Alpha King Chases Abandoned Luna

(Third person's POV)

As Ethan Stone hesitated, just as Victoria Frost expected, he was moved by

Emma's tearful pleas and stopped to look down at her. Seeing his attention,

Emma's tears intensified, her swollen red eyes filled with longing and dependence

as she clung to Ethan's leg.

She reached out to him with her small hands, her voice breaking with desperation.

"Daddy, Emma really knows she was wrong, please don't abandon Emma."

"Without Daddy, my classmates bully me. Look, they beat me all over. Daddy, it

hurts so much." Her wolf pup whimpered pitifully beneath her skin, projecting

distress pheromones that would normally trigger any Alpha's protective instincts.

The scent of her fear and pain filled the air around them. Emma's small body

trembled as she pressed closer to Ethan's leg, seeking the comfort and protection

she had always received from him.

When Ethan did not immediately comfort her, Emma pulled open her jacket with

shaking hands. She revealed the tattered Crescent Moon Academy uniform

underneath and the bruises and welts marring her pale skin.

These visible wounds were her trump card. She remembered how, in the past,

whenever she was bullied, her father figure would defend her fiercely.

He would punish those who hurt her and their families through his Alpha authority.

She recalled the tenderness with which he had once soothed her after an incident

at the Silvercrest Pack Medical Den.

He had promised to acknowledge her as his true daughter despite the lack of

blood bond. Having truly experienced Ethan's fatherly love and protection, she

simply could not believe he would cast her aside.

The grave desecration incident was just a childish act of jealousy against Lily, who

was already gone. She convinced herself her Alpha father was only acting out of

anger, and he would soften upon seeing her hurt.

"Please, Daddy," she whispered, her voice barely audible. "Emma needs you."

Ethan's amber eyes darkened as he took in the severity of her injuries. His wolf

stirred with conflicted protective instincts, the sight of a wounded pup triggering

ancient Alpha responses.

He asked in a low, controlled voice, "Why did your classmates beat you?"

Without hesitation, Emma replied, "Because they saw that Emma had no daddy to

protect her, so they bullied me for no reason." Her voice carried the practiced

innocence of a child who had learned to manipulate adult emotions.

His gaze turned frigid, his Alpha aura growing cold. He realized that she was

completely unaware of her own culpability, presenting only the side that could gain

his sympathy.

She was ignoring the fact that she herself was also a perpetrator. With a cold

expression, Ethan pulled his leg away, his wolf rejecting the false bond.

Emma collapsed to the ground with a small cry of pain. The marble floor was cold

and unforgiving beneath her bruised body.

"Daddy..." she looked up in

confusion, her wolf pup's distress

calls going unanswered. She was

unable to understand why he

showed no concern for her injuries

and did not help her up.

Ethan's perception of her had fundamentally changed since the previous night.

When he learned the truth about Lily's death and the grave desecration,

everything shifted.

He now saw that his past indulgence had made him the unwitting shield for her

bullying. She had tormented her classmates with impunity using his Alpha status.

She, once a victim herself, had turned into someone who would tear apart others'

umbrellas rather than offer shelter. The accounts he heard from her teachers

haunted him now.

How she had beaten classmates bloody, forced them to kneel and submit like

omegas. How she made them crawl under her legs, and even shoved someone's

head into a toilet.

He realized he had enabled a little monster. The more he hated himself for his

past leniency, the more he loathed Emma standing before him.

She was so skilled at pretense, just like her mother Victoria. The manipulation

came as naturally to her as breathing.

Coldly, Ethan ordered the Silvercrest Security Guards, "Don't let these two appear

at the company entrance again. I don't want to see them."noveldrama

His Alpha command carried the weight of absolute authority. The guards

straightened immediately, recognizing the finality in their Alpha's tone.

He turned and strode away, his powerful presence radiating rejection. Each step

echoed through the marble lobby like a death knell.

Emma, panicking, tried desperately to grab his leg again. Her wolf pup howled in

abandonment, the sound piercing and desperate.

"Daddy... Daddy!" she cried, but could not catch up to the Alpha's long strides. Her

small legs couldn't match his pace, and her injuries slowed her further.

The guards, who remembered how

Ethan used to dote on Emma,

hesitated to act roughly against a

pup. They feared future

repercussions from their Alpha if his

feelings changed again.

Their uncertainty was palpable as they watched the small girl chase after the

retreating Alpha King.

Maxwell Chen, receiving a subtle

signal from Ethan through their pack

bond, returned with purposeful

steps. He instructed the guards with

clear authority that brooked no

argument.