Chapter 199

NATALIE’S POV The metal of Janine’s shackles clinked as the warriors dragged her away. She struggled, screeched, cursed everyone in sight but no one moved to help her. Not even Liam. Not anymore. I didn’t look at her. I couldn’t. I stood in the center of the clearing like a statue. My arms were limp at my sides. My expression remained unreadable to the dozens of eyes watching me. Inside, I was anything but calm. I could feel the emotions colliding inside me—rage, sadness, disbelief, shame. But above all… betrayal. I was just accused of working with a devil. Me. Their Luna. And they didn’t hesitate to believe it. Liam didn’t hesitate to believe it. He didn’t even give me the benefit of the doubt. He didn’t defend me. I was his mate, his wife, his Luna. Yet he stood there and accused me. Even when I stood before them with my voice shaking with desperation, no one reached for me. No one came forward. Not even Liam. Especially not Liam. Now the silence around me was deafening. The same peo