Alpha King Chases Abandoned Luna

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(Eleanor's POV)

I sat rigidly in my chair, glaring at Olivia Winters with undisguised contempt. The Stone Ancestral Hall's cold atmosphere matched the ice in my veins as I watched her stand before me, her shoulders squared despite

her precarious position.

How I loathed this woman. This nobody who had somehow ensnared my nephew and gained a position she didn't deserve.

"You have nothing to say for yourself?" I demanded, my voice echoing against the stone walls

Olivia pressed her lips together, swallowing whatever justification she might have offered Smart girl. Nothing she could say would matter anyway

Ethan had made his choice clear. Victoria Frost and her daughter Emma were his priority now, not this pathetic excuse for a Luna who couldn't even protect her own child.

"Your silence speaks volumes," I said, rising from my seat. "You know you're guilty."

Victoria stood beside me, her perfect features arranged in an expression of righteous indignation. She had played her part flawlessly, as always.

"To think you would target an innocent child," I continued, circling Olivia like a predator. "A child who has just undergone a kidney transplant, no less."

something dangerous-anger, perhaps, or the bitter recognition that she stood alone against us. Without Ethan's support, she was powerless in the pack

enjoying how she

(Isabelle's POV)

forward, unable to contain my excitement. Finally, after years of watching this nobody steal my brother's attention and my grandmother's affection,

savoring the word on my

stubborn defiance igniting my rage.

said kneel!" I repeated, emphasizing

a swift kick to the back of her knees.

sent a

to stay down. Her emerald eyes glared up at me, filled

matched

turning to Eleanor with barely contained glee, "shall we proceed with

eyes fixed on Olivia's kneeling form.

servants handed me the Alpha's Discipline Rod, its polished surface gleaming in the dim light of the ancestral hall. The ancient

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it high, then brought it down across Olivia's back with all my

sound of wood striking

echoed through