Chapter 152
Lilia’s POV
Six years in exile. Six long, grueling years where I’ve had to live in squalor when I should have been a queen. A Luna. All because of this woman right there.
Cara Wilson.
On the screen, they call her Aylon Auburn, but I never forget a face. Or, at least, I would never forget hers. It’s burned into my memory.
She took everything from me.
“George!” I shout.
“What?!” he shouts back from the kitchen.
“Get in here!”
“I’m doing something!”
“Now, George!” I demand, impatient.
From the other room, I hear a loud sigh, and know that I’ve won.
George, DuskWood’s former Gamma, is not the kind of man I would have thought I’d take as my husband. But, as we’d been exiled together, there weren’t many other choices. Besides, the man would do anything for me, and there was a certain appeal in that, even if I wouldn’t say I loved him.
So far, he’s been mostly a failure as a husband. He’s supposed to provide for his family, yet he hardly brings home any money at all. He claims that without a pack backing, good jobs are difficult to come by, but I’m not sure I believe him. He might just be lazy.
Worse, every time I try to bring this up, that we need more money, he suggests that I get a job. Me. I was almost a Luna, I remind him whenever he tries that. I will not be made to work. That is what he is for.
Perhaps I should just divorce him and marry someone more suitable.
But that’s a thought for later. Right now, I’m focused entirely on the screen.
George stomps into the living room. “What is it?”
“Look!” I tell him and wave at the screen.
“Lilia, I don’t have time for games, I have to – King Alaric.
“Yes, he’s there too.” And still handsome and powerful. If only my carefully laid plans hadn’t gone so wrong. “But look! There! The BloodyMoon’s new Beta.”
“Aylon Auburn? Who is that?”
“Look at her face!” Gods, George is frustrating. Can he not obey simple commands? Even a dog can do that.”
We wait a moment for the camera to change, and then Cara appears on the screen once more.
“Cara Wilson,” George says the name like the curse it is. He can forget simple shopping lists at the store, but at least he can remember the name of the woman who personally destroyed all of our dreams.
I could be married to Alaric right now and living in an estate.
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Instead, I’m stuck in this dump with my lazy husband and those obnoxious kids.
This life is an extreme disappointment.
“We know where she is now,” I say. “And she’s not in DarkWood, where we would be recognized.”
“The royal family of BloodyMoon might still recognize us, George says.
Even a broken clock is still right twice a day so in this, even he can be correct.
Yet, there has to be a way.
Now that we know where she is, I won’t let anything as arbitrary as being recognized stop me from exacting my
revenge.
“There’s ways around that,” I say, and begin plotting in my mind…
Cara’s POV
On the walk back to the house, Aidan holds Mia’s hand, listening attentively as she talks excitedly about the dancing. Meanwhile, Ryan attempts to keep Ethan talking, when he seems lost in thought.
Colin and I walk along behind both pairs, side by side.
Though he hasn’t said a word about anything yet, Colin keeps side–eyeing me, so I know it’s only a matter of time.
“Do you want to talk about this?” he asks me.
“What’s there to talk about?” I try to joke.
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