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<Chapter 353 

Chapter 353 

ALEXANDER 

Silence stretched for a moment after Mason’s accusation, thick and uncomfortable. 

I didn’t take my eyes off him. 

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I knew that look. The performance. The way his voice carried just enough fear to sound believable. I had seen it before–just not in front of this many witnesses. 

But knowing and proving were two different things. 

And right now, I had nothing. 

I shifted my gaze slowly across the crowd. “Is what Mason said true?” I asked, my voice calm, but loud enough. 

There was hesitation. 

A flicker of unease. 

Then- 

“Yes, Alpha.” 

“It’s true.” 

“He just attacked.” 

One after another, they echoed the same thing. No one stepped forward. No one contradicted it. 

Not a single voice in Roman’s defense. 

My jaw tightened slightly. 

I didn’t miss the way Roman stiffened beside me, how his shoulders sank just a fraction. He didn’t argue. 

Didn’t even try. 

That alone told me more than anything they had just said. 

I exhaled slowly, forcing my expression to remain neutral. 

Roman hadn’t just lost control–he had never had control to begin with. His wolf had surfaced like this for 

the first time, violently, without warning. Instinct had taken over. That much was obvious. 

And yet… 

I couldn’t stand here and openly take his side. 

Not without proof that he was triggered. 

Not when the entire pack was watching. 

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I turned to him fully, my voice sharpening just enough. “Roman.” 

He straightened immediately, even now. 

“Go to my office,” I said. “Wait for me there.” 

He didn’t hesitate. 

Didn’t question. 

n’t try to defend himself. 

wed his head slightly. “Yes, Alpha.” 

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turned and walked away, his sto steady, but I could see it–the weight in them. The shame. Th 

sion. 

atched him go for a minute lor 

Mason stepped forward almos 

“Alpha, this isn’t something t 

attacked pack members. Th 

I didn’t respond. 

He took that as encour 

“There need to be c 

That was enough 

cessary before I pulled my attention back to the rest of the 

seizing the moment. 

verlooked,” he said, his voice louder now, more confident. “Hi 

hing we can just ignore.” 

added. “Justice for what he did.” 

I turned my he 

“Be careful 

Mason st 

I ste 

with a look that wiped the rest of his words clean out of his mouth. 

ut edged. “You don’t tell me what needs to be done.” 

hatever confidence he had faltering under the weight of it. 

aze sweep across everyone present this time. 

pened here,” I said, my voice rising just enough to carry clearly across the yard. 

how this started.” 

ntinued, more firmly now, “whoever is responsible will be punished accordingly.” 

over them, watching as unease 

expressions. 

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Then I turned without another word. 

By the time I got back to my office, my thoughts were already moving ahead of me. 

I pushed the door open. 

Roman was there. 

Standing. 

Exactly where I expected him to be. 

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He was near the desk, posture straight and tense, like he had been waiting for a verdict rather than a conversation. His eyes flicked up the moment I walked in, and for a second, I caught it–he was bracing 

himself. 

For punishment. 

For judgment. 

For whatever came next. 

I closed the door behind me quietly, letting the silence settle for a beat. 

Then I walked past him. 

“Sit.” 

The word was simple. 

Calm. 

But it made him pause. 

I saw it–the slight hesitation and confusion. He hadn’t expected that. 

Still, he didn’t question it. 

Roman moved to the chair across from my desk and sat down, his back straight, hands resting on his thighs like he was trying to hold himself together. 

I took my seat across from him. 

For a moment, I just looked at him. 

Really looked. 

He looked… normal. 

No claws. No fangs. No trace of the wolf that had just torn through half the clearing. 

Just a boy who looked like he was waiting to be told what he had done wrong. 

“What happened out there?” I asked. 

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He exhaled once, then spoke. 

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“They cornered me,” he said. “Mason and the others. Started talking. Pushing. I tried to ignore it, I swear,” 

He shrugged lightly, like it didn’t matter. 

“It escalated.” 

That was it. 

No attempt to make himself look better. 

Just the truth–plain and stripped down. 

I nodded once. 

Then I leaned back slightly. 

“And when they said you attacked first?” I asked. “Why didn’t you say anything?” 

A faint smirk touched his lips. 

Not amused. 

“What would’ve been the point?” he said. “It would’ve been my word against all of theirs.” 

He met my gaze briefly. 

“And I wasn’t about to put you in a position where you had to question your own pack because of me.” 

That landed deep. 

Roman looked away slightly, exhaling. 

“I lost control,” he added. “That part’s on me.” 

His jaw tightened just a little. 

“I’m sorry,” he said. “For causing trouble.” 

There was a pause. 

“And for…” he hesitated briefly, then finished, “coming at you too.” 

I didn’t respond; I just let him speak until he was done. 

Then I leaned forward slightly, resting my forearms on the desk. 

Something had been on my mind since I walked into the office. 

“There’s something I want to ask you,” I said. “And I want you to be honest with me.” 

His attention snapped back to me. 

“When you were out there,” I continued, “you went after everyone that got close… including me.” 

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He nodded once. 

“Except Jeffery.” 

That made him pause. 

His brows pulled together slightly, like he hadn’t even registered that detail until now. 

“You saw him,” I said. “You locked onto him.” 

I held his gaze. 

“And then you stopped. Why?” 

Roman frowned, thinking. 

Actually thinking. 

“I…” he started, then shook his head slightly. “I don’t know.” 

His confusion looked genuine. 

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“I wasn’t… thinking,” he admitted. “Everything was just-” he exhaled sharply, searching for the words.” 

Noise.” 

His hands flexed slightly against his thighs. 

“I couldn’t control who I went for,” he said. “Or who I didn’t.” 

He looked back at me. 

“So I don’t know why that happened.” 

I held his gaze for a second longer. 

Then I nodded once. 

But it wasn’t the answer I was looking for. 

Not really. 

Because I knew what I saw. 

That wasn’t random. 

That wasn’t coincidence. 

That was some kind of recognition. 

Subtle… instinctive. 

The kind that didn’t come from thought–but from something deeper. 

I leaned back in my chair, my mind already moving through it. 

I knew what it meant to lose control. 

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But sometimes…even in that state… there were still lines. Still instincts that held. 

There were people I wouldn’t touch. 

People my wolf recognized. 

My pack… even if it was outside the territory. 

So why… 

I stilled. 

A thought forming before I could stop it. 

Was it possible…? 

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