Chapter 6
They wore crisp suits and carried sharp, chilling auras.
One of them smiled.
“Mr. Ashford.”
“How could we miss such a grand occasion? Of course we had to come and offer a gift.”
Damian’s gaze settled on them. For some reason, an uneasy premonition rose in his heart.
He suppressed his irritation and said flatly, “Whatever gift you brought can wait until the ceremony is over.”
But Isabelle had already recognized the people below.
Her eyes lit up.
They were all top-ranking Alphas among the North American wolf clans.
Her heartbeat quickened. These powerful figures would never bring anything ordinary.
She spoke in a sweet voice, unable to hide her excitement.
“Thank you. What kind of gift is it? Why don’t you show us now?”
Damian’s brows tightened at once.
A displeasure he could not explain rose in his chest.
All these years, he had protected her. He had never let her suffer, never let her touch the dirty side
of the Pack.
She did not know how these people had once suppressed him, plotted against him, and framed him.
She did not know how he had crawled out of their siege step by step.
And now, in front of him, she was acting sweet toward the enemies he had fought for years and
thanking them.
It felt no different from stepping on his face.
Damian’s expression darkened.
Yet another person flashed through his mind without warning.
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If it had been Selena, she would never have done this.
She would have sensed that something was wrong at once. She would have invited them out with
grace. She might even have arranged everything before they ever entered the temple.
She would never have allowed this scene to appear at his Imprinting ceremony.
The thought had barely formed when Damian froze.
His heart tightened sharply.
Why was he thinking about Selena?
Why was he comparing her to Isabelle?
His expression changed slightly, but he forced the thought down.
Isabelle had been pampered by him. She did not need to understand these ugly things.
He should not demand that of her.
With that thought, his face returned to cold indifference.
If she wanted to see the gift, then he would let her see it.
“Since Isabelle wants to see it, bring it out.”
His tone remained calm, as if he did not take those Alphas seriously at all.
The Alphas below exchanged glances, meaningful smiles tugging at their mouths.
One of them raised a hand and clapped twice.
The next second, the moonstone lamps in the temple suddenly dimmed.
A projected screen lit up behind the platform.
A burst of intimate, breathless sounds rang through the entire hall without warning.
The audience erupted in shock.
A cold smile curved Damian’s lips.
It was only a projection.
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At most, it would be footage of him and Isabelle.
He did not care. The woman he loved was Isabelle. If such footage were shown, it would only let all
wolfkind know how close they were.
Still, he turned and looked at the screen.
With one glance, his face changed.
In the image, Isabelle’s clothes were disheveled. She was pressed beneath a man.
And that man was not him.
Damian’s pupils contracted violently. His whole body froze.
He knew that man.
He was Isabelle’s junior from her human university. An Omega. No, not an Omega. A Rogue Beta
who had never been accepted by any pack.
Isabelle’s face went deathly pale.
Before she could even scream, the voices from the projection rang out clearly.
The Beta laughed and asked, “What if you get pregnant?”
Isabelle gave a disdainful smile.
“Then even better. I can use the pregnancy to push that old bitch Selena, the Luna, out of the way.”
Her tone was full of irritation.
“I haven’t been able to get pregnant with Damian’s child all these years. I found out about his Moon Goddess curse long ago.”
“This is perfect. I’ll borrow your seed and let the richest Alpha in North America raise the child for
me.’
The Beta laughed smugly.
“Then I’m impressive.”
“Breeding for the richest man in the wolf clans.’
The hall exploded into uproar.
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Damian’s face had turned terrifyingly ugly.
Isabelle panicked completely. She grabbed his hand, her voice shaking.
“No. It’s all fake.”
“It was forged. Someone is trying to hurt me.”
The Alphas below laughed aloud.
“Mr. Ashford, what a coincidence.”
“We have another gift.”
“A bloodline verification report for you and Miss Thorne’s baby.”
“Oh, and we invited the child’s real father too.”
As soon as the words fell, one of them raised his hand.
White bloodline verification parchments rained down like snow, covering the temple floor.
The Beta was dragged in by the guards. His face was deathly pale as he pointed at Isabelle, his voice
trembling.
“She seduced me. This really had nothing to do with me.”
Damian bent down and picked up one of the parchments.
His fingers trembled as he stared at the words on it. His face turned paler by the second.
“Impossible…”
“This is fake. It has to be fake.”
He snapped his head up, nearly losing control.
“If I am truly cursed and cannot reproduce, then how could Selena have gotten pregnant?”
“She loved me so much. She couldn’t possibly-”
Someone below sneered.
“Mr. Ashford, we brought the answer to that question too.”
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The crowd parted.
An old, white-haired pack doctor was escorted up the temple steps by the guards.
He sighed and took a yellowed parchment from inside his coat.
“This is the report I personally filled out ten years ago during the physical examination before the
Alpha and Luna completed their Imprint.”
“Pack Leader Ashford, you are indeed cursed. You are permanently infertile.”
He paused, his voice complicated.
“As for why Luna was able to conceive, her constitution is extremely rare.’
“She is one of the very few holders of the Silver Moon bloodline in North America.”
“Her womb can temporarily activate the seed of any cursed Alpha.”
“In other words, she is the only woman in this world who can bear your biological child.”
He looked at Damian and added after a pause, “If I remember correctly, Luna had already carried your child for eight months.”
“At the very least, you once had one biological child. You should have cherished her, and you
should have cherished that pup.”
As soon as those words fell, Damian looked as if he had been struck by lightning.
He froze in place.
The next second, he staggered backward and collapsed onto the silver moonstone floor.
His lips turned white.
His voice shook.
“Child…”
“My child…”
His hands gripped his hair, and a low, broken sound tore from his throat.
“What have I done?”
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“What have I done?”
“I killed the only child I would ever have with my own hands.’
The entire venue fell into deathly silence.
At that moment, footsteps sounded at the temple entrance.
The enforcers of the Pack Council walked in.
“Isabelle Thorne.”
“You are suspected of Imprinting fraud, fabricating injuries, and committing bloodline fraud through stolen seed.”
“Come with us.”
Isabelle’s face changed drastically. She burst into tears and threw herself at Damian.
“Damian, save me.”
“I don’t want to go. I don’t want to go to the dungeon.”
“You said you would protect me.”
Damian slowly raised his head.
His eyes were as cold as ice. There was not a trace of warmth left in them.
“Isabelle.”
“You deceived me.”
“For a woman like you, and for a bastard child, I hurt the person who loved me most.”
“I killed my only pup.”
His voice was terrifyingly low.
“I will not let you off.”
Isabelle froze.
The next second, she collapsed and screamed.
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“Damian Ashford, you can’t do this to me.”
“I did all of this for you.”
Her voice was dragged away by the enforcers and vanished completely.
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