Alpha King Chases Abandoned Luna

Chapter 347

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"She's being detained for 48 hours while I gather evidence," I admitted. "Without proof of her crimes, I can't-"

Evelyn's face contorted with rage. With surprising strength for someone so frail, she grabbed the basket of venison and hurled it

at me.

"Forty-eight hours?" she shouted, her voice cracking with fury. "After what she did to my granddaughter? To me? To Olivia?"

Chunks of raw meat struck my chest and face, but I remained kneeling, accepting her anger as deserved penance.

"You're still protecting her," Evelyn accused, tears streaming down her wrinkled cheeks. "Even now, knowing what she is, you

can't bring yourself to punish her properly."

I didn't defend myself. There was nothing I could say that would justify my actions.

James's words echoed in my mind: only vengeance and justice for Lily could ever begin to redeem me in their eyes.

After Evelyn's strength was spent, I quietly rose to my feet. My gaze lingered on Olivia, who stood in the doorway watching the

scene unfold.

Her face was a mask of indifference, but I could see the pain beneath. My wolf whined with genuine sorrow at the mate bond

damaged perhaps beyond repair.

So many what-ifs. So many lost possibilities.

Without another word, I turned and left, my shoulders heavy with the weight of my failures.

Olivia, resolute, turned her attention to her mother, refusing to acknowledge me again.

(Victoria's POV)

hours in Shadowfall Detention Center felt like

previous imprisonment here haunted me at every turn. The stench of unwashed bodies,

the constant threat of violence-it was

wolf constantly submissive to avoid drawing attention. But my

burly she-wolf with a jagged scar across her

inmates laughed cruelly, their wolves

my wolf

so high and mighty

me to serve them-fetching their food, cleaning up after them, performing the most degrading tasks imaginable. At night, they made me sleep near

contact Ethan through our pack bonds, sending

he

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his end was

seconds, clinging to the knowledge that this

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appearance now a disheveled mess. My designer clothes were

humiliation, and

immediately.

was my only option. I hailed a taxi, not recognizing the driver until

had previously insulted-smiled coldly at me

"If it isn't Ms. Frost. Fallen on hard

as we pulled

he shouted to the crowd. "Look who's here! That vicious Victoria Frost who's been all over the

turned. Eyes narrowed. Recognition dawned

pack members, already inflamed by the recent scandals

around the taxi.

someone shouted. "The one who pretended to be Little Orange!" "She killed the Alpha's

egg that splattered against my shoulder. Then came more-food, garbage, insults raining down on me from all

cleaning waste over my head. The

Guards stood by, watching with barely concealed amusement. They knew of my fall from grace

Within minutes,

networks.