Chapter 12

“What are you going to do?” I asked.

“What do you mean?” Jessica asked.

“You can’t fight the royals. That would mean you take them to court. That they fiance.” I reminded them.

“We can’t not look into this.” Jessica pushed. I could tell she felt strongly about this.

“Look, you gave me what I needed. Closure that I didn’t do this, that it was set up, but you can’t possibly think you could win against the royals.” Dropping the papers, I put sone distance between myself and them. The three of them looked at me... Almost defeated. They knew they couldn’t win.

“Don’t you want to be free of this? To not hide anymore? Not look over your shoulder every second?” Jessica had tears in her eyes. She had no idea.

“Not at the expense of this pack.” Shaking my head violently. I can’t get attached. I needed to stay strong and closed off. Taking a deep breath, I continued. “Thank you for this, Axel but I do not want to move forward. I want to just reject each other and move in to the next city.