Chapter 188

Angelina collapsed to the floor, her voice breaking into sobs.

"Alpha Leo, you you can't do this! We'll have nothing left! How will the Oceanheart pack survive?"

Leo's gaze didn't soften. "You have a choice, Angelina. Return what's mine, or I'll send you to prison. I have more than enough evidence to make that happen."

Angelina's cries grew louder as she turned desperately to her daughter.

Aria! Beg him! Didn't you say he loved you? Beg him to forgive us!"

Asta stood frozen, her world collapsing around her as everything she had fought for crumbled to dust.

Aria stood frozen in place, the sharp sting on her cheek lingering long after her mother's slap.

The impact had been physical, but the emotional weight crushed her even more.

Shame, betrayal, and disbelief swirled in her chest.

Her face burned, not just from the slap but from the embarrassment that engulfed her.

She had been the center of attention for so long, posing as me, receiving the adoration and care that wasn't meant for her.

Now, stripped of the illusion, her family's coldness left her feeling utterly exposed.

She swallowed hard, holding back tears as she tried to make sense of it all.

been for them. For Oceanheart. For the pack. And now, in this moment of

desperate to leave the suffocating atmosphere of the study. "Let's go, Mother, we

*Smack!*

slap came faster than Aria

whipped to the side, her cheek now stinging twice

that the one person she trusted, her own mother, had betrayed her. Aria stared

cold, narrowed

voice like ice. "You should have been smarter. You should have found a way out

grim expression, his

I didn't want to witness any more of this

quietly and began to walk toward

you want to make an enemy of our Oceanheart Tribe for the sake

Who was he talking

but I didn't notice that Leo's body stiffened,

tone seemed to be guiding Leo to recall some kind

more talk about this." Leo bellowed angrily, "The

mean?' I asked suspiciously, Who

nothing. Leo

by the shoulders and led me out

just followed me without

over

the tension that

keep their lives. Beyond that, do what you must." His tone was devoid of action, add as the winter winds that blew across the northern front. Panther bowed slightly, a visible tremor running through him as

study, I felt a sudden wave of dizziness wash over

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