Alpha King Chases Abandoned Luna

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"Wouldn't I?" I asked softly. "After what you did to me? After what you did to my daughter?"

Victoria's composure shattered completely. "If you do this, Ethan will kill you!"

I approached the cage, unfazed by her threats. "Let him try."

With deliberate slowness, I removed the cover from the cage, revealing the snakes inside. Three vipers coiled

within, their scales gleaming in the dim light.

I stared at them impassively. Once, I would have been terrified of these creatures. But my time in the

orphanage had cured me of that particular phobia.

Victoria screamed, the sound bouncing off the stone walls. She pressed herself harder against the wall, as if

trying to melt into it.

"Not afraid, are you?" I taunted, reaching for a pair of thick gloves that lay beside

the cage.

"Please," Victoria begged, her voice breaking. "Please, Olivia. I'll keep silent about this. I promise!"

I ignored her pleas, pulling on the gloves with methodical precision. "You know, Victoria, I spent hours in that basement last night. Hours in the dark, surrounded by rats, my worst fear."

Victoria's eyes darted frantically between me and the cage. "I'll give you money. Anything you want!"

coldly. "I want you to understand what it feels like to be trapped with the

one of the snakes.

firmly.

I threw

her shoulder. With her hands tied.

as I remembered the torment from the previous night, convinced Victoria was behind

said, my voice hardening.

my gloves. "Please!" Victoria sobbed, tears streaming down her face. "I'm sorry!

wildly in panic. "No amount of apologies can undo what you've done,"

snake began to slither up her leg. Her

as she thrashed against her bonds, desperate to

third snake joined its companions, landing directly in Victoria's lap. Her screams reached a

"Close the door. Leave

began to swing shut, Victoria's pleas growing more frantic with each

"Don't leave

had tormented me for years was finally experiencing a fraction of

to close completely,

THIS DOOR

end of the hallway, his face contorted with rage. His amber eyes blazed with fury strode

y as he

rescuer, momentarily forgot her fear. She glared

the door, mouthing "You're dead" before

me! There are

then signaled

shut with finality,

Ethan, unafraid of his