CHAPTER 26
BELLA'S POV
"It wasn't me, it was her!" I screamed as they dragged me away, my voice cracking with desperation. But no one moved. No one listened.
They halted at the grand doors of the council chamber, pushing them open with a heavy creak.
The council members sat in a perfect line, their cold gazes slicing through me as one by one, their heads turned.
I scanned the room, hoping…praying for Kubala. But just as I had feared, he wasn’t there.
The guards shoved me toward the table before stepping back, their presence replaced by a wall of silent, condemning stares.
Moments later, Lenaya strode into the room, her posture regal as she lowered herself onto Kubala’s throne.
"We gave you shelter, accepted you into our pack, and this is how you repay us?" she sneered.
"It wasn’t
