Chapter 71 The Luna’s Ring


    Henry’s POV


    I knew Aubrey was pretending to sleep. Hershes were trembling far too deliberately, her breathing just a little too even to be real–but I didn’t call her out


    Watching her sulk and stew in her own frustration was, oddly, endearing. She looked like she was one breath away from baring her fangs and bolting, and if I pushed her any harder, she might actually do it.


    I don’t know how I never realized how contradictory she is.


    As for the mysterious Alpha–ranked mate who had suddenly appeared and just as suddenly vanished…. I suppose there was no bond between us after all. If she had shown up before I fell for Aubrey, perhaps we might have ended up together. But now…


    I nced down at the woman in my arms. My fingers absentmindedly brushed through her hair.


    “Callen,” I called inward.


    My wolf stirred instantly, growling low and restless. He knew what I was about to say.


    “The next time we see her, I’m going to reject her.”


    “You’re insane! That’s the mate the Moon Goddess gave us!” Callen roared in protest, his ws raking through my consciousness. I summoned all my strength to suppress him, locking him down with force.


    “Enough. I’ve already made my choice.”


    By the time we returned to Seaheart Ind, the little faker in my arms had actually fallen asleep. She was curled tightly against me, brows slightly furrowed, like someone who’d finally copsed from exhaustion.


    “Alph…”


    “Shh.”


    The servants who came to greet me quickly lowered their heads and backed away. One reached out to take her from me, but a single look froze him in ce.


    I carried her into the bedroom myself, moving quietly, cing her gently on the bed. As an Alpha, I never thought I’d one day be this careful for an Omega–adjusting my steps, softening my breath, doing everything to avoid disturbing her sleep.


    My fingers brushed across the furrow between her brows, then I walked to a hidden drawer and retrieved a single object: a wolf–fang ring. The Luna’s token. The same ring she had once returned to me.


    I slipped it gently onto her finger.


    As I left the room, the beta steward contacted me with a report. I had already instructed him via mind link to look into what had happened at the Mary estate.


    I ordered the staff not to disturb her and went to my study to listen.


    After the steward finished the report, Het out a coldugh. I already had my suspicions at that dinner–the stepmother and stepsister were clearly rotten.


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    1 nodded and rust the connection Cam had been handling matters for me well Entely, though the park‘ growing demands meant I had to assign him a co–assistant. I hadn’t asked too many questions about the new one. As long as they weren’t connected to the Mary or Lynn families, I didn’t care. I had no patience left for anyone from either of those hoURES.


    Well–except my fiancée, Aubrey.


    Bailey’s POV


    Damn it! How did Aubrey drink the same champagne and walk away like nothing happened? I could still feel the lingering heat wing through my body. Was it true that the higher the wolf’s rank, the stronger their response to heat?


    I clenched my jaw, shifting my legs restlessly against each other. That bastard’s technique was decent, sure. but the moment I remembered all those ssmates watching me screw him on a screen. I wanted to tear him limb from limb. My mother gave him a fortune, and he still managed to ruin everything.


    I shot her a re. “Mom! Go find Charles right now. The second he catches Jimmy, make him lie. Force him to say Aubrey drugged me. Say it was all her n–to frame me and snatch Grandpa’s inheritance!”


    Her eyes flickered. “I… I don’t know if that’ll work. He might not hold up under interrogation…”


    “You’re such an idiot, Mom!”


    I snapped. “Why don’t you ask for help from our own family? I heard Caesar just got promoted–he’s working directly under Alpha Henry now! If he puts pressure on Jimmy, that loser won’t dare say a word against us!”


    That b*tch Aubrey was the one who deserved to be ruined in front of the whole pack–not me. Not me!


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