My lips quivered. “Yes, yes, he was my father!”
“Anyway, we still need evidence,” Edwin interjected.
I had been racking my brains, trying to recall the whole series of events. I remembered with certainty that Noreen was the only one who knew the truth. There was no way she would reveal this to Sylvia and the others. Besides, I had tampered the surveillance cameras in the corridor, so no one else would know what happened.
How could Rufus have got his hands on any evidence? Maybe he and Sylvia were just bluffing and wanted me to implicate myself.
I inhaled deeply and considered how to give an explanation. Just as I was about to speak, Rufus extracted a crystal ball slightly bigger than a fist from the canvas bag Sylvia carried.
“This crystal ball will show what happened that day. Let’s see if my claims are true or not.”
After saying this, he placed the crystal ball on his palm and was about to activate it.
I had seen this crystal ball before. Noreen had used it to show me how well my father and Sylvia got along in private! So they weren’t pretending!
Panic overwhelmed me. While no one was paying attention, I charged forward, wanting to smash the crystal ball.
Sylvia’s POV
I flung my arms around Alina’s waist to stop her from smashing the crystal ball.
Her cape was in disarray and strands of her hair had fallen in front of her eyes. She looked extremely flustered, but she still behaved arrogantly with me. “Let me go. You are a jinx. Whoever touches you lands in trouble!”
In an indifferent tone, I whispered in her ear, “You deserve this. I deliberately chose today to expose your lie. I wanted to make you taste desperation when you were so close to success.”
Alina glared at me and said through gritted teeth, “Sylvia, you’re going to die a horrible death!”
I smiled disdainfully. “You should be thinking about how to explain your actions to everyone.”
At this moment, the crystal ball in Rufus’ palm slowly floated in the air and began to display the scene of Leonard’s death.
When they saw how Alina plunged the dagger into Leonard’s chest, the crowd exclaimed collectively.
Alina must have realized that she was completely doomed. The arrogance and pride on her face melted away, leaving only panic and agitation in their place.
“Stop!” she yelled in desperation, but it was too late for her to do anything now.
When everyone saw Leonard slowly dying, their hearts broke. With the current level of medical technology, he could have been saved that day even though he had been stabbed. However, Alina did nothing but stand there and watch coldly as his life slowly drained away.
Edwin was on the verge of a nervous breakdown. His eyes were bloodshot, and he fell to the ground, muttering something to himself.
Owen tried to get a handle over his emotions with whatever was left of his sanity, but he still couldn’t conceal the murderous intent in his eyes. He marched forward and slapped Alina tightly across her face.
“You!” He was so enraged that words failed him. Finally, with tears in his eyes, he pointed his trembling finger at Alina and said, “Has your father ever done anything wrong to you since childhood? You were more important to him than anything else, even his own life. He was constantly worried about your happiness. He was afraid that you would be aggrieved and unhappy if you married the wrong person. But in the end, you didn’t understand his painstaking efforts. You even murdered your father just to achieve your selfish goal! Alina, do you still have a heart?”
Owen couldn’t take the strain any longer and stumbled backward. Flora rushed to hold him up and comforted him softly.
Warren was on the verge of breaking down as well. His eyes went to the crystal ball repeatedly, pain etched deeply on his face. “Why didn’t you save him? You could have saved him.”
“No, I didn’t. I didn’t kill my father. I was forced to do that. When I came to my senses, the dagger was already buried in his heart.” Tears gushed down Alina’s face. She tried to defend herself, but no one believed her or pitied her anymore.
“Even so, why didn’t you save him when you could?” Warren’s eyes were tinged red and he screamed maniacally.
Alina didn’t know what to say. She just rambled on, wanting everyone to believe her.
But the evidence was conclusive. All of Alina’s excuses were in vain.
At this time, a grieving werewolf charged up the stage and wielded his long sword at Alina.
Rufus rushed to us and pulled me behind him. Then he gently pushed Alina forward.
Alina screamed and dodged the blade of the sword. Her hair was almost completely undone, and her cape was covered with dust. The ring, which represented the power of Alpha, fell to the ground and rolled toward me. I crouched down to pick it up and tucked it away safely.
The werewolf looked formidable. It was obvious that he was well-trained in martial arts. He slashed his sword in Alina’s direction without hesitation.
Alina let out a piercing scream as her face was cut. There was a deep wound on her once beautiful face, leaving her completely disfigured.
Sylvia’s POV
Alina rolled on the ground in pain, but soon she couldn’t even make a sound anymore. Blood streamed down her face, which soon stained the ground.
The werewolf that was holding a sword in his hand clenched his jaw and narrowed his eyes at her. Noticing that he was about to stab Alina again, Owen stopped him.
“Calm down, Calum! Alina will be punished by the law for what she has done!”
Calum’s eyes glowed red as he glared at Owen. “How the hell can you expect me to calm down? She didn’t only kill your Alpha, but also my son! She even put the blame on my poor son after his death and portrayed him as a murderer! Do you still want to cover for her even after what she has done?!”
Now I remembered that Calum was Chet’s father. I met him in the Silver Moon Pack once before the wedding.
He looked like he was still in his forties, but his hair was starting to turn gray, and he looked quite haggard. He had lost his only child, so he was definitely heartbroken. I could tell that this middle-aged wolf was overwhelmed with sadness and lost all his senses now that he had found out about the truth.
“I have to kill this murderer with my own hands to avenge my son!” Calum exclaimed as he pushed Owen away and raised his sword, intending to stab Alina to death.
“No! Please don’t kill me! I didn’t do it!” Alina screamed as she tried to back away. She no longer seemed dignified and elegant. That was probably the first time that she had been so embarrassed in front of everyone.
The entire scene was chaotic as Owen and the others tried to stop Calum from doing what he was about to do. They didn’t want to see Leonard’s daughter being chopped to death in front of everyone.
At that point, Calum was getting more and more furious. The veins on his hands were starting to bulge as he coldly looked at them and said, “Since you don’t want to see her get killed in public, does that mean I can kill her when all of you aren’t around?”
Owen glanced at Alina for a moment before he finally fell silent.
What Calum said made sense. As long as they wouldn’t be able to see Alina get killed, they would have no qualms about it.
No one was willing to speak for Alina. Although she was about to become an Alpha only moments ago, I highly doubted that anyone would be loyal to her now.
A she-wolf who killed her own father was doomed to be nailed to the pillar of shame forever.
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