I panted heavily and my head was spinning. It took me a few seconds to comprehend my situation. Sariel kept looking straight into my eyes while stroking my hands with his long fingertips.
"You did well," he whispered and smirked.
He stood up, letting go of my hands. He certainly looked pleased while I stayed to wonder what had exactly happened. I looked around the courtroom. Almost half of the council members had their mouths open in a deep state of shock. The other half was calling out outraged statements towards the Adragnas. I looked at the defendants. I saw them restrained by the guards, writhing in a rage and sending me murderous glares.
"It's a trick! It's a mind trick! Duke Calvet made her say it or she made it up herself!" the ex-Marquess yelled, foaming at his mouth.
"W-what is going on?" I nervously grabbed Sariel by the edge of his sleeve.
"You said everything you recalled out loud," he said, shrugging as if it was a completely normal thing to do.
"I did… what?" I mumbled, still processing.
"The Marquess raised an important issue. How can we be certain that the whole testimony wasn't prepared in advance? Not to mention that we don't know who the other man from the conversation was!" Judge Connor called out while sending me a look of disdain.
Sariel chuckled as if the judge had said the exact words he wanted him to say.
"Shall we meet him then?" he asked, his face maliciously grinning.
"M-meet who?" Judge Connor muttered as if he had forgotten his previous words.
"The negotiator from Randall D'Apolito's pack, Brian Myers," Sariel announced loudly and snapped his fingers.
On his sign, the door opened, and Mr. Gotha walked in with another man in shackles. I gasped, seeing the same blonde-haired man I saw while recalling the night of the auction. Loud comments arose as Mr. Gotha dragged the prisoner in front of the judges' lodge. Henri Adragna enragedly gritted his teeth. It seemed obvious that he knew exactly who that man was.
Brian Myers didn't seem like he was tortured. There was no serious bruising on his body, and yet he was trembling in fear. I had never seen a werewolf terrified of anything, and this man seemed completely broken. He resembled a weak human. Was he really a werewolf? I tried to sniff his scent, but I felt almost nothing, except for his fearful sweat.
"Introduce yourself!" Mr. Gotha roared at the blonde-haired man.
"I'm… B-Brian Myers… from… from the Southern Woods Pack…" he mumbled.
"Who is your Alpha?" Sariel questioned.
He flinched at the sound of his voice. He acted like a mere coward. I had never met a wolf so stripped of his dignity.
"R-Randall D'Apolito," he mumbled.
A smirk of
we really trust Duke Calvet's words?! For me, it looks like he brought another dirty
I gazed at Sariel,
are almost undetectable. Since the vampire senses are highly sensitive, they use simple herbs, and that is
his chains, but he stood still while feverishly glancing at Mr. Gotha and Sariel, as if he
the flashes of your memory?" Sariel
one negotiating with Thomas Dorwart," I said,
soon as I opened my mouth, that weak wolf snapped. He jumped up, pulling out his
in my direction, "How can
his words. My heart almost burst out of my chest. I could not express, how grateful I was to Sariel's aid for doing it. The last thing I wanted was to let all of those vampires know that
an issue with our precious witness's truthfulness. A call for
I genuinely didn't want my head to be put in the main judge's hands. Her mojo clearly worked like
she fries my brain?!" I panicked
he didn't share
if the witness is lying or not," he said
at
protect me… It can't be true, can it?" My thoughts
his face remained emotionless. I instinctively resisted, trying to release myself from his grip. Even though I knew my weak
called out, my weak voice hardly
He dragged me right
thing, and get over with it," he said
like she wasn't as
it,
it allays the doubts, then go ahead." His words rang in my
Duke Calvet. You care so little for your employee?"
Sariel would never jeopardize my life just to
kind," he stated calmly, then looked at me, "and she is nothing but a mere human. Do I have a
by him in the most spiteful way. I did everything he needed me to do. He even hypnotized me and made me dig in my mind to find what he wanted. Now, I was no longer needed, and it looked like this
forcing Sariel to look me
or say a word. He just pushed me
the female judge whispered while placing
that it would be a single strike that would make me unconscious. I anticipated it coming for long seconds until I heard the female judge gasp. I cautiously opened my eyes.
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