Chapter 364
Third Person’s POV
Cassian gave a subtle nod, his cold gold eyes scanning the room. Humphrey instantly got the memo.
He stepped forward and slammed a paternity report-complete with the Ironthorn seal and fresh glandular tissue samples onto the long table.
At the same time, two burly guards dragged Algernon out from the shadows, hauling the kid into the center of the room like a wet rag.
“Ainsley, take a good look at this pup,” Cassian’s voice boomed through the hall, heavy with the weight of a judge passing sentence. “He’s your kid, yours and this bitch’s. Am I right p>
Ainsley gave Algernon a look of pure disgust, as if he were staring at a stain on his family’s bloodline.
He pointed a finger at Samantha, his voice a low, vibrating growl of suppressed rage. “Alpha Cassian, six years ago, this rogue found out I was about to hit my mating window. She was low enough to spike my water with stimulants-forcing my Alpha instincts to kick in so she could trap me. Later, she had the nerve to show up at my fiancée’s house with a positive pregnancy test. I almost lost my inheritance and my spot in the pack because of her p>
He got louder, the wolf soul behind him beginning to flare. “Three years later, she crawls back to my territory with this kid, trying to blackmail me into making her my mate. She even got me hooked on that neurotoxin wolfsbane. When I refused to let a bottom-feeder like her near me again, she tore my pack apart until I cut her a check for thirty million just to get her out of my sight p>
Ainsley lunged toward the cowering Samantha. “Alpha Cassian, her ‘ex-husband’ died from an overdose of hallucinogens. I’d bet my life this venomous bitch killed him just to snap the old bond p>
Samantha let out a shriek, her voice sounding like tearing leather. “Ainsley, you lying bastard! You couldn’t control yourself and you took me by force! I had to find some random stray to mate with just to cover the shame! Now you’re standing here framing me for murder? Has your wolf been picked clean by vultures p>
Cassian had finally had enough.
Every step he took toward her made his Alpha aura heavier, like a localized thunderstorm, tearing away her final layer of lies.
“Samantha, six years ago, you ditched our deal. You pocketed the sixty million my grandfather gave you, faked a robbery to play the victim, and immediately went after Ainsley p>
Cassian’s voice wasn’t loud, but every word hit like a thunderclap. “When that failed, you went into hiding with the kid. You wanted to crawl back to L.A., but my grandfather smelled the rot in your soul. He’s the one who forced you to bond with that other man while you were abroad p>
Samantha shook her head, letting out a desperate whimper. “No! He used his rank to force me p>
“You endured three years of hell under that man’s claws just so you could squeeze him for child support. The guy actually had enough heart left to want to claim the kid, but you wouldn’t let him p>
Cassian stepped closer, his dominance so suffocating it practically stopped the air in
Samantha’s lungs. “You let yourself
get torn to pieces just to protect this
just to protect this
kids were just
kits potential. ou
waiting for his wolf soul to grow
strong enough so you could go back
to Ainsley’s pack and take a bigger
bite out of them, weren’t you p>
Samantha was shaking so hard she left a messy, frantic streak on the floor as she
tried to crawl away.
“Once you got the thirty million, you
wanted back into L.A., but your husband wouldn’t let you go,” Cassian said, his eyes like daggers. “To gebrid of him, you got him hooked on drugs and gave him a lethal dose when he was crashing. Am I right p>
Samantha’s face went gray. She looked like a corpse. “They’re lying… I didn’t kill anyone p>
“And because of a single threat from
Howard, you hired Dominic to murder Crispin-a kid who was only eighteen Cassian’s voice was
of the Ironthorn enforcers to come back, so you hid abroad for two years until you could find an excuse
lethal You were too ne
He looked at the heap of trash on the floor and let out a dry, self-deprecating smirk. “You had it all figured out before you even stepped foot back in this city. You played a hell of a game, Samantha p>
Samantha scrambled to her feet, screaming hysterically at him. “I didn’t! Where’s your proof p>
Cassian turned his back on her, his face a blank mask. “I’ve already handed every record over to the police and the pack enforcers. Your confession doesn’t matter anymore p>
The second she heard the word ‘police,’ Samantha’s final defense collapsed. She slumped to the floor, letting out a long, haunting howl of a dying animal.
Fred caught Wynn’s eye, and she immediately stepped up to support a ghostly-pale Alaina, releasing a steady stream of calming aura.
Across the room, Cassian’s eyes met Trista’s.
His were a mess of guilt and pain; hers were perfectly calm. She looked at him for a second, then quietly looked away.
Samantha’s mind went blank. Every fantasy of becoming Cassian’s Luna turned to ash.
She couldn’t remember saying any of those things—she couldn’t understand how it was all happening.