Aurora''s POV


    I was shocked to my bones as I struggled to believe what Alpha Bane just said. It was too much for me to handle. I had never imagined that Sophia was well aware of all that went on all these while and just pretended not to do it.


    Sophia was a lot of things. She was a liar, a bully, a teaser, a control freak and so much more. But I never believed that she was capable of doing everything that Alpha Bane used her of.


    How could she attempt to kill her mother? How wicked could one be to do something like that? There had to be some sort of exnation for that.


    Alpha Bane said all sorts of things, including the fact that most of the things that I had thought were the handiwork of Mrs Scott were ns done by both of them. She was the snake that I had always thought she was, just worse.


    If indeed, she had known that I was the Princess and not her. If she had been aware of the change of her scent, just for her to be with Alpha Bane instead of me. Then, she was of all people most wicked and she had to pay for it all.


    I hated her so much. The hatred that I had for her was already so much due to all that she did to me in the past and the way she still acted toward me. From what I heard, I hated her even more


    I looked at my father and mother to know how they''d react. They looked shocked too as they both had their hands on their waists. My father, especially, looked so disappointed and I saw his eyes tear up a bit. His golden child had forsaken him. It was so much for him to bear.


    Holding Alpha Bane''s hand tightly, I squeezed it to get his attention and I seeded. He stopped talking instantly and turned to look at me.


    "Are you sure of what you''re saying?" I asked, keen to be sure he wasn''t making a mistake or talking based on spection.


    He just smirked again and caressed my hair very gently. "You don''t have to worry at all," he said to me with a grin. "I can''t speak without evidence. That''ll make my information hearsay. I have concrete evidence that she did everything that I said."


    I sighed in relief and nodded to show him that I believed him and he smiled in return. "Donald," he called out to his Beta, who showed up immediately. "Please, tell us what you have to say."


    "Okay, my Alpha."


    Donald turned around to the rest of the people and cleared his throat to begin, as everyone else paused to pay attention to what he had to say including me.


    Alpha Bane''s POV


    "It was just so long ago when I felt a need to take a stroll in the Pack," Donald began to exin as everyone listened with rapt attention, just as I expected. The allegation that I made was a very strong one and so it was important for everyone to listen carefully so they could spot the truth from the lies.


    Knowing who Sophia was, I knew she was going to try to deny it soon enough and so I needed to bring so much proof that she''d look like an idiot doing that... If she already didn''t look like one to everyone else. To me, she was the biggest idiot I''d ever known.


    "...That was when I heard some soundsing from the dungeon and I decided to check exactly what was going on inside," he went on, much to my delight. "I was surprised to see that it was Princess Sophia and her mother; Mrs Scott, having a discussion. I had been told that no one was permitted to visit the woman so it made me quite curious to see her there but I thought it was because she just wanted to see her mother so desperately. It wasn''t to be so..."


    Sophia stretched out her hands as if she was trying to get him to stop but Donald just rolled his eyes and continued. "I heard her tell the poor woman to drink poison that she was going to give to her so she''d know if it''ll be effective against Princess Aurora. I knew she despised Princess Aurora. I just didn''t know it was so bad that she''d want both her and her mother dead. She said all sorts of despicable things to the woman who vowed not to yield to her ckmail."


    As soon as he got done, I stretched my right hand and shook his hand. "Thank you, Donald, for speaking the truth," I said to him. He bowed and returned to his former position which was behind me.


    Then I turned to face Sophia whose face was already red and severely sweaty and watched to see what she was going to say. She wasn''t going to stay mute forever. She had to try to confess or defend herself. At least, I hoped that she''d do that, but she didn''t. She just kept looking at everyone.


    I turned to see that I wasn''t alone in wanting to know what she had to say. Everyone else had their eyes on her; her friends too. She seemed to have gotten the cue and she finally coughed, ready to speak.


    "I... It''s not true," she stammered. "Everything that has been said here is a very big lie. This... This just has to be a joke!"


    I spat at her in fury, so pained that she chose the path of lies. "How shameless could you be, Aurora?" I asked her with gross disdain. "Is there no end to this madness of yours? Do you not have a ce in your heart for honesty and repentance?"


    "I''m... I''m not lying. It''s just..."


    "We have evidence, right in front of you, yet you''re choosing to lie. Okay, where did you gost night?" She trembled a bit, as she didn''t expect that question, and then she opened her mouth to probably tell another lie so I had to make sure that she didn''t. "It might interest you to know that I know about four guards who can confirm that you visited the dungeonst night."


    That was it for her. She knew she was done for. She opened up her mouth and shut it almost immediately. She had two options; lie and have me call the guards which were going to be very embarrassing, or simply say the truth and apologise for her wrongs. There was no getting away from what wasing for her and she could feel it. Everyone could see it too.


    She stood on shaky legs, looking so confused and all. The ever-defiant Sophia looked like one very timid child who had just broken a te while doing the dishes. It was a lovely sight to behold, especially because her friends had also turned on her. They, too, never believed that she couldmit such a crime.


    She was lost for words and it was understandable. There was barely anything that she could say at that point. I just smirked at her once again and then looked up to the Alpha King.