TRADING MY CHEATING HUSBAND FOR THE LYCAN KING novel Chapter 22

CHAPTER 16 THE ENEMY ALPHA–1

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CHAPTER 16: THE ENEMY ALPHA–1

EMBER’S POV

Knox leans back, swirling the last of his whiskey. “Rayana’s family has serious political pull- old money, Council connections, the kind of influence that can make my life unnecessarily complicated. She’s also actually sick, even if she’s milking it. Telling a dying woman to fuck off publicly would give my enemies ammunition, and I’m not handing them that for free.”

“So you need a human shield.”

“I need to show I’ve moved on without creating a political shitstorm.” His eyes meet mine.

This is cleaner.”

I’m not entirely convinced that’s his real motivation, but whatever. Not my circus, not my monkeys.

At six, Simone returns with an army.

She sweeps in with her team and enough garment bags to outfit a small country. The dress she pulls out makes my jaw drop–midnight blue, floor–length, with a neckline that plunges almost to my navel and a slit that goes up to there.

“You’re kidding.”

“I never kid about fashion.” Simone holds it up. “Trust me. You’ll look like a queen. I need all the focus on your pretty cleavage. They’d be too dazed stupid to judge you.”

I slip into the red lace from earlier–because apparently I’m living in lingerie now–then the dress. It fits like a second skin, which is both flattering and mildly terrifying.

Simone attacks my hair with the efficiency of a general leading troops, twisting it into an elegant updo with a few loose pieces framing my face. Makeup is smoky eyes and a nude lip.

When I finally look in the mirror, I freeze.

This woman staring back at me–polished, glamorous, expensive–doesn’t look like Ember Aragon, the nobody omega who fled Seattle with nothing. She looks like someone who belongs on Knox’s arm.

It’s all fake, I remind myself. Just a costume. A role I’m playing.

But Goddess, part of me wants it to be real.

Knox walks in wearing a tuxedo that should come with a warning label. All black, perfectly tailored, making him look like the sexiest man alive.

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