A Female Alpha’s Revenge

Chapter 168

Third Person’s POV

Madison used the money she’d extorted from Priscilla to further fuel the gossip in bars and coffeehouses, paying bartenders and baristas to sensationalize Adelaide’s past mating with Ulrik.

Seeing no response from the Frostfang Pack–and noting they’d sealed their borders and withdrawn from public life–Madison assumed Adelaide was cowering in fear of the public backlash.

The thought filled her with schadenfreude,

Emboldened, she approached Lycan Erasmus at the palace, arguing that Lance’s choice of Adelaide as his mate could undermine his judgment and plant seeds of trouble for kingdom management.

For the royal family’s stability, she insisted Adelaide must be stopped from becoming Alpha Lance’s Luna.

To her surprise, Lycan Erasmus’s expression darkened. His musk pheromones turned icy, pressing down on Madison.

His wolf eyes narrowed to vertical slits in the candlelight, “What are you implying?” he demanded,

“Lance and Adelaide are both warriors who’ve reclaimed the Southern Border and protected our werewolves. They’ve been loyal to me and the royal family. Moreover, Lance and I are brothers with a deep bond. He harbors no ill intentions. Don’t entertain groundless suspicions,” he said.

Madison, taken aback, quickly resumed her condescending tone. “Foolish! How can one fully trust others‘ hearts?

Before she could finish, a surge of Lycan Erasmus’s musk forced her to step back,

her wolf’s power shattered

presence.

removed his family ring and

surface, flames in all the lamps flickered wildly. His silver- gray wolf hair flared,

up. He hastily interjected, “Madison, choose your words carefully! If such talk. reaches the Royal Elder Council, they might accuse you of disrupting the brotherly

continued, “the royal family’s harmony is well–known. Alpha Lance and Miss Davidson are already engaged. If Lycan Erasmus were to break their bond, how would the public view

glanced at the ring on the

little to her, but she couldn’t

King–a sign of authority. When the old king

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place his ring on the table. It

a deep breath and stepped back. “Lycan

you truly cared for the younger generation, you’d offer Lance and Adelaide gifts like estates or jewels for their bonding ceremony. I’m sure they’d appreciate

After a moment, she sighed, “Honest advice

palace, especially the

burned, her silver–gray wolf ears bristling with

growled a warning in her mind,

palms, her royal Lycan pheromones surged–for a moment–before dissipating under Lycan Erasmus’s

at the frost on Erasmus’s shoulder armor, her throat bobbing with

silence, she turned and left without another word,

has always been spoiled and domineering. She likely didn’t mean

“If my aunt thinks me foolish, it’s no great matter. I have no cause