They Called My Father a Traitor, So I Learned Every Secret They Buried novel · Chapter 19 of 24
Chapter 19: The Witness Corvin Could Not Keep
The report lay open on the table, its lower edge pinned beneath Wynn's gloved hand.
Corvin pointed at the page. 'Read it into the record, Prewitt. State that it was properly witnessed and remains valid.'
Prewitt stood across from him beneath the winter banner. His hand had already left the office cord at his coat, but his fingers still held the shape of it.
Kestrel stepped between them before Corvin could reach across the table. He did not touch the Alpha. He only took the space Corvin would have to cross.
'You have made your position clear,' Kestrel said. 'You will not make it clearer by putting your hands on an office witness.'
Corvin looked at him with the flat patience he used for low-ranked wolves who had forgotten their place.
'You are an outsider in this hall.'
'And you are ordering a witness to defend a report you called routine. We can both state facts.'
A few patrol wolves shifted near the winter banner. No one laughed. Kestrel's dry remarks worked best when the room was afraid to answer them.
Wynn kept her palm on the report. The paper had curled beneath her fingers where old blood had dried. Prewitt had catalogued every mark before he tried to keep the page from being read.
The collar beside it had received the same care. Its torn leather had been measured, its buckle described, its place in the evidence box entered in a neat hand. Prewitt had treated both objects as though order on a page could keep them from speaking.
He had been preparing this room for years.
Corvin released the report's edge and faced Prewitt. 'Read.'
Prewitt looked down. 'The report was signed.'
Corvin waited.
'It was entered into the winter register.'
'Continue.'
Prewitt's eyes moved to the line beneath his signature. 'The account states that Aurelian Sablewood was found dead outside the hall after a border incident.'
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