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.

seen Aubrey from afar a few times too–always silent, always rude. But this time, she felt


the same girl,” Soren muttered in

I noticed too,”

blade.” I

her hair–after all, I gave

her cup down, the crisp clink of porcelain. against glass made me think of a bullet loading

office last night,” she said bluntly. “Have they confessed

went on alert. My expression sharpened. “That case is sensitive. It’s still under

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need to

in public. Madam Adelyn didn’t send me to the enforcement office because she wanted to protect me. But I felt it was still necessary

disbelief.


get is–why would the Miguel family

the high lace collar of her dress, revealing deep purple bruises along her neck. “They almost assaulted me

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

she said evenly. “But for the sake of everyone’s reputation, I won’t testify. You know how it is. I used to be Alpha Henry’s fiancée. If this gets out, it’ll

to be?” I caught that

“I

the Alpha. Even if he didn’t love her, a real man wouldn’t call off

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