Third Person’s POV

    Soon, Sophia was dragged in, her face ashen.

    Ivy brought up the wooden box found under her bed and emptied its contents onto the table.

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    Along with the pink diamond earrings were numerous other pieces of jewelry, none of them cheap.

    Beneath the box were several checks, each for over one hundred thousand dors, plus two gold bars and some coins.

    Prisci’s eyes widened in shock.

    After brewing coffee and sitting up, she now stared at the items on the table.

    Picking up a gold ne, she immediately recognized it as from the Golden Jewelry Store.

    She examined ia /ibracelet next; its craftsmanship matched the store’s style as well.

    There were over a dozen pieces of jewelry in total, along with the checks and gold bars. A rough estimate put the value at several million dors.

    Initially, Prisci thought Sophia had stolen these items. But who in the ckthorn Pack would use jewelry from the Golden Jewelry Store?

    Even she had sold off her pieces from there long ago.

    Since severing ties with the store, not a single item from it had remained.

    “Ivy, take the others out. I’ll interrogate her with Prisci,” Adide said.

    “Alright,” Ivy replied, her mint pheromones carrying an air of authority as she led everyone out, including Eleanor and Morgana

    Eleanor and Morgana left with shock written on their faces. Their pheromones pulsed with disbelief, and their wolf ears were still slightly spread from the surprise.

    Sharing a room with Sophia, they had no idea she possessed so many checks and pieces of jewelry.

    Prisci entered, closed the door, and her crimson pheromones tensed like a bowstring.

    She strode up to Sophia, gripped her chin, and her fingertips, tinged with the faint blue of wolf wsb, /bdemanded, “Caught red–handed, what do you have to say for yourself?”

    “The pink diamond earrings aren’t mine,” Sophia lied, her lc pheromones trembling like a candle in the wind, her body already shaking./

    Her pupils shrank with terror, and the wolf fur on the back of her neck bristled uncontrobly.

    She sensed this situation was orchestrated against her, each breath bringing the suffocating feel of being hunted.

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    Adide asked calmly, though her fir pheromones were as cold as ice, “If not you, then whose are these checks and jewels? Did Prisci gift them to you?”

    “Prisci never gave me these,” Prisci quickly denied.

    This had to be rified. If she were the one gifting Sophia such richesb, /bshe’d have to reward others simrly, which would be a drain on resources.

    Her wolf tail brushed lightly under her skirt, carrying a hint of annoyance from being implicated.

    Sophia’s lips quivered as she stammered, “I bought them myself… saved up for the checks.”

    “Saved from what? Your monthly wage? Shall I call the ountant to audit your savings?” Adide retorted, her fir pheromones sharpening with scrutiny. Her pupils were calm yet piercing, seeing through liesb. /b

    “When I was in the pce…”

    Sophia’s forehead beaded with sweat, her lc pheromones now damp with panic.

    She hesitated, her wolf ws curling involuntarily, leaving red marks on her palms.

    Adide said coolly, “I don’t care where your checks, gold, and jewelry came from. But the pink diamond earrings were found in your box. Though you left the pce with Prisci, you’re still pce–affiliated. Tomorrow, I’ll return you to the pce for royal judgment.”

    Sophia gasped, her lc pheromones dying instantly. Her face drained of all color.

    She knew the theft charge was a pretext; her real crime was being unmasked by Luna Adide.

    Her pupils dted with despair, her wolf ears drooping, strength fading from her legs.

    Return to the pce meant falling into Madison’s clutches.

    Exposed and useless, Madison would crush her, eliminating this leverage.

    The suffocating aura of impending doom weighed on her, squeezing the breath from her lungs.

    Her lips trembled violently, yet no plea for mercy escaped. Her pheromones frayed with terror, and she could only whisper, “No…”

    “Take her down and hold her. We’ll return her tomorrow. Prisci and I will report it personally,” Adide ordered.

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    Paisley opened the door, motioning for the guards to drag Sophia away.

    Sophia’s body went limp, tears falling like rain.

    As she was hauled outside, she caught sight of Eleanor and Morgana and pleaded, “Morgana, save me…”

    Prisci bsat /bin silence for a long while. Adide poured her a cup of coffee, “Have another cup.”

    Prisci looked at Adide, then at Paisley, and finally at Susan.

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    She asked, “What’s really going on with her? Who’s she in league with to frame us?”

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