로그인OPRAH’S POV"Mummy, is everything alright?"The small voice snapped everyone back to the present. I already knew who it was. His scent wrapped around me like a warm blanket. He was mine, born from my womb. My pup. My pride and joy."Yes, everything is fine, baby." I turned and met Zarek’s big hazel eyes staring up at me with open curiosity."Well," Zarek shifted his gaze to Geoffrey, then to Alexander."And you are right, little genius..." Alexander began with a grin."Can you just stop it?" I sighed, already exhausted. I shot Alexander a sharp glare. He only smiled wider, clearly enjoying himself."I told you not to...""Let the little champ into adult business?" Alexander finished for me. I rolled my eyes and spun toward Geoffrey."You can go and continue with the work.""Of course, ma’am." Geoffrey nodded, gave Alexander a quick nod, and left the house.I sighed and pressed a hand to my forehead. The reminder of my upcoming online meeting with my personal assistant made me want to
OPRAH’S POV"Thank you all for coming today. I... I honestly did not know if I would have the strength to face you."Lilith stood at the podium, eyes glistening with perfectly timed tears. Heavy makeup streaked down her face in dark trails, mixing with sweat. She clutched the edges of the stand until her knuckles turned white. Her voice trembled softly while cameras flashed around her. Her expression remained pitiful and gentle, as if she had never harmed a soul in her life.I clenched my fists so hard my nails dug into my palms. So she was playing for sympathy? Trying to make the world see her as innocent?I smiled bitterly."I just cannot believe someone would stoop so low, to lie about me." She paused and dabbed at her eyes with a delicate handkerchief. A single tear slid down her cheek."That bitch." I stepped closer to the television, jaw tight."The past few days, my life has been turned upside down. Someone has tried to..." Her voice broke. Her face twisted with practiced sadne
LILITH’S POV"You think I would do something like that to you?" I collapsed into fresh sobs. My body trembled with calculated precision. Tears spilled freely down my cheeks as I shook uncontrollably. Cold sweat prickled along my spine beneath the expensive fabric of my dress."I did not. It is just that...""Just what, Derrick?" I turned away for a split second, letting a cold smile flash across my lips before facing him again with wide, tear-filled eyes. My shoulders hunched inward as if the weight of the world crushed me."After I saved you from that fire years ago? After I left everything to run to you at the altar?" My voice cracked dramatically. My eyes widened as I choked on the words. Derrick rushed to the kitchen and returned with a glass of water, his steps hurried."Drink this." He held it to my lips with careful hands. His body remained tense, but pity flooded his features and softened the hard lines around his mouth.Good. The hook sank deeper."I would sacrifice my life f
LILITH’S POV"How could you?!"Derrick filled the wide-open doorway. His face remained stone cold. Veins bulged across his forehead. His mouth hung slightly open, teeth grinding together. His hazel eyes flickered and shifted into burning golden yellow as his wolf fought for control. His chest rose and fell in heavy, ragged breaths. His hands clenched into fists at his sides, knuckles white with strain. I could picture those hands wrapping around my neck and squeezing until life left me. His shirt hung unkempt and wrinkled. This was not the controlled Derrick I had always known. This version looked ready to kill.Even yesterday when I tried to seduce him, he had not looked this dangerous. Not even after I returned following the altar incident. His glare cut like ice and promised violence."D-Derrick... did you see what she did to me?" I collapsed to the floor. The strategic Lilith who had planned to turn Oprah’s move against her vanished. In her place knelt a pitiful, scared, innocent
DERRICK’S POV"Lucas!" I roared. My chest heaved with each breath. My heart slammed against my ribs. My hands shook as I curled them into tight fists until the knuckles turned white. I had shoved the phone into my pocket just in time. Otherwise it would have shattered in my grip."Yes, Alpha." Lucas rushed over and bowed low before lifting his head."I want you to send two of our most trusted and loyal men to Oprah’s location.""But Alpha, she will not take it well...""Do as I instruct you!" I growled, unleashing the full weight of my Alpha power. Lucas bowed deeper. His body trembled violently. His face twisted in pain as he fought the crushing command."Y... Yes... Alpha." The words came out in strained bursts. His muscles strained against the invisible force. I kept my fists clenched, shoulders locked, pouring more power into the order.'Stop! You are hurting him and it is not his fault!' Kaden howled inside my head, clawing to break free.'It is our fault that we did not believe
DERRICK’S POV"We found him like that, Alpha." Fred stood rigid beside the chair. My eyes fixed on the dead man slumped in chains. Pale skin stretched tight over bruises. Blood had dried in dark patches across his white shirt."He died from too much blood loss."I felt no surprise. The damage I had inflicted two days earlier left little room for survival."He refused to talk. All I wanted was the name of Dominic’s sister. That was all." I stepped closer. Disappointment weighed heavy on my face. The body hung limp, head lolled forward.My gaze dropped to the deep dagger wound in his stomach. Clotted blood soaked the fabric around it."Alpha, you need to rest." Lucas’s scent reached me before his voice. He had trailed me like a shadow since delivering those damning reports about four years ago."I am okay." I turned. Lucas stood next to Fred, hands clasped behind his back."What I need is Lilith. Not rest." I faced the corpse again."Have you found her?" Since the moment I realized her







