Chapter 370
Chapter 370:
Jaris held my hand as he walked me into the huge hall, which was normally used for the trials. It wasn’t just the Council that was gathered; he had summoned other Wolves as well.
What was he doing?
If he wasn’t holding my hand right now, I wasn’t sure I’d have kept going. The people mumbled as we climbed onto the stage. Every single person I knew was there, including the Executioners.
I kept my head down the whole time, too afraid to meet their judging eyes. I still didn’t know what Jaris’ plan was. But I trusted him.
He took the stage. Everyone bowed their heads and chorused his new title.
“Thank you all for coming,” he said, his voice firm. “I had to do this today because it’s a topic that is beyond important to me. It involves the woman I love p>
The hall went dead silent.
“And also the woman carrying my child p>
The silence was shattered in a split second.
My mouth dropped open in shock at the same time the crowd started mumbling and looking at each other. What was he doing?! He didn’t tell me he was going to reveal that!
Jaris waited for the noise to die down before he continued.
“Recently, as you all know already, we discovered she was a Siphon—something that has always been forbidden and executed. Before now, I also hated the Siphons and was glad they were near extinction.” He scoffed. “If you heard my story, you’d understand I have more reasons to hate them than you do.
“I met this woman under unpleasant circumstances,” he said, stretching his hand toward me. “I didn’t like her at first, just like I hardly ever liked anyone. But that was before I came to understand just how amazing she was. Lyric Harper has been more than a blessing to my life. She’s my everything, and honestly, I can’t imagine myself living without her.
“Yes, I am being biased. The right thing to do would be to hand her to the Executioners.” He paused for emphasis. “But how can I not be biased when it has to do with this very”
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“…woman? How can I simply hand her over as if she hasn’t been the sweetest soul I know p>
He glanced at me with soft, loving eyes before looking back at the crowd.
“Some of you here have met Lyric, and I’d like to know if any of you has had a bad experience with her. Why do we have to execute our ‘own’ simply because they’re something they did not choose to be? Who the hell set these laws p>
The low buzz of the crowd heightened.
“We have worse Wolves among us. Most of us here have done despicable things—things we have somehow managed to get away with. Yet Lyric, who has been nothing but sweet to the people around her, should be the one executed? Because she possesses powers that could do more good than harm? Or because her forefathers in the past did something despicable? So Lyric, who didn’t even know what happened, should suffer for it? And you all”—he laughed—”expect me to be cool with that p>