Chapter7
The next morning, my phone wouldn’t stop buzzing–message after message from Alpha Thomas lit up my screen:
Who are you? Why are you doing this to me?
Tell me who you are, or I swear, I’ll hunt you down!
Where did you get that? Are you working with Camille?
Is she… really dead?
Camille, is this you? Damn it!
I didn’t reply to any of them.
I wanted him desperate. I wanted him
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unraveling.
When I stepped out of the cabin, theherisrisp tang of salt air hit me, and I realized juustohow farwe were from land. The endless horizzon off ocean stretched around us, the yachtht
- gliding steadily through the waves like a a predator stalking its prey.
Inside the kitchen, Alpha Xavien wasas whistling as he prepared breakfast, the scentnt of coffee mingling with the salty breeze. He le looked attense, yet there was always an edgege to him, a layer of calculation just beneath thehe surface..
The scene might welbeen picturesque, even a a bit endearing, under different circumstances.s But as the rich aroma of coffee wafted up to to me, my stomach turned violently.
Clamping my hand over my mouth, I spun
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toward the railing just in time to empty the contents of my stomach into the waves.
“Morning sickness?” Alpha Xavien’s voice came from behind me, casual yet cutting.
I wiped my mouth with the back of my hand and shot him a glare. “It’s none of your business.”
He leaned casually against the railing, arms crossed, his lips curving into a smirk. “So, you’re keeping it?”
Squaring my shoulders, I met his gaze head–on. “The baby is a blessing,” I said firmly. “It’s innocent in all of this.”
Alpha Xavien studied me for a long moment, his smirk faltering as something quieter -something unknowable–flickered in his expression. Then, in his usual wry tone, he
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replied, “I could be the father, you know.”
I laughed sharply, laced with bitter disbelief. “No, thanks. I’ve had my fill of fake marriages. One was more than enough.”
His smirk turned into something more subdued. He stepped closer, his voice losing its usual nonchalance. “Are you sure? Because I can help. Not just with the baby, but with Alpha Thomas, Audrey… even Alpha Gilbert. I can take them all down.”
I shook my head, refusing to bite. “I told you, all I want is peace. No more drama. No more revenge.”
He tilted his head, brows raised, studying me like a puzzle missing its final piece. “Are you sure about that?”
Before I could answer, he pulled his phone
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from his pocket and handed it to me. The screen was already playing a breaking news report. The anchor’s voice was a mix of hushed sympathy and quiet disdain.
“New developments have emerged in the
- tragic death of Luna Camille Peters. Sources claim that her mother, who passed away years ago, lived a controversial lifestyle, with rumors suggesting ties to prostitution. Some are calling her death ‘karma.“”
A cold shiver ran down my spine.
“They’re dragging her through the mud,” Alpha Xavien murmured, his voice low but deliberate. “And she’s not even here to defend herself.”
The screen cut to another segment.
“Speculation surrounding Luna Camille
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Peters’s pregnancy has also surfaced. Alleged reports question the legitimacy of her child, with critics claiming it might not have been Alpha Thomas Cole’s. Rumors suggest Luna Camille fabricated the pregnancy for attention, and incriminating
- photos are said to be circulating.”
My knuckles turned white as I gripped the edge of the railing. The bile in my stomach. churned again, but this time it wasn’t from nausea. It was rage. Blazing, unfiltered rage.
“They’ll never stop,” Alpha Xavien said, his voice even softer now. “Alpha Thomas won’t let you go–not in life, not in death. So, I’ll ask again… are you really going to let him win?”
The anger bubbling beneath my skin burst to a boil. Without another word, I grabbed my phone, opened the dummy account, and typed a message with trembling fingers.
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You’ve made me angry now. It’s time to face
the consequences.
When I hit send, something inside me shifted. I turned to Alpha Xavien, my voice ⚫ steady, my decision made.
“Fine,” I said calmly. “I’ll be your Luna.”
Alpha Xavien’s grin widened into something wolfish. “You won’t regret it.”
I crossed my arms and narrowed my gaze. “This isn’t just about you. I’m coming back- for all of them. To remind them they messed with the wrong woman.”
His grin turned wicked. “Now that’s the spirit. It’s time to make a headline.”
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And that’s exactly what we did.
The next day, the media went wild. Every outlet, every social feed–it was all ablaze with headlines about Xavien Barnett.
The elusive Alpha King announces his engagement–but who is the mystery
woman?
Speculation spiraled, but no one had answers. Meanwhile, Alpha Thomas was scrambling to control his own narrative.
At a hastily organized press conference, he stood before a sea of cameras, his expression carefully masked with grief and sincerity.
“These rumors are nothing but malicious lies,” he said, his voice calm and deliberate.
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“I loved my Luna, and I will always love her. I don’t know who’s behind this smear campaign, but I’ll find them. Luna Camille was my everything, and these baseless accusations are a cruel attack on her memory–and on our family.”
He paused, letting the weight of his words. hang. Then, after a deliberate glance at the cameras, he added, “All I want is justice for my Luna. But for the person doing this- they’ll pay. Mark my words.”
The screen cut to an announcement about Camille Peters’s upcoming wake. I turned off the TV, my expression cold as stone.
“Nice try, Alpha Thomas,” I muttered.
Walking to my desk, I cracked open my laptop and logged into another dummy account. This time, I wasn’t going after Alpha
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Thomas directly. No, I had a much bigger plan.
Combining every shred of damning evidence I had–hospital records, photos, financial receipts, proof of Alpha Thomas and
- Audrey’s betrayal–I sent everything in a neat little package to Alpha Gilbert.
If there was anyone who could tear them both down, it was him. After all, once he learned the truth–that his mate Audrey and Alpha Thomas had been sneaking around behind his back–he wouldn’t hesitate. He’d destroy them both.
I hit send and closed the laptop, a small smile pulling at my lips.
“Let them destroy each other,‘ I murmured.
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