Chapter 85

"I...I...I... didn’t do it," Tia stuttered, finding it hard to speak and her face was drained of all color as her heart thudded against her chest like it was ready to fall out.

James narrowed his eyes and stared hard at Tia, and then finally rested his eyes on the pack members who had yelled that she was responsible. "State your claims," he said to them.

One of the women came forward. "I.. saw Tia coming out of the kitchen after Mera, Ria, and the other two omegas," she began as she pointed at the two omegas Mera was standing beside. "After they had finished preparing dinner," she stated. Her name was Claire.

"I..." Tia began to speak to defend herself.

"Did I ask you to speak?" James demanded in anger, and Tia’s body shook in fear as she immediately kept quiet. This was his son they were talking about here. The alpha of the Crystal Moon pack. No one could poison him and go Scot-free. "Go on," he urged Claire.

"I asked her what she went in to do there a