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.

pretense-it had all been for them. For Oceanheart. For the

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

*Smack!*

came faster than

head whipped to the side, her cheek now stinging

shame of being caught in a lie that hurt-it was the realization that the one person she trusted, her own mother, had betrayed her. Aria

were cold, narrowed with

ice. "You should have been

with a grim expression, his patience clearly wearing

glanced at him and shook my head slightly, signaling that I

quietly and began to

Leo, are you sure you want to make an enemy of

daughter? Who was

that Leo's body

some kind of hatred, "Don't forget whose parents deserted the battlefield and left

Leo bellowed angrily, "The consequences of another

mean?' I asked

nothing. Leo denied

shoulders and led

just followed me without a word, his movements quiet

over slightly to

it," Panther said, his voice low, sensing the tension that lingered like

was devoid of action, add as the winter winds that blew across the northern front. Panther bowed slightly, a visible

I stepped outside the study, I felt a sudden

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