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Aria’s POV “Save my life? What do you mean?” My brows furrowed in confusion. “Three years ago, Luna, exactly one week after Alpha Lucas's burial, Lady Vivienne came to see me.” I frowned. “She came here?” Lea nodded weakly. “She had requested a private consultation,” she continued. “I assumed she wanted to discuss her health, so I welcomed her into this very office.” She glanced around the room before lowering her gaze again. “But I was wrong,” she concluded. My heartbeat gradually quickened. “What did she want?” Lea's hands trembled violently on her laps where she had rested them. “She wanted your child dead.” The words struck me like a bolt of lightning. My entire body froze. “What?” “She told me your child didn’t deserve to live when she lost hers because of you.” My breathing hitched. My knees buckled, but I held onto the edge of the table before I could fall. “She said as long as you carried Alpha Kael's child, you would always have a place in the Knight fami

Aria’s POV “Aria... what’s going on?” Lea’s voice shook, forcing a smile that didn’t reach her eyes. “Aria?” I let out a scoff. “Are we close enough for you to call me by my name? What happened to calling me Luna Aria?” Her smile faltered completely. “I...” “Or have you suddenly forgotten the proper way to address your Luna?” I tilted my head slightly.For several long seconds, she simply stared at me. “Aria, what is wrong with you? You have been acting weird. Is anything wrong?” “Aria again?” I slowly rose to my feet, walking in her direction. Each click of my heels against the tiled floor echoed through the office. Lea instinctively took a step backward. I could see it—the fear in her eyes. The kind of fear that came when you knew that something was wrong, but you couldn't figure out what exactly. Interesting. That was the exact reaction I had anticipated for. I stopped just inches away from her and wrapped my arms around my chest. “Tell me something, Doctor Lea,” I

Aria’s POV As soon as I got to my room, I went straight to the bathroom to get ready for my trip to the hospital. Not for my regular check-up, but to begin the second lesson. After I was done dressing, I walked to my closet to pick out an outfit. The moment I slid the wardrobe doors open, I frowned. Not a single dress hanging there reflected the woman I had become. For three years, I had dressed like a shadow. All I wore were simple, faded colors, and cheaply made dresses. Clothes that made me disappear into the background.Even though Kael transferred an outrageous monthly allowance into my account without fail, I had never truly spent it. Instead, I watched my balance grow into an amount I never thought I could acquire in my lifetime. "If I spend his money, it'll look like I'm only with him because of his wealth." That had been my excuse. But looking back now, I almost laughed at my own stupidity. I had spent three years, denying myself comfort just to prove a point to people

Aria’s POV “Not even me.” Those three words echoed through the living room. For a second, I genuinely thought I had misheard him. The servants looked just as stunned as I was. Several pairs of eyes darted between Kael and me, as though waiting for someone to reveal this was all some elaborate joke. He really said that? What a joke. If he had said those words days ago, maybe... just maybe, I would have felt butterflies fluttering in my stomach. But hearing them now stirred nothing inside me except a deep, burning hatred. Three years. Three long years of watching him stand silently while people humiliated me. Three years of swallowing my tears because the one man who was supposed to protect me had chosen everyone else over me. And now... now he wanted to act like the husband he should have been from the very beginning. But it was too late. The Aria who desperately craved his protection had died a long time ago. I didn't need him anymore. My gaze lingered on him for a brief se

Aria's POVKael? He was still here? For the past three years, whenever he came home at night, before seven o’clock the next morning, he would have been gone. So, what was different about that morning?He stood a few steps away from me, his eyes roaming everywhere before they finally landed on his mother.“Mother...” his face drained of color. He hurried toward her at once. “Mom, what's wrong? Why are you on the floor?”He dropped to one knee beside Beatrice, carefully helping her sit upright. Beatrice winced dramatically, one hand clutching her lower back.“She...” her trembling finger pointed toward me. “She pushed me.”Kael's head snapped in my direction immediately. For a brief moment, our eyes locked. His expression was unreadable. His gaze drifted to the kettle still clutched tightly in my hand, then to the two maids by Zoe’s sides.His eyes fell on Zoe, who was still pinned to the floor, tears streaming uncontrollably down her face. The silence that followed was suffocat

Aria's POVZoe's eyes widened in shock, her hand rested against her slightly bruised cheek."What?" She whispered, staring at me in disbelief.As soon as the word left her lips, I landed another slap on the other cheek. The sound of the slap echoed through the corridor, her head snapping violently to a side.Her two hands rested on her cheeks, her mouth wide open as though she had seen a ghost.For a heartbeat, neither of us moved nor spoke. Then, her shaky voice came."You slapped... me?"I calmly lowered my hand, a small smile spread on my lips."Those," I began, taking slow and deliberate steps toward her. "Were for forgetting your manners,” I paused. “And the next one will be for forgetting your place.”"What?" Her eyes bulged in outrage as she removed her hand from her cheeks."You're going to regret this, you crazy bitch!" Her hand was raised in the air, lunging forward to strike back.But before her hand could reach my face, I caught it midway. Before she could react, I shoved