They Called Me an Abomination and Ordered Me Killed, So I Came Back as the Wolf They Buried novel · Chapter 21 of 24
Chapter 21: Not Yet
The whole levee waited.
A hundred and sixty people stood in the lantern light and watched the man who had been their Alpha kneel on wet asphalt in front of a mechanic with grease under her nails.
I could hear the water and the lanterns hissing.
I could hear my son breathing beside me.
"Get up," I said.
"No," Remy said.
"Remy."
"Not yet.
"I've got something to say, and I'd like to say it down here."
He did not lift his head.
His voice was low and steady, and it went to the back of the crowd.
"I stood on this road eight years ago," he said.
"I was nineteen, and I had my hands at my sides.
"They dragged her in on her knees, and she looked at me.
"She looked at me, and I looked at the ground."
Nobody moved.
"I've told myself since that I didn't know.
"It's true.
"I didn't know about the wine or the wall or my mother's hand.
"But I didn't ask, either.
"I had a girl who was my whole life on her knees in front of me, and I didn't ask one question.
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