Chapter 311-320

Chapter 311
The grand hall of our estate echoed with the sound of my father’s growl, a deep, guttural noise that sent shivers down my spine. His voice was like thunder, reverberating off the walls and filling the room with an oppressive tension. I stood in the center of the room, my shoulders stiff, my jaw clenched as I faced him. His eyes, usually calm and calculating, were now dark with anger, the outer rim of his irises turning black as his wolf threatened to surface.

“What the fuck were you thinking?” he roared, his voice shaking the very foundations of the room. His fists were clenched at his sides, his chest heaving with barely contained rage. “Were you insane?”

I opened my mouth to respond, but my mother stepped forward, her expression a mix of disappointment and frustration.

“Kael, we thought you had a plan,” she said, her voice sharp and cutting. “This… this is not what we expected.”

I did have a plan. A damn good one, or so I thought. I had planted a spy behind Ezra, the Blackwood heir, and arranged for him to meet with a rogue. The spy was supposed to gather evidence- photos, videos, anything that could tarnish Ezra’s reputation. The rogue was supposed to play his part, to make it look like Ezra was involved in something shady, something that would disqualify him from the Royal Beta lineage. But things had gone sideways. The spy’s camera had been taken by another rogue-or so he claimed. I had been disappointed, but I wasn’t ready to give up. I thought the Moon Goddess was on my side,

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We got another chance. The spy managed to take more photos of Ezra, and I thought this was it. My plan was to present the evidence to the council, to discredit Ezra and force Lilac to come to me for help. I knew her well- she would do anything to protect her brother. And I would be her savior, the one who could make the council forgive Ezra. In exchange, she would marry me, and I would secure the Blackwood family’s support. Ezra, of course, couldn’t be my Beta- Coco didn’t like him- but I could appoint another alpha, someone powerful, to form a strong alliance.