Accidental Surrogate for Alpha

#Chapter 148 - The Prince’s Fury

3rd Person

Prince Damon stared at the television screen, apoplectic with rage. He didn't know how Sinclair found out about the story he'd leaked to the Current, and he didn't really care. The end result was the same: Here was the Moon Valley Alpha and his wretched little Luna on live TV, accusing him of corruption and murder. What was worse, the reporters were eating it up without any semblance of concern for the lies Sinclair had been telling these last few months. The Prince's own investigators hadn't figured out that Ella had been living as a human all these years, and now it seemed there wouldn't be any need for them to continue digging, because she was about to explain how this all began.

The glowing she-wolf exchanged a nod with her mate, before turning back to the crowd. 'The truth is that the beginning of our relationship is a mystery to us both. We were both desperate for children, after years of trying and failing with our partners. I didn't know it at the time, but I wasn't conceiving because I was with a human, and long story short, I went to a sperm bank thinking it was my last chance to get pregnant. Dominic had sent his own sperm there for analysis, and somehow it ended up getting mixed up with the sample from the donor I’d chosen."

"When Dominic scented his heir in my womb a few days later, we didn't understand how I was able to conceive a shifter's child, and now of course the mystery is who or what led to that fateful mix up, because we might not have created this baby the traditional way, but we fell in love so fast and fiercely that there’s no doubt it was meant to be." She explains, her silken voice full of warmth as she gazes up at the Alpha in question. "All we can say is the Goddess works in mysterious ways."

Excited mutters about the goddess and fate wove throughout the room, and Prince Damon gripped the back of the sofa so hard that his claws ripped into the upholstery. This was unbelievable. Why didn't anyone care that they had been lying all this time - they’d just confessed they didn't even know each other when the bitch conceived and the press was still fawning all over them. Romantic fools! He thought bitterly. What was wrong with this species? So brainless that they could be swayed by starry eyed fantasies and fairy tales about the Goddess.

He shut the television off when one of the reporters obsequiously cried," When did you realize you were in love?"

"Bring Lydia to me, right now." He ordered the guard beside him, "Then tell my father to clear his schedule. We need to talk."

When Lydia walked in a little while later, her demeanor skittish and uncertain, he could only growl wordlessly. ‘What's happened?" She asked, clearly balking.

announced that Ella's wolf was dormant and that he lied about her past to protect her." The Prince explained. 'Then

from him warily. "The current must have called them for a comment

think that Sinclair would take the opportunity to beat us to the punch! Nobody even cares that they lied

off of her in

wasn't for you - they would never have had that footage, Sinclair would have continued to quietly counter us in private if we hadn't pissed him off so much!" The Prince thundered, stalking Lydia across the room, his wolf glowing in his eyes. "You've done nothing but screw things up from the first moment you walked into

facing. "I’ll go away and you'll never hear from me again, you have

In that moment, the hints Ella had dropped about the Princess's murder suddenly clicked in

she had inserted herself into his world made sense. He realized that she'd always attached herself to powerful men, bouncing from one to the next every time they became wise to her treachery. “But you don't have anywhere to go, do you?" The Prince responded in a snarl. "Your husband tossed you to the curb, Sinclair rejected you. You've never worked a day in your life, it must have seemed like a golden

a bird of prey. She turned as he moved,

no male wolves were scented around her body." He reasoned sharply. "And poison ... such a non-confrontational

it isn't true." Lydia stammered. "You're letting them trick you. I know Ella put

know that is if you were eavesdropping." Damon accused angrily. "And they’re not the only ones who have been trying to manipulate me." He continued, thinking of Sinclair's comments about Lydia's interference. He might be a despicable, self-righteous, mongrel - but he hadn’t been wrong about his ex-wife's insolence. "You probably thought you

that!" Lydia insisted desperately. "And besides, Angeline's death helped your campaign

that's your defense? You killed my mate, but I shouldn't be bothered because it helped