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!"

money," I said coldly. "I want you to understand what it feels like to

reached into the cage and calmly picked up one of the snakes. Its body writhed in my grasp,

firmly.

threw

was primal, ripping from her throat as the snake landed on her shoulder. With her hands tied. behind her back,

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

voice hardening. "You put me in that basement. You

of my gloves. "Please!" Victoria sobbed, tears streaming down her

at her feet, causing her to kick wildly in panic. "No amount of apologies can undo what you've done," I said. "To

grew louder as the snake began to slither up her leg.

watched dispassionately as she thrashed against her bonds, desperate to escape the

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

to the bodyguards. "Close the door. Leave her

shut, Victoria's pleas growing more frantic with each

screamed. "Don't leave me

cold satisfaction. The woman who had tormented me for years was finally experiencing a fraction of

the door was about to close completely, a powerful voice echoed down the

THIS DOOR

his face contorted with rage. His amber eyes blazed

y as he

momentarily forgot her

gap in the door, mouthing "You're dead" before crying out to

Help me! There are

then signaled

door slammed shut with finality, cutting off

turned to face Ethan, unafraid of his anger.