Chapter 65 : Instinct

THEO. “You’re evil, and you deserve to have your head taken off!” “You are an embarrassment to the Werewolf community!” “Disgusting. I always knew the Unclaimed are like this. He should die. He deserves it.” The calls of the jury as they leave the court are still playing in my mind even as the male guards take me away from the stand and push me into an armored vehicle to take me back to my prison cell. I say nothing, even though my heart is getting crushed inside my chest and all I want right now is to be back with Maxine. I close my eyes as the truck moves. I imagine what it could have been like if we didn’t go out that night at all. Would everything be different? For one, I don’t think Draco would have enough “evidence” to take me away. Maxine wouldn’t be at the stand, shouting into the void about how fake and set-up everything is, risking her own life to have some semblance of justice. It’s easy to think it was all a mistake and I never should have insisted to come out, but I