Alpha King Chases Abandoned Luna

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Chapter 288

The women's expressions darkened as they surrounded me, their wolves bristling beneath their skin. I suddenly realized how

vulnerable I was an elderly, ill she-wolf confronting three healthy Betas.

"Everyone in the pack knows the truth," one sneered, pushing me backward. "Your daughter drugged Alpha Stone with moonberry wine during a pack celebration, got herself pupped, and forced his true mate Victoria Frost to step aside."

"That's not what happened!" I tried desperately to explain. "Olivia was a victim too! She never intended to come between mates!"

But the women refused to listen, their minds poisoned by years of pack gossip. One of them shoved me roughly, sending me stumbling backward.

"Your daughter is nothing but an opportunist," Brenda Ellis hissed. "She saw a chance to become Luna and took it, regardless of

who got hurt."

"You don't understand," I pleaded, my strength waning. "Victoria Frost is not what she seems. She's manipulated everyone, including Alpha Stone!"

This only enraged them further. Overwhelmed by both anger and grief, my wolf surged forward defensively. I lashed out

physically, but outnumbered and weakened by my illness, I couldn't match their strength.

One of the women shoved me roughly, sending me sprawling to the ground. I clutched at my chest, a sharp pain radiating through my body as my wolf whimpered in distress.

"Look what you've done to yourself, old woman," Brenda Ellis said coldly. "Maybe you should worry less about defending your daughter's reputation and more about your own health."

wildfire. My vision blurred as I

fear and pain.

losing consciousness was their

(Victoria's POV)

Wheelchair positioned discreetly behind a stand of tall moonflowers, feeling no remorse as I watched Evelyn Winters collapse. My wolf

been carefully orchestrated. I had deliberately chosen

these rumors with Brenda Ellis, knowing the notorious gossip would spread them

paid Brenda and her friends handsomely to provoke Evelyn, hoping the stress

her chances of surviving her upcoming surgery. Seeing the elderly she- wolf fall to the

me

and her companions hurried away, I quietly wheeled myself in the opposite direction,

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more obstacle in my path to

that I always wore around my neck the token he had given to "Little Orange" all those years ago. My fingers

my wolf whined anxiously. The amulet was missing! I frantically searched the

simply slipped inside

Nothing.

over me. That amulet was irreplaceable - the ancestral stone that Ethan had worn since

amulet

me. The reason I had spread rumors and paid others to provoke Evelyn instead of doing

between us, as long as I remained "Little Orange" in his heart, I knew he would come back to me one day.

wheelchair back toward the garden, retracing my path. The amulet must have fallen