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    As expected Griffin did not like me going to see Hannah. I was scared it would bring back unwanted


    memories. He didn’t trust her either, he had no reason to. The fact that I was adamant about going


    tonight did not help either, he wanted to prepare me before meeting her. I hadn’t seen her ever since I


    was kidnapped, I knew she was carrying David’s pup but I had no idea how far along she was. She


    might even show already. The thing is there was no time left, if the Elder Council would be here


    tomorrow morning there was no telling howte they would start the trial. I would need to get some


    rest, write my statement,e up with a punishment, and have breakfast with the pack all before 10


    AM tomorrow.


    Griffin knowing I was right agreed, and mind–linked one of the guards to bring Hannah to one of the


    interrogation rooms. By the time we got there, Hannah was already waiting for us. Without her


    expensive clothes and make–up, she looked different. The fact that she was indeed showing, even if it


    was just a little bump did not help either. Her eyes were not filled with equal parts fear and defeat. It


    had reced the hate and arrogance her eyes had always held when she looked at me.


    “You’re lucky you know” Were the first words that fell from her lips before I had truly sat down.


    I was lucky, there was no use in denying that. Still, I was unsure why Hannah mentioned how lucky I


    was. Especially with all that I went through because of her


    “I know I am but why tell me that now?” I asked as I settled in my


    chair.


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    “Because I did it all for him, I hated you for being his mate. But he has proven he isn’t worthy of either


    of us. Yet you found your second chance mate, and it’s clear how much he loves you. Yet I rejected my


    true mate, in the hopes of him eventually loving me. Now all I have is our pup as he left me behind.


    Now you are here to decide what kind of punishment you are about to give me aren’t you?” She sighed


    clearly defeated.


    Again I had no reason to deny what she was telling me. I am not one to lie not even to her. So I agreed


    exining more of why I was here.


    “Well, the Council of Elders will have the final say. Since I am your victim though they want me to


    suggest a punishment. I know what you did to me, I know the moments when David had me kidnapped


    when you helped me. And I want to know why you did what you did. I want to know what you were


    hoping to get out of this. Of course, I have some ideas as to what drove you. But unlike you, I am not


    one, to ruin someone’s lives based on what I think of them.” I couldn’t help adding in thest part.


    I was not nning on screaming and shouting at her. Likewise, I was not going to be violent to her.


    That didn’t mean I was not angry with her, that I did not hate her for what she had done to me and my


    family.


    “You know why I did it, I love David, even after everything that he did to everyone I still love him. All I


    wanted to do was to make him see I was a better fit for him than you are. Even when you didn’t want


    him anymore. I was never the one who wanted to mate with Griffin.” She started exining.


    Causing Griffin, to wrap his arm around me. Like he was staking his im showing her that he had no


    intention of mating with her either. I smiled up at him, I was not worried about him being attracted to


    Hannah at all. I didn’t even believe her when she tried to convince me


    Griffin was about to pick her as her chosen mate. Let alone now that we marked each other, were


    trying to conceive and engaged to be married. Still, his reassurance was sweet.


    Hannah just red at us, angry and sad, but it didn’t bother me. She tried to ruin my life she could deal


    with seeing how happy I was despite her.


    “Even if you loved him, which I sorta understand. You didn’t have to go that far. Like did you never


    realize he did not love you back? Was there never a moment, where you realized he wasn’t that into


    you? What made him the better option than your fated mate, you know the man who died because you


    rejected him” I couldn’t keep the cold judgmental tone out of my voice.


    It was mind–blowing to me that she never stopped trying to win over the man who ruined everyone and


    everything in his path. Even in the face of true love, with the man the Moon Goddess had created


    especially for her. My question was the first time that I saw a real emotion on her face. Other than


    missing David, or what I read as her emotion on her face. missing David.


    “Maybe it was not just love. My parents told me that a she–wolf of my stature. My lineage should try to


    grow. Get higher up, of course, they realized I was in love with David. And they supported me. They


    told me that I was a better match for David. His parents did too, my Alpha and Luna. So what was I


    about to do, everyone convinced me David and I would be together in the end. That pack leaders


    sometimes make hard decisions because their happiness is what keeps the pack thriving. And we all


    need a thriving pack.” She sighed and I was unsure if it was because she realized that what she said


    was absolute bullshit.


    Or if she still missed David, longing for whatever she was missing out on. Even if I knew that what she


    was missing out on was not much. Part of me pitied her, she fell in love with someone and there is


    nothing we can do to stop that. All the people in her life who were


    supposed to keep her safe. Show her right from wrong filled her head with the idea that her teenage


    dreams were viable and that she was entitled to see theme through.


    “Baby I know enough, let’s go to bed okay?” I turned away from Hannah, and she told me enough.


    Not only did I know what punishment I was going to request to be handed out to her. Now that I heard


    her reasoning. Now that I was certain she was indeed pregnant. Griffin had grown annoyed at her


    telling pack leaders had to be happy first. He had every reason to hate Hannah and didn’t need a lot to


    lash out at her. Not only agreeing with him but wanting to be there for him too I came up with an idea as


    we walked to the door. So just before the door opened I turned to her.


    “A good pack leader is happy when their pack is happy. You and David would have been a good match


    considering you both are too selfish to see that. You just wouldn’t be a good match as the Alpha and


    Luna.” Without giving her the chance to answer me I walked off and closed the door