Chapter 3

Three days after leaving the hospital, Lena came to the villa to see me.

She walked into the living room carrying a bowl of medicinal tonic, Kane following behind her with one hand hovering protectively near her waist.

"Ayla." She placed the tonic on the coffee table. "This is a recipe I learned from our pack's healer. It's specially for restoring your strength. You just got out of the hospital and your body is weak. You need to take care of yourself."

She lowered her eyelashes and sighed.

"I heard from Kane about what happened at the hospital. If you're angry, take it out on me. Just please don't fight with Kane about divorce.

If I ruin the alliance between our two packs, I'll be a sinner."

Halfway through her speech, she couldn't hold back anymore and began sobbing softly.

Kane frowned and pulled her into his shoulder.

"Lena, this has nothing to do with you. Don't blame yourself for everything."

He turned to me. "Ayla, look how reasonable Lena is. And you? All you know how to do is threaten divorce!"

Watching her terrible acting, I suddenly laughed.

Kane said angrily, "What's so funny!"

"I'm laughing at Lena. At least she has some self-awareness."

"But I need to remind you: among werewolves, an Omega speaking to a Luna must use respectful language. Didn't your parents teach you manners?"

Lena's face flushed red and white, biting her lip, not daring to speak.

Kane's expression darkened. "Ayla! You're going too far! How can you, as a Luna, bully a young Omega like this!"

"Bully?" I raised an eyebrow. "I'm just teaching her werewolf etiquette. Kane, as the Alpha of Black Rock Pack, aren't you afraid of being held accountable by the Council of Elders for allowing an Omega to disrespect a Luna?"

"But more than etiquette, I'd like to ask you. That blue diamond necklace. Is it comfortable to wear?"

Lena's face froze for half a second, then her eyes grew even redder. "What necklace? Ayla, what are you talking about?"

"The two million dollars you spent buying that blue diamond necklace came from our joint account."

I opened my phone and showed her the auction house transaction records.

"That two million was supposed to be used to help our displaced pack members, but Kane spent it buying you a necklace."

Kane's face turned iron-gray as he slammed his hand on the coffee table. "I made up that money later..."

"Made it up?" I laughed coldly. "What about the forty million you siphoned off through the mineral rights transfer? Are you going to make it up with those fake accounts from Lena's shell companies?"

Lena cried, her shoulders shaking. "It's all my fault. I caused trouble for Kane."

Watching Lena's clumsy performance only gave me a headache.

"Sophie, call security."

"Escort this Omega who doesn't know her manners out.

From now on, without my permission, she's not allowed to set foot in any White Moon Pack property."

Kane's pupils contracted sharply. "Ayla, you're going too far. Do you have to be so ruthless?"

I stood up and met his eyes.

"Kane, the one being ruthless isn't me. It's you."

Kane tried to say something more, but two tall White Moon security guards immediately stepped forward, blocking his path.

"Alpha Kane, please leave!"

Kane pulled Lena up and turned to go. "Ayla, just wait. This isn't over!"

That evening.

Sophie placed a thick stack of transaction records in front of me.

"Luna, everything's been investigated. Besides the sapphire necklace and mineral rights, over the past year and a half, your private account has transferred seventy-two million dollars to Lena's account, and White Moon Pack has provided interest-free loans totaling three hundred million dollars to Blake Corporation."

"Also, I've contacted your advisor. The professor is very supportive of your timely defense and has scheduled it for one week before the graduation ceremony."

I picked up the divorce agreement and signed my name at the bottom.

"Deliver this to Kane's office. Within three days, tell him to return all the money and sign the divorce agreement."

"Otherwise, I'll immediately report to the Council of Elders that he allowed an Omega to disrespect a Luna and embezzled pack funds."

"Also, tell him not to try using my graduation defense against me. If he dares to cause trouble at the school, I'll make sure both he and Blake Corporation disappear from North America completely."