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.

used her engagement to the Alpha to bully her. I’d seen Aubrey from afar a few times too–always silent, always rude. But this time, she felt


not the same girl,” Soren

noticed too,” I replied

hit harder than a suspect pulling a wolfsbane blade.” I deliberately took

her hair–after all, I gave her a rice–and–soy–sauce

As Aubrey set her cup down, the crisp clink of porcelain. against glass made

the enforcement office last night,” she said bluntly. “Have they confessed who sent

I immediately went on alert. My expression sharpened. “That

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smiled faintly. “No need to be so

exposed them in public. Madam Adelyn didn’t send me to the enforcement office because she wanted to

an eyebrow and gave her a look of disbelief. “What a coincidence–they just happened to


get is–why would the

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

hard. Those two bastards actually dared to lay a

it had happened to someone else. 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. You know how it

be?” I

nodded without flinching under my scrutinizing stare. “I officially ended the engagement with Alpha

If that were true, I’d lose all respect for the Alpha. Even if he didn’t love her, a real man wouldn’t

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