Chapter : 904
“Aw, you’re the best, Noah,” Lila said, beaming up at him. “I’m not sure what I would do without you and Emmet in my corner. I’m glad all the rumors about me not really being your sister didn’t get to you.”
Noah wrapped his free arm around Lila’s shoulders and kissed the side of her head.
“You’ll always be my sister, no matter what,” he assured her, still speaking into the mic so everyone could hear them, solidifying my thought that this was all for show.
I pressed my lips together in a thin line, clenching my fists. I wanted to interfere, but
I didn’t want to cause a scene and make things worse for myself. But then I felt a surge of something profound in the pit of my belly, and it swirled around my insides, growing angrier. It was more than my wolf… it was something else… something much more powerful, and it didn’t like being challenged.
“Fight,” a voice said inside of me, making me freeze. “Trust us to help you.”
I blinked, looking around. There was nobody nearby other than Gavin, Nan, and Irene, and none of them had this voice that was in my head. I stared down at my hands, seeing the magic crackle at the tips of my fingers, and I flexed those fingers, feeling the magic surge inside of me.
Could the magic be speaking to me?
Was that one of the perks of being the host of magic?
Before I knew what was happening, my voice was booming across the crowd, turning everyone’s attention to me.
“Can you prove that Gavin’s business is failing? Because from where I stand, I’d say it’s bigger than ever and thriving,” I said, folding my arms across my chest as I glared at her narrowed eyes. “So, why do you think it’s failing,ila Are you really that desperate for money that you’d take it from packmates and then lie to them about it? Did your family cut you off or something?”
Her eyes turned to slits, and her face reddened; I knew I hit the nail on the head. Selene and Zachary must have cut off her funds. I’m assuming a punishment for her treatment of me and the fact that she lied about the Moon Gem. I knew they still loved her because they raised her, but they wouldn’t tolerate disobedience like that. “
“Judy Montague,” Lila said, curling her lip in disgust as she glared at me. “I’m so glad you could join us, and I see you’ve brought Alpha Landry with you as well. Now he can see for himself who the better Luna is.”
“My mate would never choose you over me,” I said through my teeth, both my wolf and magic flaring at the very thought. “You are nothing but a thief and a liar, and the truth will come out soon enough.”
She let out a breathy laugh and shook her head.
“I’m not the one who lies. You literally told everyone that you are the true Blackwell heiress when that isn’t the truth,” she said, tucking a strand of blonde hair behind her ear and batting her lashes at me. “You are just a nobody orphan without a family. I’m the true heiress, and I have my brother here to vouch for me.”
“It’s true….. Lila is our true sister,” Noah said, his arm tightening around the woman who was nodding as if she had a say in any of this.
My eyes went to Daisy, who stood
across the room, still naked with the platter of drinks in hand. Her eyes were glued to Noah, and I could see the pained look on her face. It hurt her that he was with another woman, was flaunting her around when he knew Daisy was here, serving them… it made me feel sick to my stomach.
her that the fact that he