Helanie:
"Well, then why did she claim she was raped? Why won’t she give the names?" Alpha Diaz countered, but nobody seemed too impressed.
"I was raped," I said loudly, not trying to hide the truth.
"Really? And do you have any proof? You didn’t even get a test done," Alpha Diaz asked, scoffing as if he was mocking me for lying.
"You didn’t let me, you made my father—" I shut up when he interrupted.
"Do you have proof of that?" he asked, and everyone laughed until Norman started shaking his head. Attention turned to him, and then he pointed at the door.
"There was a witness that night—who would love to tell you what happened." As he said that, the door opened, and in came Altan.
Not only did I gasp and narrow my eyes in confusion, but Alpha Diaz looked so lost and anxious.
"Lord Vonston, I was promised my son wouldn’t be dragged into this," he complained.
"I volunteered," Altan said, taking the stand. "It’s true. I was there that night. I was— with her."
He closed his eyes when they landed on me. The guilt was written all over his face.
"Why?" Lord Vonston asked.
"Because I was dating her," the words from his mouth made heads turn. The brothers looked down and clenched their jaws at his confession. Took him too long to come forward.
"I saw the alphas come at her and harass her," he continued. "And before you ask me why I didn’t stick around to fight for her, I never do. I am a coward—it’s a known fact. But what she’s saying is true. I can name the alphas that I recognized." Altan made my jaw drop.
Alpha Diaz seemed to be having a hard time accepting the truth.
"Bring in Romeo, Kaidon, and Darius. The rest... I don’t know any of them, but I do know Rayden is dead and Zellu is abducted, probably hiding and pretending to be abducted," Altan glared at his father, who had been nonstop saying I faked my death just to run and hide.
"Rayden—that one admitted to raping her," Lord Vonston quickly checked his files and nodded his head.
Now that Norman had brought Altan in, everyone was slightly shifting from taking Diaz’s side.
I don’t know how Norman managed to do it because Alpha Diaz would have never allowed his son to come forward.
"And you don’t even need to do any of that. I made your work easy," Norman added, hinting towards the door again.
The door opened, and in came Kaidon, Romeo, and Darius. I don’t know where they were found.
I thought Kaidon had been hiding somewhere. Behind them were their parents.
My eyes briefly landed on Maximus, and he mouthed, "We found them."
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