Aleena’s POV
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One by one, all the witness testimonies were asked to drink holy water.
“Now, we will start by hearing the witness testimonies and the evidence collected against these crimes. I will also give her a chance to Aleena to see what she wants to say against every piece of evidence. She can defend her own case here. Once done, I will make the final decision.”, The King announced. I swallowed the lump that had just magically appeared in my throat.
‘Don’t worry, little sister. As long as I’m alive, nothing will happen to you. Just don’t say a word in your defense.’ I heard Eva’s words in my mind.
How the hell did that happen?
I tried not to look surprised after hearing her words. But how could she mind linking me without my wolf?
I tried to talk to her but I couldn’t. Maybe this was only one-way communication. A little tiny amount of hope appeared in my heart. Until then, I had no idea what she would do, but if she had said so, then she would surely do something.
But what if she betrayed me? And ditch me at the end? Because if I wouldn’t speak a thing in my defense, that meant I was accepting all the crimes and didn’t want to justify myself. Might she try to take revenge on me for trying to kill her and for attempting to snatch her mate from her?
If Leia had been here, then she would have taunted me again by saying that ‘not everyone is like me who look for an opportunity to take advantage of others.’
And with that, the trial began.
It started with the witch who used to prepare a potion for me.
“Greetings, Werewolf King!
I’m Witch Circe. I confirm that I used to prepare all the potions and portions that Aleena used to ask to me prepare, like potions that were used to cloak her or anyone for straight three hours, potions that were used to change anyone’s scent into her or vice-versa, a potion to make someone fall in love with each other and many more poison that she find helpful for hunting the vampires. Along with all this, I also used to prepare weapons that she used to for hunting the vampires.”, She said. “Here are the receipts of the things that she used to purchase from me.”, Saying this, she also gave a file to Noah so that he could pass it to the King. That was the disadvantage of the DIGITAL world.
“Hmm.”, The King checked the file before speaking. “Everything is fine, but why did you make a love potion for her? Didn’t you know that it is forbidden to prepare?”
“I know. I know, King. But Luna Penelope threatens me to prepare it by using Aleena’s blood. And I’m just a normal witch, King. I couldn’t stand a chance against her or any ranked wolf.”, Witch Circe said.
I had no idea whether this fact was going to work in my favor or not that it was Mom who helped me get the love potion!! I knew it was forbidden to prepare a love potion. That’s why I had asked her to get this work done because she was the Luna of the pack, so her words would have been more impactful than mine. While the rest of the things, I used to collect on my own. The best part was the payment of the love potion was made in cash, not through my bank account.
“Have you prepared the silver dagger that is kept beside you?”, The werewolf kind asked another question.
“Yes! I confirm that the weapon used to kill both Alpha and Luna is made by me for Aleena. The design and way it is made are extraordinary and cannot be prepared by others because the blade of the knife is always laced with never-ending wolfsbane and Vervain’s position, made to kill both werewolves and the vampires. In fact, Aleena loved this dagger so much that she asked me to prepare two daggers in the same design.”, Witch Circe added.
“Except her, anyone else asked you to prepare this dagger?”
“No, King.”, Witch Circe replied.
Every one started murmuring and whispering around me. Since Leia was not with me. I had no idea what they were talking about.
But this was not the end of the trial. Thanks to mom, there were a lot of people who were on the list of testifying.
Then the groups of warriors were called who had found me with Mom’s dead body.
“Luna Penelope had already told us that Aleena might approach her to kill her after killing her father because she wanted the throne, but no one trusted her because of the morning incident when she attacked Aleena and tried to kill her.”
What the fuck?
How could a mom do this to me?
I gritted my teeth in anger. And why in the hell could I even think of killing her even though he attacked me in the morning? On the top, I had no idea when I would open my eyes after that serious injury. That’s a different thing that I was on my feet within twenty-four hours.
I thought to open my mouth and keep my point that I was there for dad. Not to kill her. In fact, when I woke up at that moment, I didn’t even know that I would be going to his room. It was just that I started being emotional thinking about all the incidents related to dad, which led me to his room.
Another warrior started speaking once the first one stopped talking, “We thought after losing her mate and her wolf, she has lost her mind too. But when we realized how wrong we were, it was too late. Aleena had already killed our Luna, stabbing her right into her chest.”
Again the crowd started whispering and murmuring, hearing their testimony.
After that, The forensic doctor came to testify, “The fingerprints that we found on the silver dagger matched with the fingerprints of Aleena.”
“Thank you, Doctor Randell.”, The werewolf king said. “There is no evidence except Luna’s diary against the torture that she did on her wolfs because of her obsession with Alpha Daniel, so the real victim of her torture can come up front and testify against her.” I bit my inner cheek nervously, knowing that someone would surely tell the truth, but to my surprise, no one came up front. “Again, there is no evidence behind the attack that was done on Alpha Daniel and Luna Evangeline except Luna’s diary, so I will again ask Doctor Randell to share his report on the handwriting of the person who wrote this diary.”, he added.
“I confirm that the person who had written the diary is none other than the former Luna Penelope.”
“Thank you again, Doctor Randell.”, The kind said, gesturing for him to leave. “Now, we will hear the testimony of the last person, Beta Stephen, who is now no longer in the effect of the love potion.”
I turned my head to finally look at the person whom I had been searching for since the moment I came here. However, I knew that this was going to happen, but Leia was optimistic that he would forgive us. Well, I had no right to blame him if he wouldn’t.
“So, Beta Stephen, how was your relation with Aleena before the Luna Ceremony?”
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#TBC