Luna's Deadly Deception: How She Made Her Alpha Pay novel Chapter 28

Ashley spat at my feet.

The parents jumped in. "Just a golddigger pretending to be some Princess."

"She actually thinks sleeping with Magnus makes her somebody?"

"Called the cops on herself - how pathetic!"

I looked to Blair, helplessly, and said, "I'm old enough to even be a mother, so stop calling me princess and just call me by my name: Thea Blackwood."

Blackwood is one of the last names of the werewolf royal family.

I turned to the officers, my voice steady. "These people assaulted me, vandalized my car, destroyed millions in artwork, and their son deliberately injured my daughter with a wire."

"I want them charged. No deals."

The once-bold parents started to squirm.

But some still shouted. "Stand your ground! We're protecting marriage here! Just because you're from a royal family doesn't give you a free pass to ruin someone's MATE relationship."

"Right! We're fighting for morality! Everyone supports us!"

The crowd cheered, boosting their fading courage.

Blair surveyed the damage, his expression darkening. He came over and picked me up off the floor while holding my daughter.

Ashley grabbed Magnus's arm. "Here's my Alpha! Tell them, honey! All these bodyguards, airplanes, and lawyers, they're all Steele Pack's property!"

Magnus yanked away like her touch burned. "Get off me!"

Ashley froze, staring at him in shock.

The crowd fell silent, confused. "What's happening?"

As everyone watched, Magnus walked slowly toward me.

Then he dropped to his knees.

His voice shook. "I'm so sorry, Thea. My Luna!"

Magnus knelt there in the schoolyard dust, his expensive suit collecting dirt as he called me his wife.

The scene froze every parent in place. Their smartphones hung forgotten in mid-air.

The crowd that had been so sure of everything moments ago now stood in stunned silence.

The man she'd built her dreams around had vanished in an instant.

But Magnus was already focused on me, his only thought now self-preservation. Still on his knees, his voice turned pleading.

"Baby, please. I know I screwed up badly. Give me one more chance. Just one."

The polished Alpha was gone. In his place knelt a desperate man who'd lost his script.

I looked down at him, feeling nothing. Five years of love had turned to ash.

Ashley didn't take this reality in stride, she yelled: "You insolent bitch. I don't care what kind of stupid act you're playing with these goons you hired, but you're not going to get away with this."

She turned to the crowd of people watching. "I bet these men here are the actors she hired. Won't be hard for this whore to get people to play out her little drama."

Magnus ignored the mad Ashley.

"Thea, please!" His hands clutched at mine, eyes wild with fear. "I swear I love you! This was a mistake. It'll never happen again!"

Ashley still couldn't grasp what was happening. "Magnus, why are you begging her? Even if she is your wife, you're the one with the power. You run Steele Pack!"

Magnus whirled on her, face contorted with rage. "Because I married into HER family! Everything - the money, the position, all of it - it's all HERS!"