A Female Alpha’s Revenge

Chapter 6

Third Person’s POV

After Adelaide left, the temperature in the palace parlor dropped noticeably.

Beta Fabian strode in and respectfully addressed the Lycan King, “Lycan Erasmus, Clarissa sent an Omega to ask if you could see her.”

Clarissa, the former Lycan Luna, no longer held the position but still commanded immense respect within the palace.

Erasmus sighed, “This must be about Adelaide. Let’s go.”

Clarissa lived alone in the East Tower villa with its private garden, where vibrant flowers bloomed.

She sat in a pavilion at the garden’s center, wearing a claret robe and holding a moonstone-staff topped with a lunar crescent.

Her face looked haggard.

“Good afternoon, Clarissa,” Erasmus greeted with a bow.

Clarissa’s claws dug into her seat.

to kneel ten paces away,

madness?” she hissed, her slit pupils glowing blood-red. “When Frostfang’s Alpha spilled seven lives to pave your throne, did you

unable to

was my doing,” Erasmus said

“You’re all

lifted. The Omegas and

said gravely. “You dishonor Frostfang’s fallen Alpha and his pack. As Lycan, we’re role models for all shifters. How can you violate the Moon Goddess’s

ice crystals on the floor. “Ulrik earned his right to bond with

sweeping down a bronze candlestick. Melted wax snaked across the

first bond is rejected. When you trampled the code, do you remember who shielded you from

bonded with Adelaide, without even marking her properly. Now he plans to bond with another. Did you consider

had only one daughter left. How much more can

from her lifelong friendship with Adelaide’s mother,

Lycan Erasmus knelt

he admitted quietly. “Ulrik returned victorious and made his demand public. I know it’s unreasonable, but both he and Velda insisted—this was the only thing they

sharpened. “So you’d rather Adelaide sacrifice herself to spare Ulrik embarrassment? Frostfang’s suffered enough! Do you have any idea what

Erasmus was well aware of

approval, he’d find a way to bond with Velda. And Adelaide would suffer

asked me for a mutual rejection from Ulrik. I