(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.

true!" I cried desperately. "I would never do such

to Ethan, whose amber eyes had

me. You've known me

you going to believe a

from your childhood over

my wheelchair to his feet, sobbing and clutching at his trouser leg. After so many years together, surely

me over a half-year connection from his

I whispered, reaching up to him. "Everything I did, I did for

into his arms-to remind him

protected me.

(Ethan's POV)

out, her fingers brushing against my leg. The touch sent

amber eyes blazed with Alpha fury, my wolf

rage for my true mate and the

kick sent Victoria sprawling across the parking lot pavement. Her wolf whimpered in pain and submission as

an undignified

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

touch me,” I growled, my voice barely recognizable even to my own ears. "Don't ever touch

of disbelief and terror. For the first time, she was seeing me as I truly was not as the Alpha she could manipulate, but as the enemy she had created

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unable to face the finality of my decision.

reduced to a broken

with approaching storm clouds. The weather seemed to mirror the turbulent emotions swirling

lot.

to Evelyn Winters' side, his medical instincts

practiced efficiency.

sky. "You've just woken up-you

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