Alpha King Chases Abandoned Luna

Chapter 40

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"Olivia, I'm so sorry," she said, her voice trembling. "I was just so worried about Emma that I spoke without thinking. I didn't mean it.”

Though her words were directed at me, her performance was clearly for Ethan's benefit. I watched his

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expression soften slightly, accepting her flimsy explanation without question.

He glanced at me, his eyes sending a clear message: Drop it. Let it go. Don't make a scene.

A cold fury swept through me. After everything that had happened – the false accusations, the humiliation in the Stone Ancestral Hall, the physical punishment - Victoria thought a simple "sorry" would erase it all?

Lignored Ethan's warning look and stepped forward. Victoria's eyes widened as I approached, uncertainty flickering across her perfect features.

The sound of my palm connecting with her cheek was sharp and satisfying. Before she could recover, I struck her again on the other side.

"Victoria, I'm so sorry," I said, perfectly mimicking her insincere tone. "I didn't mean it."

"Olivia V

Winters!" Ethan roared, grabbing my wrist before I could strike again.

His grip was tight, almost painful, but I didn't flinch, I met his gaze steadily, challenging him to defend her

again.

Victoria, perhaps emboldened by Ethan's intervention, forgot herself completely. Her mask of contrition vanished, replaced by raw fury.

"Olivia Winters, you dare hit me!" she shrieked, raising her hand to retaliate.

my face, a cane struck her arm with surprising force. Victoria recoiled

touch Olivia!" Matriarch Evelyn

on with an

shock "Grandmother, Olivia hit

cheeks.

so, you wronged her first," Matriarch Evelyn stated firmly.

of standing alone against Victoria's manipulations, someone was

added, her voice sharp as

Grandmother?"

if physically struck again. Her carefully constructed place in the Stone family was crumbling

always called you-" she

was my mistake," Matriarch Evelyn cut her off. "1 allowed too much

hasn't earned it."

clearly expecting him to defend her against

harsh words

between his grandmother's authority and Victoria's expectations played out across

conflict

a strange detachment. Once, his indecision would have hurt me deeply. Now, I found I didn't care which way

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measured. "Victoria has been a close friend of our

for many years."

word.

tears now. The distinction was clear

"My dear Luna, what other injustices have you suffered in my

used it to remind everyone of my position not just as Ethan's wife, but as the female Alpha of the Silvercrest

began, uncertain how to summarize five years

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