#Chapter 235: Evidence

Alaric’s POV Melinda’s own words on the recording condemned her, as she told Noel that the intended victim of the attack was Alaric himself, and that they needed him out of the way to be reinstated from exile. As the evidence played, Melinda grew pale. The disgraced elders hissed at her, “What have you done?” The mood of the room shifted. Whereas people seemed to be on the side of Melinda and the disgraced elders when I had taken the podium and the microphone, now they looked at the group with distain, even distancing themselves from it. Infuriatingly, even Lilia, who had been sitting at the same table as Melinda and the elders, her sponsors, immediately stood up and moved to one of the other tables, where wolves of a different pack welcomed her, even standing with her. Melinda’s confession was damning, but while she mentioned the elders, she did not say Lilia’s name. Because of this, there was no evidence against Lilia. I waited with hope the entire length of the recording,