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“Nellie is being Sagemailed; they claim that the letter was written by her and caused Collier’s death. They said she sent it to you. She is the only parent figure in my life, everyone knows I have been an orphan for a long time. I do not want anything bad to happen to her. She has been through a lot. Hardy, please. If there is anything you can tell me that would not make that letter admissible, if a hearing should occur would be kind.
I will be forever indebted to you. Please, Hardy, I am begging you,” I said, beginning to weep because I was out of creative ideas.
“Does your mate know about this?” He asked me, and I shook my head.
“He has a lot to deal with already,” I lied, and he sighed
“Zora. I have had this reputation for years,” he said, and I nodded.
“Please, Hardy, I believe you will be known for greater things. With all that is happening now, you will be known for greater things.
Please, I need your help to help Nellie.
If we can’t prove otherwise, she will die.
They will try her for treason and sentence her to death.
I know you are a good man, Hardy, and you will not want something like that on your conscience.
It is okay to maintain your story if it is not hurting anyone, but if a life is hanging in the balance, then you know the right thing to do. Please,” I said, and he sighed.
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“Was she the one that wrote the letter?” He asked, and there was no point
lying.
“Yes, she wrote the letter,” I said.
“Why?” he asked me, and I knew I had to be careful.
“He murdered her entire family, made her serve this fated, took her family‘ s seat from her and tried to gift it to his son. The abuse was intense, and she just wanted to breathe,” I said, and his eyes faltered.
“He did all that?” He asked, and I nodded.
“Much worse than that, but that is all I can say,” I told him, and he
nodded.
“I did not like Darius. I always believed he was overprivileged, but my time with him made me realise I was wrong. He isn’t over–privileged. If anything, he had it worse.
Having to always watch his back and constantly being in a battle to maintain power and peace is a shitty life that I do not wish on anyone.
I also realise that he is nothing like his father.
He does not keep a harem and take people’s wives. What happened with you and Casey was tragic, but you deserve all the love you are getting now. I was too slow when I had a chance thinking I had all the time in the world. My procrastination gave birth to the love between you two. I will never want to come between that, let alone destroy the joy the goddess has put in your life. Because of that, I will tell you everything that happened with Collier.
If ever it comes to it that I have to speak up, I will do it for your sake, for the sake of the happiness I was meant to give you that day at the dinner party by taking you away from Casey,” he said. I thanked him.
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“I got the letter quite alright and dumped it. I do not know how it got around that I got a letter; I guess a mole might have picked it up back then. Which means this uprising bullshit is a spillover from Collier’s time, and Jenny’s son is a stupid pawn,” He said, and he made all the sense in the world.
I had asked myself severally how Jenny could get her hands on the letter with her so–called investigator. Why would she have someone in the south?
I had thought it was a way of keeping an eye on her enemies, but Hardy made it make sense now.
Maybe the influential person behind Jenny’s son had been planning this all along.
If so, the bastard was a fool and might go down like the rest of the people. It was really messy, and I did not know what to think, so I shut down my mind to ponder on the matter later.
“Collier arrived at Danes Inn in Pridewood secretly with his officers. They had cleared out the Inn for themselves.
I felt insulted that the man that ruined my family was on my turf, and I could not do anything about it.
Unable to hold it in any longer, I decided to visit the Inn in the dead of night.
I went alone to avoid confrontation. When I got there, it was quiet.
There was no one at the exit and at the entrance. It was nothing like what I had seen before.
There was no one there. A hefty guard was lying dead on the floor at the entrance. He reeked of alcohol and northern cocktail, so I figured he might have overdone it.
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Other than the guard, there was no one. Not a soul, but the light was on, and everything was running.
I figured Collier might have told the staff to excuse him. He had lots of money anyway, so it was possible.
I let myself in, and that was when I smelled blood.
Afraid that Collier had come to commit a crime in my territory, I followed the scent, and it led me to a room.
The door was ajar, and I saw Gavin Orlov partially shifted and dead with multiple silver stab wounds to his heart. He had deep claw marks all over his body. There was no way he could have survived with silver in him. he also reeked of the northern cocktail and some illegal stuff.
I heard aggressive sounds and moved through the living section to the room. I saw Lucas Sidorov on top of Collier’s dead body, stabbing him continually with a silver blade, he held it in his claws, and his wolf was in charge. They were both partially shifted and reeked of the northern cocktail and other things.
I did not need to think. I attacked Lucas immediately.
He was strong but already wounded and compromised; aiming for the kill. he surrendered and bore his neck to me.
I had no choice but to stop.
I looked at the mess, and he was in tears.
He pleaded with me never to tell anyone what had happened there.
He convinced me to claim the death and that he would disappear. He said I would be lord if I claim their deaths. It was motivation enough. I had no qualms with the man, so I agreed, but I wanted to know why he did it before I let him go.
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He said he found out that Gavin and Collier drugged him and fucked his wife severally. The drugs they gave him made him pass out so he wouldn‘ t feel it. He said it was a cruel way for Collier to live up to the dare they had when they were young and unmated,” He told me, and I was in shock because this was a serious matter.
