(Victoria's POV)

I could see the murderous rage in Ethan's eyes, but I refused to give up. I had spent too many years building this life to let it slip

away now.

"I found the jade pendant when I was seven," I said, forcing tears into my eyes. "I didn't know what it meant at first."

My wolf projected distress pheromones, a trick that had always worked on Ethan before.

"When you saw me wearing it and called me Little Orange, I was confused," I continued, my voice breaking strategically. "But

you were so kind to me, so protective."

I reached for his hand, but he jerked away as if my touch burned him.

"I wanted to tell you the truth," I pleaded. "But I was afraid. And then, as time

passed, it became harder and harder to confess."

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I glanced at Olivia, then back to Ethan. "I was always going to return the identity if the real Little Orange appeared. I swear it!"

A cold laugh cut through my performance. Evelyn Winters was staring at me with contempt.

"Did you really mean to return the identity?" she asked, her voice dripping with sarcasm. "When you found out the truth from my

mouth, you tried to kill me by pushing me down the Moonlit Hospital Stairwell!"

My wolf retreated deeper within me, sensing the danger of exposure. I hadn't expected Evelyn to recover, let alone remember

that incident.

desperately. "I

whose amber eyes had darkened with

please,” I begged. "You know me. You've known me for

you going to believe a

from your childhood

crawled from my wheelchair to his feet, sobbing and clutching at his trouser leg.

me over a half-year connection

"Everything I

to throw myself into his arms-to remind him of all the times he had held me,

protected me.

(Ethan's POV)

my leg. The touch sent revulsion coursing through

lifted my foot and kicked her hard. My amber eyes blazed with Alpha fury, my wolf surging to

rage for my true mate and the mother who had saved

of the kick sent Victoria sprawling across the parking lot pavement. Her wolf whimpered

an undignified

silence as I finally turned against the she-wolf I had protected for so long. The pack bonds hummed with the

touch me,” I growled, my voice barely recognizable even to my own ears.

seeing me as I truly was not as the Alpha she

now to get

GET IT

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wolf retreated deep within her in submission and despair, unable to face the finality of my decision. The

reduced to a broken shell

sky darkened with approaching storm clouds. The weather seemed to mirror

lot.

hurried to Evelyn Winters' side, his medical

practiced efficiency.

warned, glancing at the threatening sky. "You've just woken up-you can't

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