Camille's POV
Meeting his bloodshot eyes, I shook my head helplessly and let out a bitter laugh as I stepped back.
"Oh, now you remember I'm his biological mother? Lucian, you are the mate the Moon Goddess bestowed upon me. Yet, over the past five years, as Lara provoked and framed me time and time again, did you ever—even once—believe me without reservation?"
Lucian's entire body jerked sharply.
I felt the mating bond in my chest—already worn dangerously thin—violently pull taut in that instant, like a string stretched to its absolute breaking point being yanked hard.
It was as if something was caught in Lucian's throat. He instinctively wanted to argue back, but he just mumbled, unable to form a single complete sentence.
I didn't give him any time to defend himself. I raised my voi
