The assistant's face went white with horror. "Her presence in the store is due to staff negligence, not your continued indulgence," Maxwell explained quickly.

The store manager rushed in, sweat beading on his forehead. "Remove her immediately," he barked at security.

"Get her out of my sight," Ethan's voice was arctic through the phone.

James and I shared a moment of silent camaraderie as security approached Victoria's wheelchair. I pulled out my moonlight-infused sanitizer, carefully disinfecting the hand James had used to touch her.

The gesture was subtle but stinging-a clear message of contempt for the woman who killed my daughter.

Ethan's voice came through the call again, softer now. "Olivia, I'm sorry—"

James hung up coldly. The message was clear: I didn't want to hear from him.

(Victoria's POV)

This couldn't be happening. I fumbled for my black card with shaking hands, trying to process the transaction myself.

"Declined," the machine beeped mockingly.

The staff who had once bowed to me now watched with barely concealed satisfaction. Security guards flanked my wheelchair, their expressions

but their eyes

need to leave," one

I shrieked, but my voice

me toward the exit despite my protests. Other shoppers stared as I was forcibly

and all—on the pavement. The wheels

out at him in my humiliation, screaming obscenities until

pride shattered. Olivia and James

They walked past me as if I

managed to call a taxi, my hands still trembling with rage and shame. At least I still had Rosewood Haven and my accumulated

be my sanctuary until I could figure out

when arrived at

awaited

the driveway,

carried my possessions out in boxes

detached. He looked up as

are not the owner," he said flatly when I demanded an explanation. "The villa's ownership has been transferred

now," he added with brutal

the shabby old apartment I'd once rented for Connor Blackthorn. The contrast between my former luxury

as I sat in the dingy apartment, staring at the peeling wallpaper. Crescent Moon Academy's

other wolf pups," the teacher's voice was

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