All Chapters of The Alpha's Scorned Bride: Chapter 41 - Chapter 50

Ava's POVJasper looked up at Victor, his eyes wide and pleading.“Dad, please… talk to Mom…”My wolf went very still. I didn’t have to look to know which Mom he meant.Victor’s gaze flickered toward me for a brief second. Just a glance.Then he turned back to Laura, and his expression softened in a way I had not seen directed at me in years.“Laura, it’s okay,” he said gently. My wolf’s ears flattened.“Just this once,” Victor continued. “He’s really attached to you right now.”Jasper buried his face deeper against Laura.“Separation’s hard,” Victor added quietly. “Let’s give him some time.”The words settled into the room like cold fog.Laura’s face softened immediately, her brows creasing with guilt as she turned to look at me.Her scent carried the faint sweetness of false remorse. “Ava, I’m so sorry,” she said.Her voice trembled just enough to sound sincere.“I didn’t mean to interrupt your time with your family.”My wolf almost laughed. My time with my family? The family she ha

Ava's POVI stayed where I was, watching. Richard flashed his identity card and said something to him. The change was immediate.The doctor’s annoyed expression melted into stiff politeness. His scent shifted from irritation to cautious respect.“Call off the guards,” the doctor said quickly.The security wolves stepped back at once. The woman looked completely confused as the guards suddenly stopped dragging her.“Y-you can stay,” the doctor added awkwardly.The boy was guided gently back toward the ward.The woman stared at Richard, stunned. Then tears filled her eyes.“Thank you… thank you so much,” she sobbed, bowing repeatedly.Richard rubbed the back of his neck awkwardly, clearly uncomfortable with the attention. I didn’t wait to hear the rest.Instead, I slipped outside. The evening sky was fading into deep blue, the air cool against my skin. The hospital smelled different out here. It was less sterile and more alive.But my chest still felt heavy. I leaned against the railing

Ava's POVVictor finally looked at me.His eyes were calm. “Both the Shelton family and the Grand Council are throwing him a welcome party next week,” he said evenly.Then he leaned back in his seat.“If you don’t believe me… ask your friend, Nora.”The moment Victor mentioned Nora, I hesitated.My wolf shifted uneasily inside me, her ears twitching at the sound of my friend’s name. For a second, the anger boiling in my chest lost its rhythm.I huffed and tossed the iPad back at him.“Victor,” I snapped, “don’t you have any heart?”The tablet landed neatly in his hands. Victor glanced at me, his gaze sharp and cool, like the edge of a blade.“You used sixty thousand dollars of mine to cover James’s son’s treatment,” he said calmly. “How exactly does that fit with your idea of ‘heart’?”My wolf bristled instantly.“Sixty thousand?” I scoffed. “That’s nothing to you.”I leaned back against the seat and crossed my arms. “Besides,” I added, “I was doing you a favor.”The words slipped out

Ava's POVI lowered my gaze so Jasper would not see the storm in my eyes.“We will talk tomorrow,” I said quietly. “You should get some sleep tonight.”Jasper looked like he wanted to ask more questions. But before he could speak again, I started humming.Then singing. The lullaby slipped out softly, the way it always had. It was a song I had learned years ago… in prison.Back then, the nights had been long and cold, full of restless wolves pacing inside their cages. Someone in the cell next to mine had sung it one night, her voice gentle but carrying a sadness that never quite faded.I had learned it quickly. And strangely enough… it had stayed with me. The melody floated through the room, low and soothing.Jasper’s small body slowly relaxed under the blankets. His breathing evened out, his wolf settling into sleep.Back when I had been heavily pregnant, when my twins kicked up a storm inside my stomach every night like two tiny pups fighting for territory…This lullaby had been the

Ava's POVVictor glanced at me, that unflinching gaze that could pin a wolf to the wall. “Would you have believed me?”I lifted an eyebrow, but my wolf stayed tense in my chest. He had a point. After everything that had happened, I would have doubted him. With him, there was no telling what was the truth anymore.We finished breakfast in silence. My wolf growled low when Victor drained his coffee and stood.“When you go to your check up, drop Jasper off at school,” he said simply, as if it were the law of the pack.I opened my mouth to protest. The hospital and school were not even on the same route, and my wound still throbbed. But he was already striding toward the door.I was left with no other choice. I gritted my teeth, grabbed Jasper’s backpack, and tossed it at him. “Have you got everything? Forget something, and it is your problem.”Jasper shot me a sharp look and snatched the bag from my hands. “With that attitude, you still want me to call you Mom?”I shrugged, feeling my wo