GoodNovelChapter 164 "All rise," the court clerk announces and they all stand to their feet as the judge comes inside.
Liana is not in chains today, she is sitting beside Kelvin with Leila beside them, Amanda made it in tto look after Amara this tand Carmela is sitting on the other side behind Justin. There are a few council elders also present but Trent is not.
The judge takes his seat and they all follow but the clerk remains standing. "All those having business with this court at this hour, stand forward and you shall be heard. Judge Bruce Tanner is presiding." Judge Bruce clears his throat. "Is the pack prepared to make an opening statement?" "Yes your honour," Justin replies sharply, shooting Kelvin a challenging look as he walks up to the podium. "The facts of the case are these: Fifteen years ago, on the eve of the blood moon festival, our Alpha at the tsent the accused and her family on a celebratory visit to one of our neighbouring packs but the accused had malicious intentions and intentionally left her young daughter behind so she can, without guilt, murder our dear Beta Henry Rogers. May his timeless soul, rest in eternal peace," he taps his chest twice and points to the air as he steps away from the podium, in front of the open court.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt"You see your honour, my colleague here, Kelvin Costner is going to try and sway you and this court from this fact by painting tales for us, beautiful tales of filial love, the love of a wife for her husband, the love mates share for one another, the love a woman has for the father of her child but today, I will prove, one, her motive.
"Our ex luna, if I am permitted to say is not the biological daughter of our late Beta, the Beta-" "You bastard!" Leila barks at him, jumping to her feet, rage swallowing up every sense of reason that she has in that moment.
"Barrister Kelvin, that's two strikes for your client, a third and she will be banned from this courtroom with a huge fine," Judge Bruce reprimands.
Kelvin turns to Leila, smoothing his hand down his chest, urging her to calm down and Leila sits, fuming inside. Of everything, they dare to question her mother's loyalty to her father, she'll deal with all of them, every single one of them.
Justin smiles cockily and adjusts his so rudely interrupted, the beta must blazer. "As I was saying, before I was have found out this truth and confronted his dear wife, this lead to a heated argument and to hide her shame, not to risk her infidelity being exposed, in order to conceal her treachery and betrayal, she murdered him in cold blood.
"Now we will prove this infidelity to you and It is a well known fact that eighty percent of first discoverers of murder cases turn out to be the culprit themselves and this is just a case like that. We will also provide you with evidence to support our claims that she indeed murdered her husband. These are the facts of the case, your honour and they are undisputed." Justin smirks and confidently saunters back to his seat.
"Barrister Kelvin," Judge Bruce says.
"Liana Rogers didn't murder anyone, nor did she attempt to, she had no motive or reason and any argument against such is baseless," Kelvin says as he stands to his feet.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏm"If the honourable court and myself heard my colleague clearly, he said, 'her husband MUST HAVE found out.' This leadsto believe that what he calls a motive is mere speculation on his part, a futile attempt to conjure up a myth where facts exist." Murmurs of agreement ripple through the court and even the judge nods in acknowledgment.
Justin frowns, realising Kelvin pinched a slight mistake in his opening statement and used it against him.
"Your honour, the love between Beta w Henry and his dear wife was clear for all to see, I can fill this courtroom with a thousand people who knew of En them and the story will not be any different. Now whatever evidence that my colleague may conjure up, I fear may just be as baseless as his acclaimed motive. "I mean this event happened over a decade and a half ago, it is quite
surprising that new evidence suddenly springs to light out of nowhere but I do agree with himan al alone. First one thing and one thing discoverers are mostly always the culprit in murder cases but the thing is, Miss Liana Rogers wasn't the first discoverer on that day," Kelvin points to Liana.
"She was wounded and on the side. There was another werewolf on that day, he brought out the dead body from the woodse Yes, your honour, Beta Trent Easton was also on that journey with them, he was the first discoverer and he is a key witness to this case. He should be put on the stands."
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