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She glared at Del-Rey then “Then he should have been careful about the order he gave to have my family wounded,” she stated “Once we arrived here, he should have never refused my request to contact my family”

“Even if that contact threatened your fa your family, you put them in the position that the Genetics Council has proof that they can be used against you Their prime objective at this point is to capture Breed mates Could your father be used to draw you froive your life for your family?”

Her lips trembled She stared at Cassandra She hadn’t considered that The Council rarely struck out at huainst the

Cassandra stared back at her in sympathy

“No,” she finally whispered “I didn’t know this”

“Yet you were sent Alpha Delgado’s stateave this tribunal,” Callan further stated “Did you read that statement?”

She shook her head She hadn’t read it She didn’t want to read it or hear his reasons why

“It wouldn’t have made a difference,” she finally told them clearly “He lied to me, countless times He destroyed my trust in him, and he knew for six years that he would do it I don’t trust him, Alpha Lyons Don’t doubt that this petition of separation is sincere I promise you It is”

“Ms Kobrin” Wolfe Gunnar, alpha of the Wolf packs, spoke then “Are you in love with him?”

She jerked in surprise at the question “My emotions shouldn’t come into this, Alpha Gunnar” Did she love hi to allow him to control her body and her life because of it? Not in this lifetime

Wolfe stared back at her for long ht,” he finally agreed

“Perhaps that’s a question we should ask Alpha Delgado,” Cassandra suggested then, turning her head to Del-Rey as Anya held her breath in fear She knew the answer “Alpha Delgado, are you in love with Ms Kobrin?”

Del-Rey stared back at her broodingly “I can’t say I’m in love with her,” he finally stated “I’m a soldier, Ms Sinclair, not a da else should come into this”

Anya lowered her head and stared at her hands, hope dwindling inside her no h her soul If he had said yes, would she have followed through with this petition? She knew she wouldn’t have She couldn’t have denied hih she knew his asn’t worth the signature he had scrawled on his statements

“I see,” Cassandra said heavily, her head lifting to stare back at the wo woman’s need to be separated frohed