CHAPTER FIFTEEN


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    CHAPTER FIFTEEN


    Talia’s POV


    On the screen was a trending post from a gossip forum popr among the wolf packs. The headline was: “Royal Ne Thief Exposed: The Barren Luna Who Faked Her Status.” Underneath the headline was a doctored photo of me angry at the banquet with Rosecrest clearly visible and it was paired with a cropped image of Jason and Viki looking like some fairytale couple.


    ‘Why does she always have to cause problems?’ my wolf snarled. ‘She already got what she wanted!’


    The post twisted everything. It used me of stealing Rosecrest, betraying the Moon Goddess’s mate bond by rejecting Jason, and of endangering Viki’s unborn child because I was “a bitter hateful barren omega that only cared about power”. The post turned my heartbreak into a weapon and made me out to be a viin.


    “It’s Viki,” De snarled. “How dare she attempt to ruin your reputation! You should have let me w her face.”


    “That would have only made the situation worse, and you know it,” I said.


    I wasn’t even upset that Viki made this terrible post about me. I was more upset that Jason allowed her to do it. I didn’t understand why I was surprised. I just expected more from him.


    Then Solon’s voice filled my head through the pack link. ‘Talia, Father wants to see you now.’


    “I’ll be back,” I told De, standing up. “Father needs to speak with me.”


    “Okay. I’ll try to do damage control and let everyone know that the post is all lies,” De said.


    I left the ballroom and made my way upstairs to my father’s office. The moment I stepped into his office, I felt his anger. It made the hair on the back of my neck rise. My father stood behind his desk, eyes glowing gold. His eyes were fixed on hisptop screen.


    “Father,” I said.


    He looked at me and I could tell that it was going to be hard to talk him out of setting Shadoww aze.


    “Who dares,” he growled, “spread this filth?”


    I bowed my head slightly in respect. “Viki Mayer,” I answered calmly. “She would be the only one that would have the audacity to like that.”


    He mmed his hand on the desk, making the wood crack. “I will send warriors tonight. I will wipe Shadoww off the face of this earth for this insult!”


    “Father,” I said gently, stepping closer. “Let me handle it.”


    His nostrils red. “They called you a thief. They called you barren.’


    I held his gaze. “Their words do not matter. If you send warriors to Shadoww, we would be proving their words true.”


    I had spent enough time dealing with Viki to know her schemes. I would not allow her to twist the narrative by manipting my father. She needed to learn her ce in the world, and I was prepared to show her.


    Solon knocked on the office door to alert us to his presence as he entered. “So, what’s the n, little sister?”


    “I’m going to the Shadoww Pack tomorrow to have a chat with them about etiquette.”


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    “No,” my father barked. “I won’t allow it.”


    “This is my mess, father, and I’ll clean it up,” I said, firmly. I wanted to see their faces in person when they found out my true identity. I wanted to see Jason’s regret.


    My father looked at Solon, hoping he would be against my n, but Solon just shrugged.


    “She’s not a child anymore,” Solon said. “She will be ruling by my side now. It is better for her to handle this on her own.”


    Father exhaled slowly. “You’ll take a guard. This is non-negotiable.”


    I nodded. “Thank you.”


    I left his office and Solon followed me out. I looked at thements on the post. Newments wereing in by the second. Some didn’t believe the post. Some sided with Viki’s narrative, but not onement from Jason.


    “Almost fifty thousandments,” I murmured, ncing again at the post. “And not a single one from Jason correcting it.”


    “Maybe he agrees,” Solon said. “Or maybe he’s too much of a coward to go against his own whore.” 1


    “He wants to punish me for defying him,” I exined. “He just thinks I’m an omega that slept her way to the top.”


    Solon looked at me sideways. “You could end this in a second, you know. One post showing who you are would shut the whole Kingdom up.”


    “I know,” I said. “But I want to see how low they will


    go


    first.”


    He studied me for a moment before smirking. “Tomorrow will be entertaining.”


    Or so I thought.


    An hourter, just as I was settling into my bed, there was a knock at my door. I opened it to find Solon.


    “They arrested her,” he said. “Viki’s in the dungeon.”


    My eyes narrowed. “What?”


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