Ditched Cheating Alpha, I Led My Daughter to Life's Peak novel Chapter 105

Besides her father, no one's even entertaining this. I hear whispers in the crowd saying to lock her up and get on with it. Some people even mention exile, execution. Mr. Olcan glares at every single one, especially Coach Kenet. She clears her throat and looks away as if it wasn't her.

No one else is entertaining Suzie except Carson, who can't seem to look away from her. It's making me crazy the way he's looking at her. Like he's looking for her to prove everyone wrong. Like he actually believes her. She notices, obviously, and steps towards him. She's like, "You know me, Carson. Before you accuse me, ask around."

"What's there to ask?" Carson turns away from her.

She moves back into his line of vision. "Ask the person who received the orders for the formation who gave it to them in the first place."

He shakes his head. "We just did. He said it was you."

She shakes her head. "Ask again. Ask who put it in their hands. Ask something that-"

"-makes you look innocent." I glare at her. Who's buying this?

She narrows her eyes at me. "I was gonna say reveals the truth, but that works too."

I grab Carson's arm, trying to make him give me his hand. Trying to get him to move away from her because they're just too close to each other for my preference. I'm tired of this. I want her gone and I want her gone now. Maybe not murder, but she needs to go.

As if sensing this, Suzie moves even closer to Carson and touches his other arm, the one I don't currently have possession of. It might've been an innocent gesture from anyone else, but something in me snaps when I see her do it. The disrespect.

I lose my mind when he doesn't pull away. Instead he says, "We can ask again."

As if he burned me, I drop his arm. Or at least I try.

He holds onto my hand before I can let him go completely. "Mia?" he turns to me, pulling away from her grasp.

I give him a firm look and I say in a voice I never thought could come out of me, "Let. Me. Go."

For the first time in his life, Carson listens immediately. I think that makes me even more mad. I walk past him and Aiden and move to the far left side of Axel.

Carson follows of course. "What's wrong? Why are you acting like this all of a sudden?" He looks to his brothers, but they give him disapproving looks.

I don't say anything. When Carson moves close to me again and tries to touch me again, I move away forcefully. I try to go in between Axel and Aiden, but he follows. He tries to pull me into his arms, telling me something about my safety mattering most to him, and that's when Axel reacts. He moves Carson's arms away from me.

Carson's shocked. Then his eyes narrow. "What are you doing?"

Axel's quiet for a while. Then he says, "Sorry, Carson. I don't want to get into it, but she said to let her go." I believe him. He doesn't seem like he wanted to say even that much, or stop his brother, but he blocks Carson from me all the same. I'm grateful. I move closer to him, partly for protection and partly because of my petty self.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not using Axel. Yeah, I'm being petty, but it doesn't take away from Axel making me feel grounded. His warm arm brushing against mine makes me feel safe, taken care of. I just need him right now. This day's just been shit.

And if Carson wants to sympathize with the enemy, he shouldn't expect me to let him touch me in the first place.

Carson, albeit reluctantly and with a lot of pacing involved, stays where he is, but he keeps trying to talk to me. "You're not being fair, Mia."

I snap my head in his direction. "She just tried to kill me and even when all the evidence points to yes-"