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Seeing no response from the Frostfang Pack–and noting they’d sealed their borders and withdrawn from public life–Madison assumed Adelaide was cowering in fear of the public backlash.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

black blood as her wolf’s power

presence.

face was a mask of displeasure. He removed his family ring

the wolf–head signet hit the moonstone surface, flames in all the lamps flickered wildly. His silver- gray wolf hair flared, and his gaze turned as cold and dark as the Arctic

choose your words carefully! If such talk. reaches the Royal Elder Council, they might accuse

family’s harmony is well–known. Alpha Lance and Miss Davidson are already engaged. If Lycan Erasmus were to break their bond, how

glanced at the ring on the table and

words meant little to her, but she couldn’t ignore Lycan Erasmus’s clear

from the former Lycan King–a sign of authority. When

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table. It was a gesture of

stepped back. “Lycan Erasmus, I only speak for your

chilly. “If you truly cared for the younger generation, you’d offer Lance and Adelaide gifts like estates or jewels for their bonding

After a moment, she sighed, “Honest advice is hard

carving on the throne’s armrest. His musk pheromones carried a glacial chill. “You really shouldn’t frequent the palace, especially the council chamber. As Lycan King, I may not be flawless, but I have the Royal Elder Council to assist me. Your concern is

burned, her silver–gray

warning in her mind, but she swallowed

her nails bit into her palms, her royal Lycan pheromones surged–for a moment–before dissipating under

the frost on Erasmus’s shoulder armor,

and left without another word, her entire being

always been spoiled and

me foolish,