ia Prin

stretched so taut that a singl

y roof!" Elder Victoria's voice shook with rage as she released

o draw air into my lungs. But I refused to bend. I locked my knees, planti

e heavy air. "If I am as worthless as you say, then taking the child

ther, look at her! She's using Leo as a weapon

exaggerated wail. "Leo, come to Mommy! Don't

ed, violently swinging his s

d struck Ginger's wri

oss her face before she smoothly threw herself backward. She collapsed

e..." Ginger sobbed into her han

n doors, rushed into the room to help Ginger up, c

shouted, her cane rattling violently against the floor.

h absolute disgust. "Save the theatrics,

his teeth were chattering, his face b

n his back to steady his breathing. "

king toward the grand doors, completely ignorin

her immediately!

ocked the double doors, their broad fram

the lead guard with

the lead guard said coldly, his hand rest

d my lips. "Do you really think fo

te Wolf lineage slumbering in my blood was stir-crazy beneath the surface. If push

energy within my dantian, ready to

ur guards stiffened, their expressions morphing into sheer panic as they

flooded the corridor, so potent that

lked into

open, his dark grey eyes smoldering with a dark,

fly on the crying maids, the collapsed Ginger, and fi

velly, carrying the terrifying weight of an Alpha's Command th

ally here..." She tried to push herself up, only to collapse

he strode across the room, bent down, and swept Gi

are-a protective embrace I had never onc

om above her head, his eyes

his voice devoid of any warmth.