Chapter: Chapter 5: VanishedThe air in the room suddenly grew cold, as if someone had just poured me an ice bucket of water.There were murmurs of agreement amongst the elders, while Mathew and I was yet to utter a single thing.“My elders, If I may,” Valerie suddenly spoke, pulling everyone's attention in the room. “Don't you think a month is a little too long of a time? I mean, she's been with the Alpha for a year now, and still nothing.”“I don't see how any of that is of your concern.” Mathew spat out, as you could almost hear the resentment in his tone.“It is her concern.” One of the elders said. “As it stands now, she's the only one here who's carrying your legacy and the continuation of your bloodline. If anything, I believe she has your best interest at heart.”“Thank you so much for saying that.” Vale said, feigning innocence and vulnerability before everyone. “I just believe having her around would distract him from attending to his fatherly duties.”“I don't see how Lauren remaining my wife would st
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Chapter: Chapter 4: UltimatumIt had barely been 2 days and the news of Valerie's pregnancy swept through the whole pack. There wasn't a living soul there who wasn't aware of the coming of the next heir.And just like always, I had taken the hardest hit in the process.Everyone seemed to have finally lost the little string of respect I had been holding on to as Luna. Even the maids in the Estate had slowly lost respect for me, especially after Valerie had fully moved into the Estate now.Mathew and I had not spoken more than three words to each other in the past days. I couldn't find myself speaking to anyone. I barely even had appetite to eat these days.Like every other day, I sat in the balcony ofcmy quarters, a book in hand, but my attention drawn far away from it. Suddenly, I heard a loud hit, causing me to look back into the bedroom.I couldn't believe who I was seeing.“What are you doing here?” I asked, totally perplexed as Valerie stood there; surrounded by her bags.“I just thought it would be proper for
Huling Na-update: 2026-09-23
Chapter: Chapter 3: ExposureThe expression on Mathew's face suddenly disappeared, leaving him looking completely blank. It looked like his brain was still loading and trying to process the gift that had just been handed to him.“What do you mean you're pregnant?”The room had gone into an unrecoverable silence. I stood there, not knowing or having what to say next. Not like words were going to save me from this.“It is just like you heard, my love.” She said. Finally, she turned her gaze towards me. “I'm carrying the next royal heir.”Mathew immediately pulled his hands out of her grip, anger slowly forming on his face.“What kind of sick game are you playing at, Valerie?” His voice had grown cold.“And who told you I'm trying to play any games? It's the truth.”“Do you even hear yourself? Do you realize the words coming out of your mouth?”“Mathew…” she reached for him but he pulled back.“Don't touch me.” He gave her a death stare.“Why are you suddenly acting like this isn't your fault?” The smile fell from V
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Chapter: Chapter 2: RevelationI had urhsed her in without even thinking it, sending the maids to quickly get her something to drink.“You look well.” I told her, maintaining the bright, genuine smile on my face.“I do feel well.” She returned the smile. But at a lower intensity.Valerie was my best friend. Or I hoped she still was She was the only friend I had managed to get while growing up and leaving away from the rest of the pack members.Regardless of the stigma that had followed me around because of my mark, and my inability to transform, Valerie, had never once; failed in showing her care towards me. Even though it meant sneaking out every single time just to see me.But we had lost contact a few months back. We had argued. Then she had suddenly turned cold after that day until she went completely AWOL.The maid served her her drink, before turning away and leaving only the two of us alone in the sitting quarters. There was a small minute of silence— which made me feel slightly uneasy. But I didn't show it.
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Chapter: Chapter 1: Betrayer“What do you mean you're pregnant?” The room had turned incredibly silent on that note. So much so that a pin could be heard hitting the ground if possible.Pregnant?The choice of word used had completely numbed me from even considering to speak.Not that anyone else in my place would speak so gallantly with the current update.“That's exactly it.” Valerie clarified. Then she turned, intentionally reaching to lock eyes with me. And there it was.That little glint of resentment I hadn't have believed she had towards me; painted right across her whole expression.“As you both heard; I, am carrying the next royal heir.”With so much force as possible, I tried to keep myself composed and steady. While Mathew stood there expressionless and completely silent, I struggled to even catch my next breath.All it took was one hour, and a single word to completely ruin life for me. If I had known this was how the day would end for me, would I have still ushered her in with as much love as I did
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Chapter: CHAPTER 71: HE WAS WATCHING US"I should have found this room months ago." I paced the narrow space, my fists clenched so tight my knuckles had gone white. "This is my house. I grew up here. How does someone build a hiding place inside my own home and I never notice?""Stop." Olivia caught my arm, forcing me to stand still. "This isn't your fault, Ethan.""It's exactly my fault. I'm responsible for this family's security. I'm responsible for keeping you and Noah safe, and somebody's been standing close enough to take pictures of us without either of us ever noticing.""You didn't build this room," Olivia said firmly. "You didn't hide inside it. Blaming yourself for someone else's crime doesn't make either of us safer. It just makes you useless to the part where we actually fix this."I looked at her, something in her voice cutting through the spiral I'd been falling into, and forced myself to take a breath."You're right," I said. "I'm sorry.""Don't apologize. Just help me go through this properly." She turned bac
Huling Na-update: 2026-10-31
Chapter: CHAPTER 70: UNDER OUR ROOF"That's not possible," I said, staring at the screen. "Harold hasn't set foot in this house in years. I would have known.""The logs don't lie, Ethan." My security chief stood beside the terminal, his own face grim. "Someone's been using his credentials consistently, accessing internal systems from a location inside this property. Either he's been coming and going without anyone noticing, or someone inside this house has been feeding him access."I called a full lockdown before he'd even finished the sentence, every door sealed, every member of staff gathered into the main hall within twenty minutes, Noah kept upstairs with Victoria and two guards posted outside his room despite his sleepy protests that he wanted to see what was happening.I questioned every single person in that hall myself, staff who had worked for this family for years, people I'd trusted without ever really examining why. Most of them had nothing useful to offer, confusion and fear plain on their faces at being pu
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Chapter: CHAPTER 69: THE NAME"They already came for my son." My voice shook with a fury I didn't try to hide. "Three weeks ago, Madison. He was taken from our own kitchen. What exactly do you think saying a name out loud is going to change that hasn't already happened?"Madison's hands were trembling, her composure finally gone completely. "You don't understand what you're asking me to risk.""I understand exactly what I'm asking." I kept my eyes locked on hers, refusing to let her retreat back into vagueness now. "Give me the name, or get out of this house."She stared at me for a long moment, and I watched something shift behind her eyes, some final calculation resolving itself."Harold Voss," she said quietly.The name meant nothing to me, but I called Ethan immediately, my hands shaking as I relayed it over the phone, and the silence on his end told me it meant something terrible to him.He arrived at the mansion within the hour, his face pale, his jaw set in a way that made my stomach drop before he'd said a
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Chapter: CHAPTER 68: SHE CAME TO OLIVIA"Olivia." Victoria's voice carried up the stairs, tight with warning. "Madison's here. She's asking to see you."I set down the glass of water I'd been holding and felt my whole body go rigid. Noah was asleep upstairs, finally, after a day that had worn all of us thin, and the last thing I wanted was Madison Reed anywhere near this house tonight."Tell her to leave.""She says it's urgent. Olivia, she looks frightened. I've known that woman for years and I've never seen her look like this." Victoria's voice had an edge to it I rarely heard, something closer to worry than her usual careful composure.I almost said it again, tell her to leave, tell her I don't care how she looks. But something in my mother's voice, some genuine unease I rarely heard from her anymore, made me pause with my hand still wrapped around the water glass.I went down anyway, because some instinct told me ignoring this would cost more than hearing it out, and found Madison standing in the entryway, her hands twi
Huling Na-update: 2026-10-26
Chapter: CHAPTER 67: MADISON'S CHOICEI sat alone in my car outside the Hayes building long after the board meeting ended, watching Ethan's silhouette pass behind the lobby windows as security walked him out like he was a stranger instead of the man who had run that company for three years.I had wanted this once. Not this exactly, not Ethan humiliated and powerless, but something close to it. Some version of him brought low enough that he'd need me again, the way he'd needed me once, before Olivia walked back into his life and rearranged everything I'd spent seven years building.It didn't feel like winning. It felt like watching a house collapse that I'd helped set on fire, standing too close to walk away clean.My phone buzzed. A text from a number I'd deleted and re-saved a dozen times over the past year, always under a different fake name so I wouldn't have to see the real one staring back at me every time it lit up my screen.We need to talk. Tonight.I typed back fast, my hands unsteady. About what? Ethan's out. Th
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Chapter: CHAPTER 66: THEY TOOK THE COMPANYI stood in the boardroom twenty minutes later, every seat around the long table filled, faces I'd known for years looking back at me with expressions ranging from discomfort to open hostility. A stack of printed documents sat in front of each board member, and I didn't need to read mine to know roughly what it contained."Ethan." The board chair, a woman named Patricia Haines who'd served on this board since before my father handed me the company, didn't bother with pleasantries. "We've received evidence of significant financial irregularities tied directly to your personal authorization codes. Unauthorized transfers, falsified reporting. The board has a duty to investigate.""I've seen this evidence before," I said, keeping my voice level despite the fury building under my ribs. "It's fabricated. Built using templates from my father's private files, files that were stolen from a vault in my own home three days ago.""That's a serious accusation.""It's a serious crime," I said. "Some
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