Chapter 3
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Chapter 3
He strode forward, shielding Serena and her son like a towering wall.
He looked at me with judgment in his eyes.
“Luna Evelyn, if you have a problem, come at me. There’s no need to take it out on a child.”
His words sliced through me like a rusted blade, and I could barely breathe from the pain.
This was my husband—my fated mate.
Yet he was standing there, protecting another woman and her child, and glaring at me like I was his enemy.
I bit back my tears, my voice trembling.
“Do you even know what just happened? He pushed Nolan to the ground, stole his toy, and called him a fatherless bastard. He even said I had him with another man!”
Aaron’s eyes flicked to Nolan’s injured forehead, a flash of pain showing briefly.
But Serena’s sobs quickly swept that away.
“Tiger’s just a child. How could he possibly say something like that?” she cried.
“The spaceship’s lying over there in the grass, perfectly fine. Luna Evelyn, if you want to make something up, at least be believable. Why slander a child?”
“And anyway, kids fight all the time. You, as Luna, should set a good example. Otherwise, you might teach your son to twist the truth.”
Out of Aaron’s sight, Serena twisted Tiger’s thigh viciously.
Tiger cried harder, almost fainting.
Aaron looked at the bruises on Tiger and the slap mark on his face. His brows furrowed deeply.
When he looked at me again, whatever guilt he had vanished completely.
“Luna, you come from a noble background. You shouldn’t be raising a future Alpha to bully others.”
“If we don’t get to the bottom of this, it won’t be good for his growth.”
He paused, then said each word heavily.
“Luna Evelyn, I request that the future Alpha apologize to Tiger.”
I stared at him, desperately trying to find a trace of the man I once loved in this stranger’s face.
But I failed.
The Aaron who used to treasure me, who would get angry over a single mosquito bite on my arm, no longer existed. Maybe he really had died on that battlefield.
What returned was a man driven by guilt and lust, a stranger.
“I know my son,” I said quietly. “I know his character better than anyone. And it’s not for a Beta like you to judge.”
My heart steeled.
If he wanted to play, I’d gladly join the game.
“And your Tiger? I highly doubt you’re blind to what kind of child he is.”
“You—”
Aaron was momentarily speechless. He clenched his teeth before squeezing out his next words.
“Luna Evelyn, if you insist on this attitude, then perhaps Alpha Aaron can no longer rest peacefully in the embrace of the Moon Goddess!”
He lifted his eyes and stared at me with those identical eyes—just like my husband's.
This wasn’t a request. It was a command.
Tiger looked smug, while Serena flashed a strange, victorious smile no one else could see.
My blood boiled.
He would humiliate his own son again and again just to protect someone else’s child?
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