Then he added, “I’ll also make the kids apologize.”
I watched him leave. The moment the door closed, I wiped my face.
“You must really think I’m stupid, Alaric,” I muttered.
A slow clap sounded behind me.
“Of course you are, Raven,” Morgana said smugly. “Otherwise, you’d know I’ve been sleeping with Alaric for the last three years.”
She placed a hand on her stomach and smiled sweetly.
“And I’m carrying his child.”
Raven’s POV
I whirled around to face Morgana, who was smirking like she owned the world.
“What do you want?” I growled, baring my teeth.
Her announcement of pregnancy didn’t faze me. Eleven years of watching Alaric’s betrayals had taught me one thing: I couldn’t trust him—or anyone connected to him. Expect the unexpected.
“I came to apologize,” Morgana said, her voice dripping with false innocence, “but I wonder… what if everyone found out you’ve been tormenting me all this time?”
I snorted. “I have no interest in tormenting you, and your apology is worthless to me.”
I bent down to pick up my suitcase and resumed packing, but Morgana wasn’t done.
With a wicked grin, she hurled my bedside lamp to the floor.
“What are you doing?” I demanded, my wolf instincts bristling.
“Watch and learn,” she said with a devilish laugh.
Then she collapsed deliberately, pressing her hands over the jagged shards.
“What the—?” I exclaimed, taken aback.
“I’m sorry, Raven,” she cried, loud enough for the whole house to hear. “It’s my fault. Hurt me if you must, but please… don’t leave the children!”
“What is wrong with you?” I hissed.
The door suddenly burst open, and Alaric stormed in, the twins trailing behind. His eyes flared crimson when he saw Morgana on the floor, bleeding.
“How could you, Raven? She’s sick! Have you no compassion?” he growled.
“I didn’t touch her,” I said evenly.
“Stop yelling at her! It’s not her fault!” Morgana sobbed.
The twins bared their teeth. “How dare you harm our new mommy? Haven’t we taught you enough?”
“Why don’t you leave already?”
Their words barely made me flinch. I kept stuffing my clothes into the suitcase.
“I’m leaving,” I said coolly.
Alaric lunged, grabbing me before I could pull away. With a forceful shove, he pressed me into the cramped storage closet.
“Stay here until you understand the errors of your ways!” he snarled.
“Let me out!” I screamed, pounding the door, but he had already locked it. Tears ran down my cheeks.