Chapter 57

Back at the Hawthrone Pack house, the atmosphere was

charged with a different kind of chaos.

Bob Hawthrone, Ethan’s father and the true backbone of the

family, had returned from an urgent business trip overseas

after getting wind of the scandal. The moment he stepped into

the drawing room, his face was like thunder.

“This is what you’ve done with my name?” he growled, eyes

blazing at Ethan. “You disgrace your Luna in public, humiliate

your pack, and now I return to find your mistress splashed all

over the internet like a failed soap opera?”

Ethan didn’t speak.

“I trusted you to lead with strength and intelligence, and

instead, you’ve let your emotions and bedroom play destroy

everything.”

Amelia, sitting on the edge of the leather sofa, spoke up quietly.

“Bob, don’t be so hard on him. He just—”

“Don’t.” Bob cut her off. “Don’t defend this circus. Olivia stood by

us through every winter, every harvest, every negotiation.

She’s ten times the Chole Windsor could ever be.”

Amelia’s lips lightened.

“She’s cold” she said. ‘Olivia has always been… distant. Maybe

it’s not all Ethan’s fault”

Bob gave her a sharp glance. “I’m telling you–if we still want to

keep what we’ve built, Ethan needs to fix this. End things with

Chole. Go make peace with Olivia.”

Amelia was about to argue further when her phone rang.

Unknown number.

She stepped away to take it.

“Hello?”

There was silence for a second. Then a voice–low, hoarse, and

disturbingly calm.

“Auntie Amelia,” Chole whispered on the other end.

Amelia froze.

you–how

alive. Isn’t that

calling me?” Amelia’s voice dropped to

if someone might overhear.

It sounded hollow.

Chapter 57

did… at Eden Manor”

heart skipped

“I knoweverything.”

cold sweat broke

well.

thank you,” Chole interrupted,

I’m going to marry your

big,

There was a pause.

what happens

rot

The line disconnected.

frozen. The phone still pressed to her ear, and

her throat. The ever–composed Luna

Pack felt the creeping chill of fear

spine.

Olivia’s POV

past five days had

was healing fast–thanks to werewolf genes,

miraculous chicken soup–and

much I could almost walk

tried, he’d wave a spatula

was breaking sacred laws.

say, dragging over the

get carried when injured.”

I didn’t argue. His food was too good to risk

exiled from his kitchen.

the morning. “Liv, Ethan’s in

internet for turning a

can’t even show his face in

being called a

nearly choked on my

“You okay?” Ava asked.

coughed.

loyal kind. Except he

mutt, maybe?”

“Let’s go with that.”

Ethan had been too busy

incident to bother

hadn’t shown up at my place

less drama, the better.

abroad for a while,” I told

Windsor mess dies down. But they

booked the tickets yet.”

they’re not worried

protected.”

“Protected?”

think people didn’t notice what Alexander did

wasn’t just polite manners. That was

The Windsors aren’t idiots. They’ll think twice

doing anything.”

did make sense, though I hadn’t dwelled on it too

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