All Chapters of The Ex-Luna's Return: No Longer His Doormat: Chapter 141 - Chapter 150

~ 141 ~~ Mia ~The accusation was the single thing I could no longer swallow. Years of forced composure, of biting my tongue through whispers, gossip, and the quiet cruelty of East Lake, finally shattered into a million pieces.The heat rushed straight to my chest, boiling over with a fierce, blinding intensity that made my very veins burn.My Alpha aura erupted.It poured out of me, raw and overwhelming, crashing down over the entire hotel lobby."Lili, wait…" Hailey started to say, reaching out a hand to steady me, but her words cut off instantly as the suffocating pressure of my power flooded the open space.The immediate effect was staggering.The mocking smirk vanished from Chloe’s face in an instant, replaced by absolute horror. Her eyes widened in terror as the invisible weight slammed directly into her chest. She buckled forward, gasping violently for air, her designer heels sliding out from under her as she dropped hard to her knees against the floor."What is... what is hap

~ 143 ~~ Mia ~The rumor didn't just spread across the pack networks; it exploded like a bomb with terrifying, unnatural speed."Lili, you need to see this right now," Hailey said, bursting into my office without knocking, her face pale as a sheet and her tablet trembling in her hands. "The regional forums... they've completely lost their minds."I looked up from my desk, my stomach sinking instantly at the sheer panic in her voice. "What is it now, Hailey? Did another group of protestors show up at the clinic gates?""Worse," Hailey said, walking over and placing the tablet flat in front of me on the wooden desk. "Someone dug deep into old, restricted eastern archives. They pulled a clear, formal portrait of East Lake's late Luna from years ago and placed it directly beside a recent photo of you taken outside the hospital gates."I stared down at the screen, and my breath caught painfully in my throat, freezing the blood in my veins.The resemblance was undeniable. The bone structur

~ 145 ~~ Mia ~Cornered by the relentless, mounting harm my silence was causing everyone around me, I finally relented. I looked at Nick, whose worried eyes still held the ghost of his schoolmates' whispers, then at Ryker, and finally at my parents standing shoulder to shoulder with grim resolve in the quiet kitchen."Okay," I said quietly, the word slipping out of me like a heavy breath I had held for too long. "Do it. Release the statement."My father let out a sharp, relieved breath, and my mother immediately stepped forward to wrap her arms around me, while Ryker pulled out his communicator with a fierce, decisive look in his dark eyes."It's about damn time," Ryker muttered, his thumb flying across the glass screen to authorize the broadcast. "We are ending this trash tonight.""Are you sure about this, Lili?" my father asked, his gaze searching my face with deep concern. "Once this goes public, there's no turning back. You won't just be Dr. Quinn anymore. You'll be stepping rig

~ 147 ~~ Mia ~The bloodline revelation did not just clear my name; it detonated a massive, uncontrollable political storm across the northern territories — one that I never wanted and never asked for.Within a single day, the question was everywhere, echoing through the hospital corridors, bouncing across pack network channels, and whispered behind closed doors inside the Red Moon administrative halls.If the former Alpha's only true-blood daughter and rightful heir was alive and standing right here, what was the adopted son doing sitting in the Alpha's seat?Worse still, the opportunistic whispers began to twist into dark, malicious insinuation. Did Ryker somehow benefit from my disappearance all those years ago? Did he step into a vacant seat that was never meant for him?Elders began to murmur in the shadows of the high council chambers, questioning the legitimacy of the transition. Rival packs from the east and south watched like hawks, waiting for cracks to form in our leadersh

~ 149 ~~ Darian ~Two days before the birthday celebration, the East Lake convoy finally crossed over the northern frontier, rolling through the mist-shrouded border gates and entering Red Moon territory.I sat in the back of the armored black sedan with my jaw clenched so tight my teeth ached. Seated directly beside me, wrapped in an exquisite, high-collared cashmere coat that practically screamed eastern aristocracy, was Ariana. She was the living, breathing reminder of a political trap I couldn't dodge. The East Lake Council had forced her into my official party under the thinly veiled threat of open factional war if I left her behind. I hadn't been able to overrule them without plunging my own pack into chaos, and the bitter taste of that defeat lingered heavy on my tongue.In the vehicle behind us rode my mother, who had insisted on making the journey despite her failing health, and Fanny, who had attached herself to the delegation like a burr no one had the patience to pick off.