o
nt smile off her face as she ste
ng the chandelier and bouncing off the marble
gone exactly ac
king hated Julie
was stronger or p
was supposed to have. Juliet was an Omega, low-born trash, raised
match. True,
fia was the L
Strong. Beaut
off like livestock-a bargaining
to a monster of an Alph
ut-yes, she made it her life
of
wn the hallway, sharp as a blade. Her he
e you been? What ha
rop just enough to look exhausted and traumati
ligent, calculating,
id quietly, "we ne
licked to the staf
sed them, then dragged Sofia int
snapped. "He's absolutely furious. Where's
settled onto the velvet couch like she owned the world. She cro
oothe and redirect. Let her mother focus on Juli
finally said. "She wanted something t
rrowed dangerously.
. To the Alpha.
ost-white. "But... the c
d just enough bourbon to feel the burn and let it
andlin
harp edge of the desk. Pain exploded up her side
r mother ga
tain cord and dragged it across both wrist
ntic," she said, her
ly with grudging admiration. "You'
ious
watered naturally. "She's been a liabi
she's
ed, the implicat
pure venom. "Please. The Moon G
, tires crunching on grav
ce dropping to a whisper. "He's here. With hi
tly. "I've got this.
Jul
ce. Not sweet. Not kind.
does-she'll be completely broken. N
ved in cold pride. "M
meeting room was de
ds stared down like silent judges, and a massive tab
s found it o
s Blair was no
barely restrained fury, his presence filling the room like toxic gas.
ring with pleasantries. His voice was low an
what happened," Alpha Walton said. He sounded calm, but Sofia could
th ice in his voice. "Last night, an Omega was delivered t
. Her mother gave Sofia t
e frame, her hair deliberately mussed, clothes artfully torn, with
genuine exhaustion creep into her voic
o her. Alpha Kaius focused on
said with arctic
her cheeks on cue. "It was Juliet. My adop
ster?" h
harity when she was young. My parents wanted to help her. But she's
de, placing a protective a
"When she discovered the arrangement betwee
and locked me in the basement storage room. She stole the moonflow
wer?" as
"In large doses, it can artificially trigger heat cyc
ted. His jaw clenched, and Sofia s
something deadly quiet, "that an Omega overpowered an Alpha
ng gaze. "She wanted to carry your child. She thought i
lpha Kaius began pacing, every st
d herself and manipulated me," he said. "That sh
"She's dangerously unpredictable. We gave her too m
fia with a stare that could have melted steel. Sh
erent
uliet's always been... unnaturally clever. She can read peop
. "She's also obsessed with chemistry and medicine. Always experimentin
ildhood. Bedridden a lot. Juliet was my closest friend, my sister in everything but blo
in Kaius's jaw. Something
y focus. The bruises. The tear
ly, his golden eyes still locked on Sofia's face l
always had serious concerns about her psychological state. She has an... unnatural talent for manipu
ed to face him w
re mis
went to
aid. "Bring Juli
n our packs?" Alpha Walt
ality. "I didn't come here for politics. I ca
nothing. A flash of pure je
rd. Calm, but ab
e forced a false bond... then she i
ly si
he finished. "I don't ne
hit like
aid quickly. "We'll use eve
rnally. Phase one
make sure Juliet s
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