Dimitri
The morning after our wild night, I had business to attend to. It was unpleasant business, but it was necessary.
Ruth knelt in the center of the dungeon, chains binding her wrists and ankles. She looked up as I approached, and I saw the moment fear truly registered in her eyes.
Good. She should be afraid. What she did was unforgivable.
"Alpha," She whispered. "Please, I—"
"Silence," My voice echoed off the stone walls and it was cold and absolute. "You poisoned my mate. You conspired to harm her, to undermine the sacred bond between true mates. Do you deny this?"
Her mouth opened and closed, but no sound came out. She couldn't deny it. The evidence was in plain sight for everyone to see.
"For your crimes against the pack, against my mate, and against me," I continued, my vo
