Chapter 13
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She begged him not to be so cruel, but he remained unmoved.
Finally, she let her hand fall from his pant leg, her head drooping. A cold laugh escaped her.
"Aiden, do you really think it was me who killed Elara?"
She snapped her head up, her eyes blazing with scorn.
"It was you. You were the one who wanted my body, who dragged me into your bed."
"You gave me all that expensive jewelry. You paraded me around at high-class events meant only for the Luna. You told your pack brothers you loved me more than that uptight Elara!"
"You left her side again and again when she was sick to come find me! You saw I was carrying your child and even used your Alpha power to protect this pup!"
"I only dared to send her those things, to humiliate her so brazenly, because you empowered me!"
Cassia shrieked, each word a poisoned dagger plunging into Aiden's heart.
"Now that she's dead, you feel a shred of regret, and you push all the blame onto me? Aiden, you're pathetic."
Aiden's expression was terrifyingly dark.
He looked at Cassia as if she were a pile of rotting trash.
Just as he was about to use his Alpha power to silence this lowly Omega forever, the door was thrown open again.
Aiden's mother rushed in with a group of servants.
She shoved Aiden aside, helped the fallen Cassia to her feet, then turned and slapped her son hard across the face.
"Have you lost your mind? Cassia is carrying the Black Moon bloodline! If anything happens to the pup, how will you face our ancestors?"
The slap snapped Aiden's head to the side, a trickle of blood appearing at the corner of his mouth.
He slowly turned back to face his mother, who had become so monstrous for the sake of a so-called "bloodline."
"Pup?"
He let out a cold laugh, his eyes like ice. "I never acknowledged that child."
"You! You ungrateful brat!"
She took a deep breath, then turned and ordered the Beta guards behind her, "Take Cassia to the medical wing for a full examination! If my grandson is harmed in any way, I'll hold you responsible!"
"Stay where you are!"
Aiden's sharp command cut through the air.
A powerful Alpha aura instantly filled the room, pinning the guards in place.
"Who dares to take her away! She killed Elara, and I want her to pay with her blood!"
The former Luna stood protectively in front of Cassia, refusing to back down.
"Killed her? It was Elara who wasn't fated to be Luna! She was so fragile that one little setback drove her to suicide. We're better off without such a useless Luna!"
"Besides, the child in Cassia's belly is your own flesh and blood. A future Alpha!"
"Son, listen to your mother. Elara is dead, and the dead can't be brought back. You need to marry Cassia quickly, hold the ceremony before her belly gets too big..."
"Enough!"
Aiden cut her off with a roar.
"Mother, if you dare mention that bastard child one more time, don't blame me if I forget we're blood!"
Without another glance at the former Luna, Aiden turned to leave, only to be met by a Beta running frantically toward him.
"Alpha, there's a huge crisis in the pack!"
"The truth about Luna Elara's death... it's out!"
The werewolf social networks had completely imploded.
Elara's tragic death had enraged countless users online. Fans who had initially been sympathetic began digging deeper and finally found what they were looking for.
An anonymous audio file went viral on all the major werewolf forums.
It was a clip from one of Cassia's past livestreams where she had forgotten to turn off her microphone.
Although there was no video, Aiden's distinctive, deep voice and Cassia's explicit flirting were unmistakable.
Then came the screenshots of the utterly humiliating mind-link messages Cassia had sent to Elara.
An insider leaked the pregnancy report, stamped with the pack's official seal.
A bystander had snapped a photo of Aiden and Cassia kissing passionately in a luxury car.
All the evidence pointed to one cruel truth:
Aiden, the so-called "Chosen Alpha," was nothing but a scumbag. While his fiancée was in the depths of depression, he had been indulging in debauchery with his mistress, ultimately driving the love of his life to her death.
The comment sections were an inferno.
["They call this true love? I think I'm going to be sick!"]
[I can't imagine how hopeless Elara must have felt...]
[This is spiritual murder! Aiden and that mistress both deserve to die!]
[If these two aren't severely punished, the Alpha King's laws are a joke!]
Werewolves from every pack furiously denounced Aiden and the Black Moon pack online, demanding that his Alpha title be stripped and that he face the harshest punishment.
