Chapter 5
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Chapter 5
Looking at the group before him, Damon’s aggressive stance finally relaxed.
“Elders, why have you come here?”
The elders completely ignored him, staring with joy at the light emanating from my chest.
“Child of the Moon… the Moon Goddess has finally blessed our pack…”
Shock spread across Damon’s face. Legend said that the Moon Goddess would send a Child of the Moon to packs she favored. The
Child of the Moon was destined to lead the pack to glory.
But he quickly recovered and sneered. “What Child of the Moon? There’s only a poisonous woman here who’s been driven mad by
jealousy!”
Elder Magnus struck Damon’s chest with his claws. “Fool! You can’t even recognize the Child of the Moon, yet you dare call
yourself Alpha?”
I struggled to stand up from the floor. The light from my chest had healed most of my wounds, though pain never disappears so
easily.
“I’m not the Child of the Moon. My son was, but he’s already been killed by the man standing before you!”
Damon whipped around to glare at me. “Aria! What are you talking about? How could our boy be dead?”
Supported by the elders, I stood and seized the whip from his waist, lashing him hard across the face.
This was what he owed me!
“Damon, you personally ordered our son locked in that silver cage. You knew exactly how much agony those cages cause
werewolves. Our boy had the bloodline of the Child of the Moon-the stronger the power, the worse the backlash. Don’t you
understand?”
Damon stood frozen for a long moment before saying, “Even so! It was only one night. How could he…”
“That night was the full moon, Damon! You killed our son with your own hands! His constitution was already weak, he was only
five years old. How could he survive such powerful backlash?”
“He cried and begged you to let him go, to let him out. But what did you do?” Tears streamed down my face despite myself. With
each accusation, Damon shifted from disbelief to growing doubt.
“Aria, you must be lying to me, right? Our boy is still alive…”
I pulled a photograph from my inner pocket. “This is a photo of our son’s death.” His body was pale as death, full of holes, not a drop of blood left in him. “I wish more than anything this was all fake! I wish my precious child was still alive in this world… It’s all because of you! All because of you!”
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Damon snatched the photo and clutched it to his chest. “My boy…”
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His entire being seemed struck by lightning, his body emanating an aura of complete defeat. Where was the mighty Alpha now?
The council fitted him with specially crafted silver shackles that even an Alpha couldn’t easily break.
Serena stared in disbelief at everything happening. “Aria! What have you done? Damon is your husband-how can you harm him
like this?”
I backhanded the whip across her face. “Mistresses should know their place! What do you think you are, Serena?”
“Still hoping Damon will come protect you? He can barely protect himself now!”
Serena laughed softly. “Just you? Damon is an Alpha!”
I lowered my eyes, my expression unreadable. “Soon… he won’t be
