She Was Supposed to Stay Broken, So I Let Her Think She Had novel · Chapter 36 of 40

Chapter 36: The Concern She Cannot Repeat

The examiner places the blood-reading before Kael, and Lirien comes toward the council gathering before he can touch it.

I see her approach from the edge of the petitioners. The page lies between Kael's hands, its seal intact. No pack authority has handled the finding.

Kael stands beside me. He does not reach for the paper. He gave me his word about the result, and he keeps it without making a show of the effort.

The examiner waits at the council table. The panel has not yet taken its seats for the formal session. Petitioners crowd the open space, drawn by the announced reading and the Alpha standing beside me.

Lirien slows when she reaches us. Her concern is arranged for the witnesses. Her thoughts arrive underneath it, quick and tight.

A low amber shimmer gathers around her head. Her spoken voice reaches me first. The thought follows close behind.

'Sera, you look exhausted. I only wonder whether this is the right time to put such a finding before everyone.'

She thinks: Keep them looking at her. Keep them from the page.

I let the thought pass. It is not evidence. The room does not need my answer to hear what she has done.

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