The Prince’s Unwilling mate by Mutya

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Yesterday, lunch went by without a hitch. The entire pack was invited as always.
Only the high-ranking wolves have an obligation to go. Even with them, we
cannot force them. Cynthia not coming to lunch was odd for her. The people who
knew her would know something was off. The Elders of the Council did not notice
her absence. I did and to me, it was a reassurance. Behaving like the prim and
proper Princess was easier to do without having to worry about what Cynthia
would do.

After what I thought was a successful lunch, we followed Griffin's plan. All in all, it
was the perfect day. I took my mind off the burden of needing to go to trial the
next day. Now however I woke us to Griffin getting out of bed to make us our
coffee. For a few seconds, I lay back enjoying the view of Griffin walking off in his
boxer shorts until it dawned on me what the reason was he got out of bed this
early.

Because it wasn't so that we could go to work in time. It wasn't’ t because we had
fun plans we needed to be on time for. It was because an hour from now, I would
have to relive the worst period of my life. On trial for everyone and their mother to
see. All so that in the end I could request punishment. So that the Council of
Elders could decide if what I wanted was a fair request. I would be judged if my
suffering had been enough to warrant whatever punishment I would request.

I hate all of it, I understand it is necessary. And that I cannot be the person to
decide on Hannah's punishment myself. Nor could the people around me who
loved me. Their love for me would cloud their

judgment. The only thing that I hated was the fact that my story would be on
display for all to see.

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When I walked into the meeting room where the trial would be held. Dressed to
feel good. Dressed in clothes I normally wouldn't wear but clothes that showed
my rank. That made me look professional and powerful. It almost was like an
armor for me, and I knew I needed it. My eyes roamed around the room. Most of
the people I saw were the people I figured would be there, Isabella and Rodrick,
Daniel and Kirsten, Griff, my parents, and of course the Elders. Dillion, Jessa,
and some of the others were not in the stands but closer to the desk that would
serve as the stands. They would be called on as witnesses. Some random pack
members showed up. I appreciated what they did because it was because they
supported me. The only one I was truly surprised to see, was Cynthia it was hard
to believe that she was here because she wanted to support me.

She has done nothing but cause me trouble, she was hellbent on not accepting
me as Griffin's mate and all that came with that. After hearing Hannah tell me
why she did all that she has done. Not just the kidnapping, but everything she did
before that too. It was for the exact same reasons as Cynthia did what she was
doing now. Causing all that trouble, it made me wonder if Cynthia would one day
escalate like that too.

Until I realized that they might have had the same reasoning behind what they
were doing. All the rest was completely different. Her father had told her how
disappointed he was in her more than once. He has apologized to us and
disciplined her several times. Hannah's parents had fed her obsessiveness
because, to them, it was warranted. David did not try to stop Hannah's behavior
for a little while he did. Back when he figured I might be his mate. When he
figured I might change and become his obedient mate. He never fully stopped
because it stroked his ego and when it became clear he and I would never be
mates he stopped defending me at all.

Griffin was different, he protected me even before he was sure I would accept
him as my mate. I would never want to leave him, but still, I

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know he would never stop protecting me even if I did. Because that is how he
was, and that is why Cynthia would never get as bad as Hannah. And that is why
I despite everything pity Hannah.

“All may be seated” The Elder who would lead the trial was strict.

Everyone rushed to their seat, not wanting to annoy her. First order of business
as King Roderick was the one who needed to give an official statement as to why
we wanted Hannah to be punished. What we accused her of and in her case why
we had only arrested her. He winked at me as if he wanted to reassure me and
then he began his opening statement.

“The she-wolf we want punished has committed numerous crimes not just
against me or my family. But against the entire country on top of aiding several
other heinous crimes. Like the murder of Alpha Philip Birch and Luna Isabella
Birch and their underage daughter.”

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Gasp of horror filled the room, most
wolves in the entire country knew

that David had killed his parents. But
hardly anyone knew about the fact

that he killed his sister. As Rodrick
explained as the main victim, I would
request the punishment as is custom
with the Council of Elders. Stating

that because I was his

daughter-in-law he would not request

a formal punishment as it would be a
conflict of interest. The court agreed

with this and soon we could proceed.

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During all this time and during

preparing I feared having to relive

what I have gone through again.

Never did I realize I would need to

listen to the rest. Hearing all that they
went through, how scared sad, and

angry they were when I was gone.

How on multiple occasions Griffin

almost got seriously ill from missing.
Mostly because he had been starving
himself not caring for anything other

than finding me. I knew David had

kept the entire BloodMoon pack

under his control with his Alpha

voice. Somehow I never realized

Hannah had helped with that too. It

was all harder on me than talking

about what happened to me. The

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Listening to everyone else’s hurt

made me feel like a failure. Like I

should have been there for my pack

both old and new. And for my

wonderful mate, it all made what
happened to me feel less important

in the grand scheme of things. For

the moment I woke up from my

coma, if we can even call it that.

Everyone else had been concerned

with me. Everyone had told me how

sorry they were for what had

happened to me. People had told me

they wished they paid better

attention. Even now in this trial, I

would be the one requesting a
punishment as the main victim. Now

I wonder if that is me though, but still,

I hoped the Council of Elders would

agree with the punishment I would
request. Hannah deserved to be a

rogue she did not deserve to be in a

pack anymore. Not for how she had

hurt so many people just for her own
gains. So when the council stated

that in only a few hours they had

come up with a conclusion my palms

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