Chapter 73


    Chapter 72


    The Evening of Dexter''s Trial


    The beginning of the day and Dexter''s trial...


    I stood outside the door with Everest, Josh, ire, Miranda, and Brent. We were chatting about the trial


    for Sarah. How it was weird to watch the silver overtake her body. The way that it seemed to burn her


    from the inside out. It was a sight that I did not enjoy watching. I leaned against Everest and his hand


    went instinctively to my belly, rubbing it softly. We were pregnant.


    It brought me back to the moments leading up to finding out I was pregnant. He picked me up and


    twirled me around our bedroom this morning. How happy he was, how happy I was to be carrying the


    next leader for our Kingdom, to be carrying a product of our love for one another.


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    I couldn''t wait to experience all of the good and bad of this pregnancy with him as our family grew


    much bigger, even if it was only by one. A Lycan pregnancy was different than a human who was


    carrying a child. Lycans were pregnant for maybe four months, half the time a human would give birth.


    Some Lycans delivered their babes as early as three months. We were stronger than humans, we


    could procreate faster too. I remember this one woman who gave birth twice in one year, the second


    being with twins. She had her hands full for sure. I could not even imagine having three babies under


    the age of one.


    That made me wonder if I was going to have one or multiples. I smiled as my hand sat on top of


    Everest''s hand, which was still rubbing my t stomach. It wouldn''t be t in the next few months as it


    would be more full and plump looking with the love of my baby inside.


    "Avalynn, are you?" ire looked at me with a questionable look on her face.


    "Am I?" I frowned at her.


    ire motioned to my stomach where mine and Everest''s hands were resting. "Pregnant? Are you


    pregnant?"


    "We are. We just found out this morning." I smiled happily at everyone standing there and looked down


    at our hands.


    Congrattions were told throughout our group, which went along with hugs and handshakes. I


    answered all the questions about doctors'' appointments to be made and how far along we thought we


    were. Little did we all know, this would be the happiest and brightest moment of our entire day and


    maybe weeks toe.


    We looked up at the sound of creaking as the doors to where the trial was being held were opened up


    for us. We didn''t really mind waiting outside as the staff finished setting everything up. We were early,


    after all. It gave us the time to chat. We walked into the room and the temperature matched the


    appearance, cold and harsh. The walls were concrete brick painted a white color. The room almost


    looked sterile. The table that was up higher and looking down at the rest of the room was long and


    stretched across the entire room. There were twelve chairs in total up there. Enough for our council


    members and enough for the Southern Territory council members to sit with us. The table was made up


    of rich, deep colored wood that had a beautiful glossy finish, with ck steel legs, and a ck steel


    panel going along the front of it. The paneling blocked any views from under the table from our people


    on the other side.


    As we walked in, I noticed where they would have Dexter chained up. He was off to the right side of the


    room. It looked like a cage made with silver bars. Unless you were wearing a special glove to get in


    and out of the cage, the silver would surely burn you if you touched it. I walked over to look at the cage


    itself. It went floor to ceiling with big anchors to hold the chains in ce. The silver bars also went


    around the circumference of the cell. It was honestly impressive and it should have been able to hold


    him back sessfully.


    We took our ces and sat down. Everest was bouncing his right knee. I could feel his nervous energy


    rolling off of him and crashing into me like the waves crash onto the beach. I looked down at his knee


    and moved to sit my hand gently on his thigh. He settled down and his knee stopped bouncing. He


    looked over at me with a smile as if to say thank you. I nodded my head at him as my hand pat his leg


    lightly before staying in ce. The doors opened up with loud clicking sounds as the council members


    began to walk in first. I nced over to Brent and Miranda, who were watching the men and women


    arrive. They came up to center stage and took their seats in between Brent and Miranda and Everest


    and myself. We were sitting at opposite ends of the stretch of tables. Normally, we would be front and


    center, but considering both parties were involved some way or another, we could be swayed in our


    decision making, for or against.


    The doors were opened once again after everyone was settled in. Members of both the Northern and


    Southern Territories filled up the room. People sat in their seats and stood along the wall. I looked out


    at the crowd, searching for anything that stood out. Slipping in and out of other peoples minds for any


    clues on anything that would or could be rming. The whispers between everyone gave the room a


    high but nervous energy. Everyone wanted to see who this Lycan was that crossed every line and


    risked everything for nothing. Just to end up here, in front of everyone, to be sentenced to death.


    You could hear the chains from a good distance away. Their clinking against one another and the


    scraping of the floor was something you could not have mistaken. You could smell his burning flesh


    from outside the room. Every eye in the room was watching the door he would enter within the next few


    minutes. Our hearing and sense of smell were superb.


    The doors opened wide as the guards brought him into the room. They were practically dragging him


    into the room, the silver chains were weighing Dexter down. The guards, who wear special thick gloves


    and special clothes to help block the silver, protect their skin. Dexter''s skin was covered in burn marks


    from where he wore the chains. The chains covered him and wrapped tightly around his body. He was


    mumbling his words and not making any sense at all. His eyes were bloodshot and he smelled foul.


    They connected the chains to the anchors on the floor and ceiling. They tightened them to make him


    stand. It had enough ck and give so his body slouched. His head hung low as he continued to


    mumble his words. I felt like they meant something, but I couldn''t decide what he was trying to say.


    The council member stood up in front of everyone and began speaking of what today would consist of.


    I listened to him speaking about how we would be going over every event in detail. Basically reliving


    every detail from my kidnapping to the battle at the end. I took a deep breath as I felt Everest''s hand


    slide into my own. He squeezed softly and I returned the light squeeze. Apparently, photos were taken


    in my absence of the destruction he left behind. I heard sniffling and looked down the line and noticed


    that Miranda had tears streaming down her cheeks. I knew that she med herself from the beginning.


    I, however, did not me her at all. I saw that she had no choice in the matter and did what she


    needed to keep herself and Cassie alive.


    The trial was long and had so much evidence against him and his wrong doings that I just wanted to


    stand up and scream "enough is enough," but I did not. I sat and listened and relived everything.


    Everything yed back to my mind. The details were painful. I remember being scared, but never


    showing it. I remember faking being strong and just praying for help and assistance. I zoned out for a


    while, blocking out what he was saying. I just stared at the back of the room as a cold feeling crept


    across my skin.


    A few hours into the trial... Fast forward...


    I sat next to Everest as we listened to the evidence being told before us. Dexter was still acting weird


    and mumbling his words. I slipped into his mind as we sat there. I searched through his mind, which


    seemed to be in turmoil andplete chaos of thoughts being strung together. Nothing made sense. It


    seemed like his mind was hiding something, but what was he hiding? I generally never had this much


    trouble trying to gain ess to anyone''s mind. Why was his mind so difficult to read all of a sudden? I


    didn''t have any trouble before today? What was he hiding? What was really going on? I shivered again.


    That was odd, I never shiver. I never get cold. Why was I cold? I looked down at my arm and saw


    thousands of bumps along my skin. This is odd.


    Suddenly, an explosion happened against the wall to our left. Everest, who was sitting next to me on


    the left, quickly shielded me from the st, protecting me from any debris. He pulled us down under the


    desk-like table that helped shield both of us. The wall crumbled and cracking was heard as the integrity


    of the structure waspromised.


    "f*****g hell." I heard Everest curse under his breath as he was looking around. "This is not safe,


    Avalynn. We have to get out of here now. Something is happening. Where is Dexter?" He peered


    around the sides of the table to look around the room.


    He didn''t realize it but I heard him softly inhale. I could tell something was not only wrong but a


    complete disaster. That is when the sickest and most evilughter sounded through the destruction.


    Theughter was not that of Dexter but of a big figure that was at the other end of the room. I moved to


    look out from around the table. I couldn''t make anything out other than the outline, dust was all over the


    room. Suddenly, it was as if the figure disappeared. They were gone right before my eyes. One minute


    they were there, the next gone. Screaming soon filled the room. My ears ached from the sound of the


    explosion and I felt dizzy.