LOGINA knock at the door interrupted the moment. The head healer entered, carrying a tray with fresh bandages and medicines.
“Alpha Lloyd sent me to check on you both,” she explained, setting the tray down. Her eyes flickered briefly to the pendant around Aretha’s neck, and a small smile crossed her face. “It seems congratulations are in order.”
As the healer began her examination, other forces were at work throughout th
A knock at the door interrupted the moment. The head healer entered, carrying a tray with fresh bandages and medicines.“Alpha Lloyd sent me to check on you both,” she explained, setting the tray down. Her eyes flickered briefly to the pendant around Aretha’s neck, and a small smile crossed her face. “It seems congratulations are in order.”As the healer began her examination, other forces were at work throughout the packhouse. In the holding cells, Fawn sat alone, her glamorous facade completely shattered. Willow whined pitifully in her mind, mourning the life they could have had if only Fawn had accepted reality years ago.-We could have found our own happiness,- Willow lamented. -Our true mate is still out there somewhere.-“Shut up,” Fawn whispered harshly, tears streaming down her face. “Just shut up.”In his office, Isaac was methodically going
Fawn’s face had gone ashen, her eyes darting frantically around the corridor as if seeking an escape route. There was none. The walls of lies she had built around herself were crumbling, exposing her true nature to everyone who had once admired or feared her.“I was going to give them back,” she whispered, the desperation in her voice fooling no one. “It was just a mistake—““Give them back as a gift of undying love for Dante?” Aretha shock, “Why? What could I possibly have done to you that would make you want to steal them? It took me five years to save up for them, my heart given freely in something unbreakable. What did you spend that kind of money on, oh wait, right to save so that you could start a new life, right?”Fawn recoiled as if Aretha’s words were physical blows. The truth of her actions lay exposed before everyone, and no amount of manipulation c
“Public accountability,” Dante replied. “For everyone involved. Let the pack see the full extent of what was done, and let them witness the consequences.”Meanwhile, Holly purred with satisfaction in Aretha’s mind as she watched her mate with his father.But Fawn couldn’t help but try again, “You know that he’s never going to mark and mate you. You know that, don’t you, Aretha?”“Really, interesting you would say such things, definitely not what I caught in his scent last night when I woke up, or in his words or through our bond.”Fawn’s face contorted with rage, the last remnants of her carefully constructed facade crumbling completely. Pack members watched in stunned silence as the she-wolf who had always presented herself as sweet and demure revealed her true nature.“You’re lying!” she snarled, her voice
The force of the slap echoed through the hallway, silencing everyone. Fawn staggered backward, her hand flying to her reddening cheek, shock replacing the fury in her eyes. For years, the pack had watched Aretha endure without fighting back. This unexpected display of strength left them stunned.Dante’s lips curved into a proud smile as he watched his mate stand her ground. Midnight howled with approval within him, celebrating their mate’s strength and courage.“You hit me,” Fawn whispered, disbelief colouring her voice. “You actually hit me.”“I did, funny that, or maybe I’m just sick of your games. I’m sick of you hurting people that I love, the man that I love with your lies. Stealing gifts or personal items to make yourself look better, I do wonder if you bought anything in the last five odd years yourself. Oh, and who told you that I would banish you? Beyond your own
A voice that could only be Aretha’s came from the doorway of the Mate Suite. Dante’s arm wrapped around her waist, “That is simple, my father once said that a great Alpha knows when and where one's Alpha power should and shouldn’t be used. Alongside an Alpha should rest too, or he can’t defend his pack lands nor his family properly, although when I used to say that I used to drive an Alpha Heir insane with that statement.” Aretha paused, “A jealous she-wolf wasn’t worth wasting my Alpha power and proving others right that I should never be allowed to be Luna.”Dante’s face broke into a smirk at Aretha’s words, and, for good measure, he planted a kiss on her hair as he watched Fawn’s face for a reaction.Fawn’s expression contorted with fury, her carefully constructed mask crumbling under the weight of Aretha’s calm authority. The words struck like physi
Fawn’s face flushed with anger as she listened to her wolf. Deep down, she knew Willow was right, but admitting it was another matter entirely. Her carefully constructed world was crumbling around her, and the worst part was that it was happening in public, where everyone could witness her downfall.-You don’t understand!- Fawn hissed back at her wolf. -I deserve to be Luna. She’s nothing but a weak, pathetic excuse for a she-wolf who can’t even stand up for herself.--And whose fault is that?- Willow countered. -You’ve been systematically breaking her down since we were pups.-Oscar’s head turned slightly, his nostrils flaring as he caught Fawn’s scent. His eyes narrowed as he spotted her partially hidden form down the corridor. Without drawing attention to her presence, he sent a mind link to Alpha Lloyd.Sir, we have an unwanted visitor lurking in the shadows.







