Alpha King Chases Abandoned Luna

"Victoria Frost, the Academy Awards owe you a statuette." I couldn't keep the sarcasm from my voice as I

watched her performance unfold before my eyes.

Victoria clutched her chest dramatically, tears streaming perfectly down her cheeks without disturbing her

makeup. The woman was truly gifted at manipulation.

"How can she be so good at acting?" I asked no one in particular, my patience finally snapping. I held up my hand to interrupt her theatrical sobbing. "Are you done with your performance? I'll ask again, where's the

evidence?"

I knew she had nothing. This was just another of her elaborate schemes to turn Ethan against me as if he needed any help with that. She was simply relying on his blind favoritism toward her and Emma.

Victoria's face transformed at my challenge. Her wounded expression hardened, eyes narrowing dangerously.noveldrama

"Fine! You want evidence, don't you?" she spat, suddenly lunging toward the man still lying on the floor.

She grabbed his collar with surprising strength, shaking him violently. "Tell me, who told you my address? Who instructed you to hurt us?"

The man - Derek Savage, I'd heard Maxwell call him-glared at Victoria with undisguised hatred. But he remained stubbornly silent, his jaw clenched tight.

I stood perfectly still, letting my innocent expression speak for itself. I had nothing to hide.

Ethan's gaze moved from my composed face to Victoria's desperate one. Something flickered in his amber eyes -