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Chapter 55: The Matriarch's Justice

(Matriarch Evelyn's POV)

Ethan looked up, surprise flickering across his features before he composed himself.

"Grandmother," he greeted, rising. "I wasn't expecting you."

"Clearly." I replied coldly. "If you were, perhaps you would have prepared a better explanation for your actions."

Confusion crossed his face. "My actions?"

"Don't play innocent with me, boy,” I snapped, advancing into the room. “I found Olivia in that basement. I saw what you did to her."

His jaw tightened. "That was pack discipline. She endangered Emma-

"She did nothing of the sort!" My voice cracked like thunder in the confined space. Tve investigated the matter thoroughly. Olivia was at Canis Enterprises that entire day, surrounded by witnesses."

Ethan stared at me, momentarily speechless. "That's impossible. The contact number-"

"Was hacked," I finished for him. "A fact that could have been discovered with even the most basic investigation. But you were too eager to believe the worst of your mate, weren't you?"

His amber eyes-so like my own-narrowed defensively. "Victoria wouldn't lie about something like this."

stepping closer. "Victoria Frost orchestrated that entire incident herself. She

hardened into stone. "You have no proof

my eyes," I retorted. That woman has been systematically destroying your family while

(Ethan's POV)

felt like physical blows. I

tirade

would never harm Emma," I insisted, clinging to this certainty. "She's

a pawn, Grandmother countered, her eyes flashing with righteous anger. *Just as she

the stone walls of the basement in Matriarch Evelyn's Villa, Victoria's enhanced hearing captured every word of our argument. I could almost feel her panic rising

out!" Victoria screamed, her voice muffled by the thick walls

knowledge that Olivia had deliberately chosen this location, knowing Victoria's paralyzing fear of snakes, sent a chill through me. This wasn't the Olivia I

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you're upset about what happened to Olivia. But imprisoning

challenged "Why should Victoria be spared the very punishment you inflicted on Olivia? Or does your sense of justice only

locked Olivia in

if I had

snakes! Please! Get them away from

at me. I needed to get to her, to rescue

I demanded, moving toward the door.

(Matriarch Evelyn's POV)

agility for my age, my

door.