He Sold Me Into Slavery I Returned As Queen Chapter 20
The hearings lasted seven days.
At first, Cedric still tried to overturn the testimony.
He claimed he had been young and ignorant, that he believed Greta would simply send me to another pack to be raised.
The Court of Judgment placed the old sales contract Greta had kept right in front of him.
It was written very clearly.
Fifteen gold coins.
Permanent sale.
No retrieval permitted.
Use wolfsbane to mask scent until the child is clear of the northern territory.
In order to save her own life, Greta was more eager than anyone to confess.
“He came to me first.”
“He said she was an Alpha’s eldest daughter and that if she stayed in the capital, scent-tracking would find her sooner or later.”
“He also told me to feed her sedatives and wolfsbane.”
“He said that after she woke up, she would definitely cry out his name.”
Cedric’s face turned ashen.
Then the judge asked, “Why did you pawn her birth pendant?”
He was silent for a long time before finally answering.
“I needed money.”
Needed money.
Two words, and they had put a price on fifteen years of my freedom.
After Silas testified, the guards found an old adolescent diary in one of the Vale family’s trunks.
One entry read:
*Rosalie said that without Ella, maybe Alaric would love her a little more. I can’t let her remain a bastard with no inheritance rights forever.*
When I saw that line, I wasn’t angry.
I was disgusted.
Rosalie had lived in the shadows.
So he had pushed me into a nameless abyss.