, silent until now, shifted uncomfortably. He felt the tickle of guilt crawl up his spine, not knowing if he was even worthy to say a word in the meeting. He was as guilty as Visha. He felt like an accomplice.