After I Amazed the World the Cold Alpha Regretted

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.

For Oceanheart. For the pack. And now, in

grabbed her mother's arm, desperate to leave the suffocating atmosphere of the study. "Let's

*Smack!*

faster than Aria

head whipped to the side, her cheek now

that hurt-it was the realization that the one person she trusted,

eyes were cold, narrowed with

voice like ice. "You should have been smarter. You should have found a way out of this before it

a grim expression, his

shook my head slightly, signaling that I didn't want to witness

quietly and began to

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

Who was he talking

notice that Leo's

compelling tone seemed to be guiding Leo to recall some kind of hatred, "Don't forget whose parents deserted the battlefield and left

"The

what does he mean?' I asked suspiciously, Who are

nothing. Leo denied

shoulders and led me out the

just followed me without a word, his movements quiet and

we passed Panther, he leaned over slightly to greet us,

low, sensing the tension that lingered like

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 he acknowledged

felt a