Alaric’s POV
“Of course not,” Melinda said, denying everything. “As if someone of my status would ever lower herself to such cruel and malicious devilry. How could you even begin to insult me by connecting me to that?”
“You supported Lilia’s return to the pack,” I reminded her. “You pushed the elders so hard that they gave her temporary stay behind my back.”
“What they did was not my fault,” she countered.
“But you don’t deny advocating for Lilia,” I said.
“She was my friend,” Melinda said. “I had no idea she had such a mental break. I only discovered her true nature at the same time you did.”
Her words were pretty. She was saying all the right things. She even appeared to be convincing the rest of the gymnasium about her innocence.
But I knew she was lying. Maybe it was my Alpha i
