Counterback of the Despised Luna by Diana West

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Chapter 20 A Successful Counterattack

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“That’s my ring!” Wendy exclaimed, staring at me with extreme disdain. “Roseline, so it was you who stole it! Now that we’ve caught you red–handed, with both eyewitnesses and the ring in your possession, what do you have to say for yourself?”

I stayed calm, watching her closely. When the waitress accused me, I was certain the ring would magically appear in my bag. No doubt, Wendy was behind this setup.

“Roseline, if you’d just returned the ring to me and apologized earlier, I might have been willing to let it go. Wendy’s tone suddenly softened, in stark contrast to her earlier hostility.

I glanced over my shoulder and realized why: Caden, the man she idolized, was finally paying attention to

the commotion.

Typical–only now, after everything was practically exploding, did he decide to notice that his troublesome. admirer was causing me trouble.

“Wendy, you’re too kind. A thief like Roseline doesn’t deserve forgiveness! We should report this to the authorities and let them handle it fairly and impartially,” Lilian said, perfectly playing her role.

Wendy nodded. “Fine, let’s call the police.

“This is what you deserve, Roseline. Stealing something this valuable isn’t a minor offense–you’ll be spending time in jail soon enough!” Queenie added gleefully, hurriedly distancing herself from me.

I almost laughed. Reporting this to the police? That actually works out perfectly for me. Exposing Wendy’s

up in front of werewolf officers will make this even more satisfying.

set

“What’s going on here?”

Caden finally walked over.

long. The whole place was practically about to explode, and he was

sharp, penetrating eyes glinted with intensity, and the banquet hall lights cast a golden halo around him, making his presence so powerful that it compelled others to bow in submission.

“Alpha.”

steady strides, the crowd parted, making way for him.

ring.” Wendy jumped in, her voice dripping with false sorrow. She bit her lip pitifully.

pressing into a thin

What?

aback. Caden was actually standing up for me?

cut in, “Someone saw Roseline steal Ms. Crawford’s ring. The

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steal either, especially

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ring in her bag. It’s not like the ring just jumped in there on its own, right? Caden, you wouldn’t be favoring Roseline, that thief with dirty hands, would you?”

award. Her acting

Oxgir

deep gaze fell on me. “Did you take

smiled slightly. “If I said no,

replied without

me, even when everyone else

had to admit this side of him

up in your

curling into a smirk. “Obviously, someone planted it

slightly, and she stepped

surveillance footage, Caden ordered,

to the security

a given. All we needed to do was check the footage to see

Wendy had meticulously set up this trap; there was no way she’d make it easy for anyone to see the

a few minutes later, a guard returned. “Alpha, the