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The smile on Damon’s face faded.“Evelyn, it’s been five years. Are you still throwing a tantrum over what happened?”He folded his arms across his chest and looked down at me with open arrogance.“I forgave you for slapping me a long time ago. Don’t worry. I won’t let you starve.”“I don’t need your forgiveness.” I gave a cold laugh. “I’m the Luna of the Frostmoon Pack, and I’m here tonight as Frostmoon’s representative.”Damon froze for a moment before bursting into laughter.The guests at the neighboring tables set down their wineglasses and turned to look at me.“Frostmoon’s Luna?”He lowered his head and stared into my face.“Do you even know who Kieran is? He’s the Alpha King of pure Lane blood, and he’s also the chairman of the Pack Council.”Damon’s eyes remained fixed on me, his voice thick with ridicule.“You seriously think he would mark a filthy, stinking rogue and make her his Luna Queen?”Vivian handed the pup to an attendant and walked toward us with a smile.“Do you hav

The pain made my entire body curl in on itself.Damon looked down at me, the toe of his boot pinning the hem of my dress to the floor.“You don’t get a say here.”My inner wolf roared in fury, throwing itself again and again against the crushing Alpha dominance.I braced my hands against the floor and had barely managed to lift one knee when the pressure slammed down across my shoulders again.Noah reached toward me through his tears. “Mommy! I want Mommy!”His small hand accidentally scraped across Damon’s jaw, leaving two bloody marks behind.Damon immediately seized his wrist. “No manners, just like your mother!”He shoved Noah into the arms of the guard behind him.“Take him to the sitting room. Shut the door and let him calm down.”“Don’t take him away!”I tried to lunge forward, but Damon’s Alpha dominance was so heavy that I could barely raise my head.The guard tightened his hold on Noah and turned away.“Mommy!”Noah’s cries grew fainter as he was carried farther down the corr

I clenched my hands so tightly that my nails broke the skin of my palms.“Where is Noah?” I whipped around to face Damon. “Where did you take him?”Damon’s expression changed instantly, and he stumbled half a step backward.“I took him to the sitting room!”He hurried to explain before turning toward his men and shouting, “Find the guard who took Noah away earlier! Now!”The order was sent out, but no one returned with an answer.My heart sank.If Damon was telling the truth, then where had Noah gone?“If anything has happened to Noah…”I walked toward Damon one step at a time, and my voice sounded so cold that even I barely recognized it. “I will make you pay for it in blood.”Damon’s pupils contracted.He blurted out almost instinctively, “Do you really think I would hurt my own pup?”“Your what?”Kieran’s voice cut through the hall.He stood beside me, his silver-gray eyes filled with a terrifying murderous intent.“Noah is my son.” He stared at Damon. “You should think carefully be

[Damon’s POV]Damon stood motionless for a long time, watching Evelyn walk away with Noah in her arms.After telling him and Vivian to return to the banquet hall, she had simply left without hesitation.She had not even spared him another glance.Countless times over the years, Damon had imagined how Evelyn would react when she finally saw this room.Perhaps she would confront him with red-rimmed eyes, or perhaps she would break down and beg him to let her stay.He had even imagined her clutching his sleeve the way she once had and begging him not to leave her.The one thing he had never imagined was that she would remain so calm.She had been so calm that it almost seemed as though the person truly forgotten over the past five years had been him.“Why are you still standing there?”Vivian folded her arms and leaned against the doorframe, her voice sharp with sarcasm.“Are you waiting for the Luna Queen to come back and move into this bedroom?”Damon turned sharply toward her, his eyes

When Damon and Vivian returned to the banquet hall, Noah was sitting safely in my arms.The evidence was overwhelming, and every guest present had witnessed what happened.There was more than enough testimony to support the judgment, leaving no room for anyone to challenge the ruling.Kieran formally announced his decision.“Even if you truly did not know Evelyn was the Luna Queen, assaulting her and taking her child by force are still serious crimes. I will spare your lives, but you will not escape punishment.”“Damon, you are hereby stripped of your position as Alpha of the Greyrock Pack, effective immediately.”“Vivian, your family’s moonstone mine will be transferred to Evelyn as compensation.”The royal guards stepped forward, removed Damon’s crown, and took possession of the Alpha seal.Damon offered no resistance, and instead, some of the tension seemed to leave his shoulders.He bowed to Kieran. “I accept the Alpha King’s judgment.”Vivian grabbed his arm, her voice rising into