ANMELDENOlivia’s POV"Caius, that is enough!" Priscilla gasped, her face flushing crimson as she slammed her hands down on the table. "I was protecting the pack! The Blackwoods are our strongest allies. I was simply ensuring our families remained close while you were too busy running an army to care about your political duties!""You were lying to her, Mother," Caius shot back, "And you were lying to the entire High Council. You let her prance around the high court for years, claiming we were destined, feeding her delusions while I barely even looked in her direction.""It wasn't a delusion!" Priscilla argued, tears of frustration spilling over her cheeks. "She would have been the perfect Luna!""She is a murderer and a fraud," Caius snarled, pushing his chair back so violently it tipped over and crashed onto the floor. "And she was never going to be mine."I couldn’t believe what I was hearing.Hot, humiliating tears ran down my cheeks as I stared at Caius, and then at his mother. My chest h
Olivia’s POVThe next morning, I made sure to dress in a demure, elegant floral sundress—the exact picture of a perfect, traditional Luna—before arriving at the Feral Pack's royal estate.I went to visit Priscilla. Caius’s mother had always adored me, and I knew she desperately wanted me to be her son’s mate. She understood the importance of pure bloodlines and elite status. But that goddamn Caius had pushed me aside and rejected our arrangement the second he realized that little stray Celeste was his fated mate too!I took a deep breath, smoothing my expression into a sweet, innocent smile as I walked into the grand kitchen.Priscilla was already there, wearing an apron. I immediately tied one around my own waist and started baking cupcakes with her, since that was what she always loved doing. She always helped me and taught me her family recipes, treating me exactly like the daughter she had always wanted."Oh, Olivia, darling," Priscilla sighed, watching me perfectly pipe the van
Olivia’s POVI gasped, my chest heaving as Nathan and Caius flanked that pathetic stray and escorted her out of my ballroom. The shattered mahogany doors swung shut behind them.And then, the whispers started.I looked around at the faces of the elite. They were staring at me. Not with respect, not with envy, but with pity and shock. A manic, hysterical laugh bubbled up in my throat and ripped past my lips. I laughed in pure, blinding anger, my hands trembling at my sides. How could she do this to me? I am a Blackwood! I am above her! She is nothing but a nameless stray, and yet she had just humiliated me in front of the entire high court! No!"Olivia, oh my goddess, your dress," Jasmine stammered, rushing to my side alongside Victoria. They both looked terrified, their eyes constantly darting toward the broken doors as if the Alphas might suddenly come back to finish the job."Did you see Alpha Nathan's eyes?" Victoria whispered frantically, her hands shaking as she tried to help
Celeste’s POVMy silver magic flared, burning through my veins like liquid fire. Blinded by grief and rage, I raised my hand, fully intending to rip her throat out right then and there.A collective, terrified gasp echoed through the ballroom, but the loudest ones came from my mates."Cece, no!" Caius roared.Before my claws could connect with her flesh, two massive blurs of movement crashed into the center of the room. Nathan stepped in and violently yanked Olivia out from under me, hauling her up by her arms to drag her away. At the exact same second, Caius dropped to his knees right in front of me, his large, warm hands firmly grabbing both of my trembling wrists to stop my strike."Let me go!" I screamed, thrashing against his iron grip, my silver eyes burning into his."Look at me," Caius commanded, his voice dropping into a desperate, pleading rumble as he held my hands tightly against his chest. "If you do that right now, Celeste, the King will want your head too. Valerius is
Celeste’s POVI stared at my Alphas, my eyes flashing with untamed silver that illuminated the dimly lit shadows of the ruined ballroom.Caius walked over, his heavy boots crunching over shattered glass. The kneeling elite crowd parted for him like the Red Sea, too terrified to even look him in the eye. But as he passed, frantic, hushed whispers and murmuring broke out among the Noble families."Look at her eyes... it's true silver magic," a Duke’s wife whispered to her husband, trembling behind a pillar."The Alphas aren't even trying to stop her," another Noble muttered in sheer disbelief. "They're letting her hold the Blackwood heiress by the throat!""Did Celeste just say Olivia ordered a murder?" Jasmine whispered to Victoria, both of them inching away from Olivia as if her very presence was suddenly diseased. "If the Council finds out, her entire bloodline is doomed."Nathan stepped forward, coming to a halt right beside Caius. He glared directly at Olivia, his dark eyes devoid
Celeste’s POV“Yes, I’m a bitch!” I screamed back at her, “And this is for killing Ellie!”I didn't give her a second to process the accusation. I raised my hand and slapped her across the face with all the supernatural strength my awakened wolf could muster.Olivia gasped, stumbling backward in shock as a bright red handprint bloomed across her pale skin.Jasmine and Victoria shrieked, rushing forward to grab her arms and keep her from falling over completely in her high heels.Olivia’s eyes flashed a murderous, feral yellow. She let out a vicious snarl, lunging forward to slap me back, but I was infinitely faster. I shot my hand out and caught her wrist in a vice-like grip mid-air, stopping her strike completely. I squeezed the bones in her wrist so hard she let out a sharp whimper of pain.“You have no evidence I did that!” Olivia shrieked, struggling frantically to pull her arm out of my crushing grip. She extended her claws, trying to swipe at my face with her free hand. “Do you







