Mary Ann’s POV
The worst part was that none of it was invented.
There was no forged document to expose. No missing paragraph. No altered signature.
Magnus Thorne did not need lies this time.
He had Modric’s past.
And Modric’s past was ugly enough on its own.
I sat at the defense table the next morning while the High Moon Council clerk read the conduct being considered under the harm exception.
Repeated psychological humiliation.
Public degradation.
Marital abandonment.
Infidelity.
An intimidating household environment.
Possessive behavior after mate recognition.
The words sounded cold and legal, but I had lived every one of them.
My wolf shifted uneasily.
Modric sat several rows behind me because Magnus had ordered that the person being investigated could not sit beside the
