Alpha Ethan Blackwood’s POV
"That shameless, selfish, ungrateful b***h! She stripped us bare! She cleaned out the entire wing like a thief in the night!"
His mother’s voice shrieked through the empty stone corridors, her venomous curses bouncing off the bare walls. Ethan stood in the center of the vacated eastern wing, his hands shoved deep into his pockets, staring at the empty spaces where luxurious velvet lounges and hand-carved mahogany desks used to be.
Dust motes danced in the pale evening light. From the shadows of the doorways, the lower-ranking maids and servants were hidden, whispering frantically among themselves about the absolute humiliation that had just unfolded.
For the first time in his life, the staggering reality of his situation crashed down on Ethan. Looking at th
