Reborn Omega: Avenge Herself Like an Alpha

Chapter 20 A Strange Omega

Charles‘ POV

It was hard to imagine gentleness and sharpness could exist in the same person.

The girl sitting on the white leather couch had her hair pulled into a high ponytail and wore a gracefully Tailored long dress. Her slender neck arched like a swan’s, elegant and poised. Sunlight filtered through the floor–to–ceiling windows, outlining her silhouette–like a royal noble stepping out of a classical oil painting…. if you ignored the glint in her eyes that was as sharp as a blade.

My wolf, Soren, growled cautiously in the back of my mind. Be careful. This girl is dangerous.

She didn’t stand up when she heard me enter. She just lifted her eyes and glanced over. And I was surprised to find–her eyes were incredibly unusual. It was like tiny stars shimmered in the depths of her pupils, mysterious and breathtakingly beautiful.

Something stirred strangely in my chest. If only her gaze weren’t so cold…

Aubrey looked at me with a knowing expression.

“Sit.”

She smiled. I must’ve looked confused, like I didn’t recognize her, because she started introducing herself.

“I’m Aubrey. Judging by your face, it seems you don’t remember me?”

I was still stunned by her smile before I fully registered what she said. Aubrey–she’s Aubrey? That quiet Omega who always kept her head down, hiding in the shadows? My hand instinctively reached toward the gun at my waist–an officer’s reflex to any sudden unknown.

As Bailey’s cousin and Aurelia’s nephew, of course I had met Aubrey before.

bully her. I’d seen Aubrey from afar a few times too–always silent, always rude. But this time, she

she’s not the same girl,” Soren muttered

noticed too,”

harder than a suspect pulling a wolfsbane blade.” I deliberately took a formal tone to

lips. “Upstairs washing her hair–after all, I gave her a rice–and–soy–sauce

on the wall gave a heavy chime. As Aubrey set her cup down, the crisp clink of porcelain. against glass made me think of a bullet

two werewolves brought into the enforcement office last night,” she said bluntly.

went on alert. My expression sharpened. “That case is

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“No need to

to light yesterday because I overheard them and exposed them in public. Madam Adelyn didn’t send me to

look of disbelief. “What a coincidence–they just happened to loudly

scoff. “What I don’t get is–why would the Miguel family pull you out if you

of her dress, revealing deep purple bruises along her neck. “They almost

hit the table hard. Those two bastards actually dared to lay a hand

Her expression didn’t even waver. “They didn’t succeed,” she said evenly. “But for the sake of everyone’s reputation, I won’t testify.

I caught that part

my scrutinizing stare. “I officially ended the

if he didn’t love her, a real man wouldn’t call off an engagement after his fiancée had just been