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I held Liana in my arms–shivering, soaked, sobbing uncontrobly–and feltpletely torn. On one side were her tearful usations and the condemning stares around us. On the other, Leslie’s unnervingly calm demeanor, the almost mocking curve of her mouth… and the unmistakable, overwhelming Alpha aura radiating from her.
Lance growled in my mind, full of confusion. <i>She’s </i><i>lying</i>… <i>that </i><i>Omega </i><i>is </i><i>lying</i><i>… </i><i>but </i>Leslie, <i>she</i><i>… </i>
Just as I tried to make sense of it all, what I saw next stunned me to the core.
Leslie walked straight up, grabbed Liana from my arms, and shoved her–hard–back into the pool!
Her movements were crisp and clean, no hesitation, no anger, just an icy indifference like she was taking out the trash.
Gasps erupted around us. Even I stood frozen.
Then she picked up an expensive bottle of red wine, popped the cap, and poured it over Liana’s head–slow and deliberate, almost elegant in its cruelty.
“If you’re going to insist I pushed you,” she said, her voice cold and devoid of feeling, “then I’d hate to disappoint.”
“And don’t worry, Liana. That was just the beginning. The other ‘gift‘ I prepared for you will arrive soon.”
Her eyes, once timid and pure, now glinted like a frozen abyss–cold, cutting, and unmistakably murderous.
In that moment, I finally understood–this was no longer the Leslie I had once known. She was no longer the partner I could manipte or control at will.
Overwhelmed by frustration, I called a few of my closest Pack brothers and headed to the Howling Wolf Bar in Central City, hoping the alcohol would blur my thoughts.
Logan- -one of my most trusted lieutenants, and a childhood friend–sat across from me, rambling about the chaos Crimson Moon had been dealing with since our reputation took a nosedive.
“…It’s all that damn Leslie’s fault! I never understood what you saw in her. An Omega from who-
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knows–where, nothing but trouble. Disappears for a month andes back faking an Alpha aura? Thorbane must’ve done something to her…” Loganined bitterly. Clearly, they all believed Leslie’s aura was fake.
“Shut up.” I cut him off sharply, my voice cold. Lance growled a warning.
Strangely, hearing Logan belittle Leslie like that filled me with a deep difort–and anger. Why? Why the hell was I angry on behalf of a woman who’d lied to me and broken our bond?
Logan flinched at my reaction and went silent.
Just then, several TV screens around the bar–usually tuned to sports and entertainment news -flickered on at once.
And what they showed… was the Glory Hall poolside.
The footage captured everything–how Liana approached Leslie, taunted her, then “slipped” into the pool, followed by her pitiful usations… and finally, Leslie’s retaliation: the shove, the wine, every expression, every movement–crystal clear.
The entire bar fell silent. Werewolves all around stared at the screens, ck–jawed. Then came the gasps and murmurs.
“Oh my god! She fell in herself!”
“That Omega lied! She tried to frame the former Luna!”
“I knew Leslie–no, Lady Rogue–wasn’t the type to do something like that!”
“Crimson Moon Pack got yed by an Omega?”
“I mean… yeah, Rogue’s response was savage, but Liana <i>did </i>provoke her first!”
The truth had been exposed–publicly, bluntly, and in the most humiliating way possible.
I felt my entire body flush with heat. My face burned as though I’d been pped in front of
everyone,
I had confronted Leslie… demanded she exin herself… even asked her to apologize… all
based on a lie.
Humiliation. Unprecedented humiliation.
I crushed the ss in my hand. The shards pierced my palm. Blood dripped–but I felt no pain.
Lance howled in fury–not at Leslie this time, but at the lying Omega… and at ourselves, for being deceived so easily.
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Logan and the others stared at the screen, then looked at me. No one dared make a sound.
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