After the hearing, Celeste's lies were exposed as well.
Marcus, the rogue werewolf who had supposedly abandoned her, had never left.
The two of them had remained in secret contact. They had also used the medical access Damian gave Celeste to smuggle suppressants, planning to sell them to underground packs along the border.
The news reached the North while I was conducting the final inspection of the emergency center.
Damian sent me a long explanation.
He listed every letter and record Celeste had forged. He also said the baby girl would be raised by her grandmother and wouldn't be punished for her mother's crimes.
At the end, he wrote that Celeste had been deceiving him from the day she returned to Blackthorn.
I didn't reply.
Celeste had lied to him.
But she hadn't forced him to h
