Chapter: 0042And for just a moment, their masks dropped. The hatred in their eyes was chilling. Pure, undisguised loathing. Mason's face twisted with rage and something else, something that looked almost like panic. He was losing control of her, losing his ability to manipulate and contain her, and he knew it. Jessy's expression was even worse. Her eyes burned with a fury so intense it seemed to radiate heat. Her smile was gone, replaced by a thin, hard line. She looked at Lyra like she was imagining all the ways she could kill her, like she was already planning the next attempt. Mason's lips moved, forming words without sound. Lyra was good at reading lips, and had learned the skill from watching pack members gossip across crowded rooms. "You'll regret this." The threat was clear, unmistakable. This wasn't over. The moment Lyra returned, if she returned, there would be consequences. Mason would make sure of it. But beside Jessy's expression, there was something else. A knowing smirk that su
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Chapter: 0041Jessy's smile remained fixed in place as she held the wine glass, the poisoned liquid catching the light like liquid rubies. Her eyes, however, were calculating, studying Lyra's face for signs of weakness, of sickness, of the poison doing its work. "Are you feeling better?" Jessy asked, her voice dripping with false sweetness. "You looked so pale when you left the dining hall. I was worried you might be... ill." The pause before "ill" was deliberate. A test. Jessy wanted to see if Lyra understood what had happened, if she knew she'd been poisoned. She was playing a dangerous game, toying with her victim, seeing if Lyra would confront her or stay silent. Before Lyra could respond, the King stepped forward, positioning himself between the two women. His presence was imposing, protective, and a clear barrier. "Luna Lyra will be departing with me tonight," he announced, his voice carrying the weight of absolute authority. "She requires rest before our journey, and I've decided we shou
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Chapter: 0040The reality of that sank in, cold and terrifying. Someone wanted her dead badly enough to try killing her in public. Which meant they were either desperate or confident they wouldn't be caught. "Pack only what you absolutely need," the King continued. "We leave within the hour. My guards will create a distraction, and we'll slip out during the confusion." "Mason will know something's wrong," Lyra said. "He'll come after me." "Let him try," the King said, and there was steel in his voice. "Once you're in Royal territory, you're under my protection. He can't touch you there." Lyra wanted to argue, wanted to say she needed more time, that leaving like this would cause problems. But the truth was undeniable. This place would kill her if she stayed. "Okay," she whispered. "Okay, I'll do it." The King nodded, satisfaction evident in his posture. "Good. Now, can you stand? We need to return to the dinner briefly, make everything appear normal. Then you'll excuse yourself to finish pac
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Chapter: 0039The farewell dinner was Mason's idea. A formal send-off for his Luna, he'd announced, a show of pack unity and support for the cultural exchange. On the surface, it was a magnanimous gesture. In reality, it was another performance, another opportunity to maintain the facade while the rot festered underneath. The pack's grand dining hall had been decorated for the occasion. Candles flickered on every table, flowers arranged in elegant centerpieces. The best china had been brought out, the finest wines uncorked. It looked like a celebration. It felt like a funeral. Lyra sat at the head table beside Mason, wearing a formal gown that had been chosen more for appearance than comfort. The bruises on her wrist were carefully concealed beneath long sleeves and strategically placed bracelets. She smiled when expected, nodded at the right moments, and played her part. But inside, she was counting the hours until she could leave this place. The Lycan King sat to Mason's left, his masked face
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Chapter: 0038The lie tasted bitter, but she couldn't tell them the truth. If they knew, they'd try to help. They'd confront Mason or pull her out of the pack. And then they'd become targets. She couldn't lose them again. She couldn't. Margaret pulled Lyra into another hug, holding her tight. "Oh, baby," she whispered. "You don't have to protect him. You don't have to lie for him." The words broke something inside Lyra. Tears spilled down her cheeks, hot and fast, and she sobbed into her mother's shoulder. All the fear and pain and exhaustion she'd been holding in came pouring out. "I'm okay," she managed to say between sobs. "I promise, I'm okay." But her parents didn't believe her. How could they, when she was falling apart in their arms? Thomas stepped closer, wrapping both his wife and daughter in his embrace. "Listen to me carefully," he said, his voice firm. "If you ever need to come home, our door is always open. You understand? You don't owe anyone your misery, not even your mate." T
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Chapter: 0037Mason gave his answer the following evening. Through gritted teeth and with visible reluctance, he agreed to the cultural exchange. The King would depart in two days, and Lyra would accompany him to the Royal Pack for one month. The announcement should have brought relief. Instead, it unleashed something darker in both Mason and Jessy. Within hours, the whispers began. Lyra first noticed them in the pack dining hall the morning after the announcement. She'd arrived for breakfast to find clusters of pack members falling silent as she approached, their eyes sliding away from hers, their expressions a mixture of pity and suspicion. "Did you hear?" one woman whispered to her companion, not quite quietly enough. "The Luna is leaving for a whole month. To be with him." "With the King?" her friend gasped. "That's so inappropriate. Poor Alpha Mason." Lyra's hands clenched around her breakfast tray, but she kept walking, keeping her head high. She couldn't let them see how their words aff
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Chapter: CHAPTER 197Vanya's POV "You look even better." "Don't think of blasphemy Tristan. The goddess is the best of all bests. Another headline just popped up. It says... " I paused. "A new world order, a new religion, the Blackwoods." "Indeed. A new religion. " He chuckled before he paused. "I'll get the kids from school today. You'll just have to get off from work and go home." "The last time you got the children back from school Tristan, all of you wrecked the house!" "And we apologized and promised we'd never do it again." "Whatever. Thank you for getting them in... Advance " I said to him. "At your service my queen." I smiled, grinning from ear to ear. "I love you." I said to him. "I love you more." He replied. "We'll talk later, gotta go." He mused, before blowing a kiss into the phone's speaker and then hanging up. I sat down on my seat, thinking back in all that had happened in my life. All that had happened to bring me to this day. To this moment of true happiness. I had never kn
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Chapter: CHAPTER 196FOUR YEARS LATER. Vanya's POV "Is this what you really want to do? Still be a chef?" My love asked. "CEO of a good company honey. And yes. That's what I want to do. What I still want to do. " I opened the door to leave, turned, and pulled him towards me with his tie, kissing him full on the lips. He edged forward, closing the door and winding the glass up. His hand trailed to my waist, pulling me closer to him, before they made to unbutton my blouse. "What are you doing?" I giggled, throwing my head back. "I told you " He grumbled. "That the next time you do this on a work day, we might end up having sex in the car. " "And I said?" "Mm... You said nothing." I opened the car door. "And silence in court means...." But I had jumped out of the car, blowing him a kiss as I shut the door. He looked like a pouting child that would soon begin to bawl. "Just go." I mouthed, shooting him away with a wave of my hand. "You're in for tonight." He mouthed back before blowing me a kiss
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Chapter: CHAPTER 195Vanya's POV "Wait..." Tristan paused them. "You knew he came after Vanya." He questioned his father. Which he nodded to. "Does that mean you've been in London all this while?" He nodded again. Tristan stared at him in disbelief while I listened to their story. Waiting earnestly for them to finish so I could throw everything I wanted at them. "When we heard he came after you..." My father had become serious. "I told Marco and Vladimir that it was finally time for me to come out of hiding." They both nodded. "And worst of all, when Marco told me about your outburst." They nodded again. But he continued. "They weren't really buying the idea, and Vladimir promised to take care of you and Marco but I had been hiding long enough." "So we finally decided to come out of hiding," Vladimir said. "And deal with Magnus." Marco added. The sitting room now went quiet as I weighed everything they had said. I had missed my father since I was thirteen, thinking he was dead, but he had been aliv
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Chapter: CHAPTER 194Vanya's POV "Is this some kind of joke to appease me?" I turned to Marco. "Joke? No. No it's... Not." "I'm not buying this shit. None of it." "And where did you learn how do speak like that little crow?" "Don't you dare call me that!" I spat at the man. "And where did you even hear that from?" "I didn't hear it from anywhere. We made it up, together. At the spring fall close to your school when you wouldn't stop crying about how boring school was and how you wanted to be a doctor but not go to school for it..." I bit my lower lip. This couldn't be happening. I was dreaming. It's all a dream. "And what did I say?" I asked him for confirmation. "If I can make it as a doctor without books, I want the world in return..." "No..." I exhaled, forcing myself to stay calm and tearless. "And I said to you..." I remembered clearly what he said to me that day. Even if you want heaven... "Even if you want heaven..." Daddy wouldn't hesitate a second... "Daddy wouldn't hesitate a
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Chapter: CHAPTER 193Vanya's POV I walked out of Tristan's office, and when I was out of earshot, I ran to our room, shutting the door behind me as I wailed my eyes out. I shook as the sobs took over me, fully in control. How could he? How could Marco? He was my father's best friend. He was supposed to stand by my father, was supposed to protect him. Was supposed to be a true friend. I hate him! I hate him!! I sniffled, still sitting down on the floor. How long I sat there, I couldn't recall but I knew it was well past afternoon. Tristan had come to knock on the door during lunch, asking me to eat. I had told him I wanted to be alone and wasn't in the mood to eat. "In case you change your mind." He said as I heard a rattle of plates in front of the door. "I'll leave your lunch here." Then he had left. After some time, he had come to the door again, knocking to check up on me. "I'm fine," I replied. "Vanya..." He started. "I know it's tough. I wish I could help... Or... Or do something." He sig
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Chapter: CHAPTER 192Tristan's POV I was in my study with Vanya that morning when Adam and some of my men brought Magnus into my office. Hands bound as he knelt him down before us. I was sitting on the arm of the seat while Vanya sat on it. From where he knelt, Magnus glared at us. His face filled with venom. Like the fuck I cared. He had gone after Vanya for whatever crooked reason it was. Had killed her father, my father's very good friend. He had ruined her chance of having a father and a mother too, potentially making her an orphan. The reason my Luna had no parents as shoulders to lean on, was because of this man. And heaven knew, I wanted to rip out his throat. There was a tremble on his venomous face even though he tried to hide it. He only glared as a defense mechanism. "Such a flimsy defense you have there Magnus." No need putting the Alpha's honorific anyway. He didn't deserve that respect. He blinked that I called him by his name but covered the shock on his face by glaring harder. "Oh!"
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