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Sebastian’s POV
“How dare you?” Thea’s voice rang with a fury I’d never heard from her before.
Lyra smirked dismissively, as if she had better things to do. “It’s not my fault the brat wasn’t watching where she was going. She almost spilled juice on my dress. This is a limited edition Hermès, and that little mongrel nearly ruined it.”
Thea and Lyra had always been at odds. Back when Thea was still in school, Lyra had made it her mission to ensure everyone isolated her. She and her little followers had placed dead rats in her locker, thrown her books and bag in trash cans, and generally made sure her life was miserable. Lyra later became the mate and Luna of the Ravenoak
Pack Alpha, but clearly her character hadn’t changed over the years.
The little girl peeked out from behind Thea’s dress, her eyes wide with fear. Barely five years old, with dark curls and a pink dress, she clutched at Thea like she was her only
protection.
I found myself involuntarily imagining a little girl wi
colored hair.
my green eyes and Thea’s honey-
I froze in my seat. Where the fuck had that thought come from? I shook my head, trying to clear it, and refocused on Thea. It looked like she was finally about to put Lyra in her
place.
“Are you kidding me? That’s a stupid fucking reason to hurt a child, especially when we’re here today because of these children,” Thea chastised, her brows furrowed in anger, yet
even then she looked beautiful.
“It’s not a stupid reason,” Lyra stomped her foot like a petulant child. “I’m not going to let some orphan who doesn’t know anything about status ruin a dress worth more than she’ll see in her entire pathetic life.”
Shocked gasps filled the room. Lyra turned, realizing she now had an audience, and they weren’t pleased with her remarks.
“I didn’t mean it like that…” she quickly tried to salvage her image, noticing the angry looks around her.
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“You know what? Get the fuck out. Given your attitude toward these children, I don’t see why you need to be here,” Thea said, gesturing to a security guard by the door.
“What? You’re kicking me out?” Lyra stammered.
Thea just rolled her eyes. “Obviously.”
“You can’t do this. I’ve donated a lot of money to this stupid foundation. You can’t just
throw me out like this.”
A sly grin spreading across Thea’s face. She then called over Fiona, who quickly checked her tablet. “One million dollars,” Fiona reported.
“See, this foundation doesn’t need people like you. People who are so full of themselves they think we can’t function without their money.” Then she turned to Lyra and ordered:
“Transfer it back to her account.”
Everyone watched in amazement. Nobody spoke, nobody moved.
When Fiona confirmed it was done, Thea turned to Lyra. “Now get the fuck out of my gala.
You’re banned from any future events held by me or my foundation.”
The security guard dragged the cursing Lyra out. Thea’s voice carried throughout the entire room: “Does anyone else share Lyra’s views? We’re here because of these children, and I’ll deal with anyone who thinks they can abuse them.”
She looked like an avenging angel ready to strike down anyone who dared disrespect the
children.
When no one spoke, she smiled and walked toward the balcony. “Well then, sorry for the
interruption, and I hope you all have a great time.”
Aurora said something to me, but I ignored her. My focus was entirely on my former Luna.
I stood up, pushing my chair back, and left. Aurora called my name, but I didn’t look back. I strode toward where Thea had gone, and soon I was outside the room.
She stood on the balcony, her face turned toward the now–darkening sky, her hair dancing in the breeze.
Now that I was here, I didn’t know what to say. I hadn’t spoken to Thea since that day at
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her house. All my texts and calls over the past two weeks had gone unanswered.
I stepped forward. My footsteps must have alerted her, because she half–turned. When she saw it was only me, her body tensed.
“What do you want, Sebastian?” she sighed, sounding tired.
I moved closer until I was standing beside her.
“Why didn’t you tell me?” I was confused. She had been my wife, yet she never mentioned any of this.
“Tell you what?”
“Everything… the Dawnhaven Foundation, and the fact that you’re not actually broke. Why let us all look down on you?”
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because she is your fated mate I sont know how this reality surfaced in next chapters but I am curious.
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