Alpha King Chases Abandoned Luna

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Chapter 267

(Victoria's POV)

My mind raced as I stared at Connor Blackthorn standing before me, very much alive.

I forced myself to suppress the storm of emotions threatening to overwhelm me. Panic wouldn't serve me now. I needed to regain

control of this situation.

Tears welled in my eyes on command—a skill I'd perfected over years of manipulation. I made my voice small and aggrieved, the

perfect picture of a woman wronged.

"Connor, let go, you're hurting me," I whimpered, trying to pry his fingers from my jaw. When he didn't release me, I let more

tears spill down my cheeks. "What's wrong with you? What are you talking about, all this talk of death?"

His grip remained firm, his eyes cold and unreadable. I needed to push harder.

"Emma said you left early and abandoned her alone," I continued, injecting just the right amount of maternal concern into my

voice. "I haven't even scolded you yet-Emma is only seven. How could you leave a young pup by herself at Bleakshore Beach?"

(Connor's POV)

stared at Victoria, watching her performance with a mixture of disgust and fascination. The tears, the

it perfectly calibrated to manipulate

the she-wolf who could lie without blinking, who wielded her flawless acting to

her schemes, after she nearly sent me to Shadowfall Detention Center, I

me.

for Emma, I'd wanted to give Victoria another

the partner she

me dead was one thing-to use our daughter as the instrument of my destruction

haunted her

so cruel

(Victoria's POV)

took this as a good sign. He was

we were in this strange room, I focused only on pacifying this lovesick fool at all costs. Just as I had done at the Crescent Moon

muscles tense beneath my touch. I looked

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expression coy and inviting.

my voice a

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worked on him. Always. I leaned closer, my body pressing

my lips parting invitingly. I could see his resolve