Chapter 106

Inez woke up with a jolt when she heard the continuous ringing of the doorbell. With a frown, she raised her head and looked around the room, her gaze drifting over to the sky that was still dark, and the furrow between her brows turned even deeper. She wanted to sleep a bit longer, and the sudden and annoying ringing of the doorbell had changed all her plans.

So it was not a surprise that she was not in the greatest mood when she woke up.

She jumped off the bed and then climbed down the stairs before crossing the main hall of the lodge and opening the door. "What!?" She demanded sourly while looking at the man who was ringing her doorbell as if his life depended on it. "What do you think you are doing by ringing my doorbell at this blazing hour?" noveldrama

"It seems like you are not a morning person," Ajax remarked with a chuckle as if the entire thing amused him.

It might be amusing to him, but it was not to her. She narrowed her eyes and questioned, "Just what do you think you are doing here?"

The man crossed his arms in front and stated, "It s nothing much. It s just that Ally has accused you of sending a mamba into her lodge."

Inez s eyes flashed when she heard his response. Though she had expected this, Inez still felt slightly annoyed. The two of them had only bickered a few times, and yet that woman wanted her life.

I hope that she was bitten, Inez thought scathingly. However, she didn t voice out her thoughts and questioned, "And why would she accuse me? I was not even in the pack, and even if I was, I am still learning about the layout of the pack s territory. How am I supposed to find a mamba and even send it to her lodge?"

Ajax lifted one shoulder. He admitted that Inez did have a solid alibi, but Ally was adamant and wanted to confront her. To avoid another tantrum, Edira asked Killian to let the two women sort it out.

What was worse was Ally being supported by Fenric and Morrineth. The two of them were supporting her and kept pushing Killian to bring Inez to Ally s lodge, saying that Inez needed to clear the charge before she could continue living in their territory.

It was a serious accusation, and there was nothing that they could do to protect Inez, not without sending out the message that Killian didn t care about the life and death of his packmates in the face of the beauty of this new pack member.

An alpha led by his nose, all because his mind was flooded with lust, was not the leader that the pack members wanted.

"You should still head down," said Ajax. "This is a serious accusation and requires your presence for you to clear your charges."

"Charges?" Inez scoffed with an eye roll. "That woman woke up suddenly and started yelling that I sent a mamba to her lodge when I was out of the pack for the entire evening, as you already know. What defence? It is clearly a ridiculous claim to smear my reputation and name in front of the packmates."

"She doesn t like me, and this is clear from the very day I came to this pack." Inez pointed out.

"I do understand and believe me, neither Killian nor any of us thinks that you did it." Ajax raised his hand in the air because he knew that the accusation was too serious and it had put Inez in a rather defensive and offensive position. He didn t blame her for lashing out at him.

Inez didn t quarrel with him. She knew that Ajax was only doing the formalities. In the end, she was an outsider while Ally was their pack member. She had never had any hope from Killian or the rest to treat her as one of their own; thus, Inez didn t feel bothered by their actions.

It would have hurt if she had held some kind of hope towards them, but she didn t.

"Let s go." Inez let out a sigh and asked Ajax to step aside such that she could step out of the lodge.

Ajax raised one of his brows, but he still stepped to one side. Inez walked out to her porch, where she turned and locked the door behind her. Her actions were calm and not the least bit hysterical, which made Ajax frown, and he questioned, "Aren t you upset?"

"Why should I be?" Inez turned and questioned with a raised brow. "First of all, I am not your pack member. It s only right that you stood up for the one who stayed and grew up with you. Secondly, I never had any hope that I would be treated as a member of this pack, so I guess it s alright."

She climbed down the stairs of the lodge and headed down to the only lodge that was noisier than the rest. Behind her, Ajax felt a little guilty. It was not that they were standing up for Ally, but Inez was right. Somewhere deep down, they all were wary and suspicious of her.

The rumours that were circulating outside weren t pretty, and it made Inez look bad.

Rubbing the back of his nape, he muttered uncomfortably, "Fuck. Why does it look like we fucked up bad?"

Inez didn t care about his musings. She continued to head down the cobblestone path that was embedded with seashells and soon arrived at the lodge where everyone was waiting for her, Ajax following after her.

As soon as she stepped inside the lodge, everyone stopped what they were doing and turned to look at her. A still silence followed her arrival, and it was broken by Morrineth, who turned to look at Inez as if she had been waiting for her. "So you are here? I thought that you would have run away by now."