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.

heard Bailey talk plenty about how Aubrey used her engagement to the Alpha to bully her. I’d seen Aubrey from afar a few times too–always silent, always


she’s not the same girl,” Soren muttered

noticed too,”

blade.” I deliberately took a formal tone to

on her lips. “Upstairs washing her hair–after all, I

the crisp clink of porcelain. against glass made me think of a bullet loading into

office last night,” she

sharpened. “That case is sensitive. It’s

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smiled faintly. “No need

I overheard them and exposed them 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 to

them confess?” I raised an eyebrow and gave her a 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 were the key

purple bruises along her neck. “They almost

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

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 is. I used to be Alpha Henry’s fiancée. If this gets out,

to be?” I caught that

flinching under my scrutinizing stare. “I officially ended the engagement with Alpha Henry this

all respect for the Alpha. Even if he didn’t love her, a real man wouldn’t

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