Dumped Omega? Now Their Alpha King Begs at My Feet novel Chapter 31

Isabella's POV

I stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling mirror in my lavish suite after the dinner guests had finally gone. The room was filled with expensive furniture and silk hangings that had always made me feel like a princess. Tonight, I felt trapped in it.

My perfect, welcoming smile was gone. My face felt tight and cold with anger. My reflection showed a stranger with narrowed eyes and a tight, bloodless line for a mouth.

I replayed every moment of the meeting in my head, each memory a fresh stab of humiliation. Kai's polite but obvious boredom with me. His intense, predatory focus on her.

And Valerie… her quiet confidence, her simple dress, the way she had so effortlessly commanded the attention of the most powerful Alpha in the country without even trying.

She had made my years of careful training, my perfect etiquette, my deep knowledge of pack politics, look like a child's clumsy performance. All my accomplishments, rendered meaningless in a single evening. My entire life's work, dismissed with a single glance from him.

My entire life, my entire purpose—to be the Luna of the Crimson Fang pack, to unite our families and secure our legacy—was gone. Just like that. Ripped away from me.

For eighteen years, I had been the cherished treasure of the Silver Crown pack. Their perfect daughter. Their only heir. I was the one who comforted my parents on the anniversary of their lost child's death. I was the one who mastered every skill they put before me to make them proud.

Now, I was a placeholder. A forgotten relic. A footnote in the story of the true heir's return. The pity in my parents' eyes during dinner was the worst part. They looked at me with a sad, gentle affection, as if I were a beloved pet they now had to find a new home for.

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