Chapter 162

Scarlett’s POV

As I watched the Omegas carrying my bags, I felt a spact of defiance flare within me. They were taking my things toward the Alpha’s apartment, as if 14 been dragged back here just to step into that trap again. The thought made me sick.

“Bring my luggage here. It has no business being in that place,” I called out, my voice firm. They halted, the tremble in their shoulders betraying their fear My words seemed to carry a weight, a command that I hadn’t entirely meant to enforce. The power of a Valkin Alpha was still something i didn’t fully understand. It flowed through me, heavy yet exhilarating, a gift from the goddess that I wasn’t sure I deserved. But I couldn’t afford to second guess myself Not here.

“But…Luna, Alpha said…” one of them stammered, his voice barely a whisper. I cut him off coldly,

“Do not refer to me as Luna. I am certain you remember the day they stripped that title from me, Teaving me to rot as if I was nothing.” I felt my eyes flash with an intense green energy, and the Omegas stiffened, nodding quickly before they scurried to bring ray bags to my room. They placed them inside and left as quickly as they could, their eyes wide with fear.

Alone in the room, I sat on the bed, feeling the memories flood in with painful clarity. Every corner of this room held fragments of my past-moments with Maxwell and Lucian, the night I was dragged out by intruders, the morning when Geoffrey’s betrayal unraveled everything. It was here that my life shattered, but it was also here that I began to understand what strength really meant.

This room would be my reminder. I needed to keep the sting of betrayal close, to remind myself of who these people truly were. If I allowed myself to forget,