The Abandoned Luna's Journey to Power (by Emily Reed) novel Chapter 266

Chapter 266 Lonely Evelyn

James’s POV:

Looking at the torn pieces on the floor made my chest ache.

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I spoke with difficulty, “Evelyn, today is that day. I know you feel awful. But we have no choice. Princess Margaret is pressuring us, and the pack is drowning in debt. We need the Blackstone Pack’s support…”

“No choice?” Evelyn let out a cold laugh and slammed the scissors into the bedframe. “James, when you betrayed Cindy and married me, did you tell her the same thing? That you had no choice? That it was for true love?”

I couldn’t answer. It felt like someone was choking me.

Evelyn shouted, “You’re a coward! You always hide behind excuses! You always try to please everyone! You never have your own will! You don’t deserve to be an Alpha!”

She stood up and walked toward me step by step. Her cloudy eyes locked onto mine. “I’ll ask you one thing. Who do you love now? That untouchable future Princess Consort Cindy? Or that rich widow Carrie? Or me this ruined, useless woman?”

I looked at her.

…

Love felt too expensive now. Too cruel to even speak of.

For Cindy, I felt regret and guilt, the pain of only realizing her worth after losing her.

For Carrie, I felt numbness, exploitation, and helpless compromise,

For Evelyn, I felt disgust, fear, and the heavy burden I could never shake off.

“I don’t love anyone,” I finally said, my voice hollow. “I only hate myself. I hate that I was blind and chose the wrong path.”

Evelyn froze for a moment, then burst into terrible laughter. Her voice echoed through the empty tower.

“Ha! Wow! You don’t love a single one!” Tears ran down her scars. “James, you’re pathetic. Even more pathetic than me. At least I have loved, hated, gone crazy. But you? You’re just an empty shell!”

Suddenly, her laughter stopped. Her eyes turned vicious. “Go marry that widow. But listen

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carefully-if I’m not dead, this castle will never know peace! If Carrie dares provoke me, I’ll show her what hellish revenge looks like! I’ll make her regret coming here!”

Looking at her, completely lost in madness, the last bit of pity in my heart disappeared.

I turned and walked away. “If you’re not afraid of death, then do whatever you want.”

The moment I left the tower, I heard a beast-like wail from inside.

It was the cry of despair, and the howl of someone truly abandoned.

Evelyn’s POV:

James left.

That coward didn’t even look back.

I collapsed on the floor, staring at the wedding dress scraps everywhere. It looked just like my shattered life.

I completely lost.

Back then, when I challenged Cindy, I was proud and fearless. I thought I stole her man. I thought I stole her place. I believed I was the winner.

But Cindy was now a duchess, even a future princess consort, the most honored woman in the land.

And I became a broken wreck, a discarded wife, soon to be crushed under another woman’s feet.

“Why?” I sobbed until I couldn’t breathe, my fingers digging into the icy floor.

I couldn’t accept it!

I forced myself up and stumbled out of the tower.

I wanted to see what had happened to the main bedroom that once belonged to me- Moonwhisper Residence.

I sneaked onto the second floor of the main castle.

They were making the final preparations to welcome Carrie.

Hiding behind a pillar, I looked inside and saw everything had been replaced.

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