Chapter 287\u00a0<\/p>\n
Third Person\u2019s POV\u00a0<\/p>\n
Aftermath Beneath the Moon\u00a0<\/p>\n
For several uneasy days, the wolves of the film set waited in fear.\u00a0<\/p>\n
They waited for retaliation.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Yet the expected storm never came.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Magnus did not summon them.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He did not censure them for \u201ccorrupting\u201d his mate.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He did not bare his fangs or mark anyone for punishment.\u00a0<\/p>\n
On the contrary-\u00a0<\/p>\n
Finished\u00a0<\/p>\n
After Skylar followed through with additional funding, the Shadowbane Consortium quietly injected another sum of investment.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Shadowbane Pack staff handling the transfer said only one thing:\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a reward. For keeping Miss Aysel entertained.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The crew was stunned.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Relieved-but stunned.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Only one thing changed.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The filming schedule tightened brutally.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Meals out? Drinking? Leisure?\u00a0<\/p>\n
Gone.\u00a0<\/p>\n
From dawn to deep night, the director worked them like overburdened pack mules. Everyone was too exhausted to entertain even the faintest improper thought.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The one most terrified of reckoning had been Adam, the male lead.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But Magnus was not irrational.\u00a0<\/p>\n
1\/6\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 287\u00a0<\/p>\n
67\u00a0<\/p>\n
Finished\u00a0<\/p>\n
He had already exacted sufficient \u201cinterest\u201d from Aysel herself.\u00a0<\/p>\n
There was no need to crush every male wolf who dared admire his mate-especially not a small star who had merely followed orders.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Adam escaped unscathed.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He even landed a brand endorsement.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Along with it came an invitation to a dating reality show.\u00a0<\/p>\n
As for Skylar, she clearly sensed someone\u2019s jealousy that night.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She wisely kept her head down for several days, refraining from visiting Aysel, retreating to Frostfang territory to resume her ongoing corporate war with her Alpha father.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The era of \u201cthird-wheel professionalism\u201d was temporarily shelved.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Aysel, meanwhile, behaved impeccably.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She stayed home.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Mostly because her waist truly could not endure more.\u00a0<\/p>\n
During a recent dinner, the director-having learned that Aysel had served as a choreographer for the globally viral touring dance drama-had excitedly mentioned a renowned filmmaker friend preparing a historical epic, hoping to invite her as a movement consultant.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Aysel hadn\u2019t refused.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The production hadn\u2019t begun yet. There was no urgency.\u00a0<\/p>\n
For now, her focus lay in completing her current illustration drafts.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Her previous bestiary-themed art book had sold exceptionally well, and her editor hoped to strike while the iron was hot with a second volume.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She left her studio.\u00a0<\/p>\n
At nearly the same moment, Magnus exited his study.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In the dining room, the Alpha lifted her smoothly onto his lap, massaging her lower back with one hand while feeding her sweets with the other.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Aysel swung her legs idly, holding an invitation card.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYour elder brother is getting engaged?\u201d she asked. \u201cWhich pack\u2019s daughter?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
2\/6\u00a0<\/p>\n
13:06 Mon, Dec 22\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 287\u00a0<\/p>\n
Finished\u00a0<\/p>\n
Magnus glanced at it casually.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Bluemoon Pack\u2019s heiress. He shielded her during the yacht incident and got injured. Emotions deepened. The bond was settled.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Aysel tapped the card lightly.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cSo\u2026 do you think the last incident was really Derek?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Magnus never concealed his suspicions from her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Aysel also knew he hadn\u2019t fully trusted the outcome of that interrogation.\u00a0<\/p>\n
A sharp glint-wild, arrogant, visible only before her-flickered in his eyes.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cPresumed guilty,\u201d Magnus said calmly.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Aysel sighed.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThen this engagement banquet won\u2019t be peaceful.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
She recalled how Bastien Sanchez, the old Alpha, had recently behaved like a mouse spotting a cat whenever he saw her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Resting her chin in her palm, she smiled sweetly.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cLooks like I get to play games with your grandfather again.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Magnus laughed despite himself, flicking her elegant nose.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cLittle menace.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
She opened her mouth in mock ferocity.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cRawr-especially fond of eating big bad wolves like you.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Magnus leaned in willingly, letting her nip him.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cMhm. Eat up.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Darkmoon Collapse\u00a0<\/p>\n
Derek Sanchez\u2019s engagement banquet progressed methodically under the careful supervision of Ulva, scheduled to occur just before the wedding ceremony Celestine had long awaited.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Before that-\u00a0<\/p>\n
3\/6\u00a0<\/p>\n
13:06 Mon, Dec 22\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 287\u00a0<\/p>\n
:\u00a0<\/p>\n
M\u00a0<\/p>\n
67\u00a0<\/p>\n
Finished\u00a0<\/p>\n
Olivia of the Darkmoon Pack awakened.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She regained consciousness under the treatment arranged by Aysel-delivered faithfully by\u00a0<\/p>\n
Kian.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Whether awakening was a blessing or a curse\u2026 no one knew.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Darkmoon Pack had suffered catastrophic collapse.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Its core power structure was shattered. Even allied packs rushed to sever ties.\u00a0<\/p>\n
When Olivia opened her eyes, she faced a ruined lineage and a defeat beyond recovery.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She avoided two wolves she did not wish to meet and secretly visited the Sanchez estate to see her aunt, Ivy.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ivy looked unrecognizable.\u00a0<\/p>\n
No makeup. No adornment.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She sat quietly by the window, staring into nothing.\u00a0<\/p>\n
To save her brothers, Ivy had cast aside pride and dignity-reconciling with her estranged mate Ulric Sanchez, kneeling before Bastien, even begging the very sisters-in-law she once disdained.\u00a0<\/p>\n
All she received were complex, regretful looks.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou know whose decision this was,\u201d they told her softly. \u201cWe are powerless.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
She left them calmly.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Inside, her soul screamed itself apart.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Now, standing before the still-recovering Olivia, something finally stirred in Ivy\u2019s stagnant aura.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cGo,\u201d she burst out suddenly. \u201cLeave. Go abroad. Never come back.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAunt,\u201d Olivia replied dully. \u201cI can\u2019t.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Darkmoon brothers were under sanction.\u00a0<\/p>\n
As James\u2019s daughter, Olivia was under the same travel restriction.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Any attempt to flee would end before the airport-she would be seized by Magnus\u2019s wolves and dragged back.\u00a0<\/p>\n
4\/6\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 287\u00a0<\/p>\n
Finished\u00a0<\/p>\n
Every path was sealed.\u00a0<\/p>\n
No Darkmoon wolf would escape this reckoning.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ivy stood frozen.\u00a0<\/p>\n
After a long moment, her knees buckled.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She sank halfway to the floor, clutching her chest as sobs tore free.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Here, with no outsiders-only Olivia-she finally released the fear and fragility she had suppressed for days.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI regret it,\u201d she cried. \u201cI truly regret it.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Her body shook violently.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It was she who had destroyed the Darkmoon Pack.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She who had ruined her brothers, her sisters-in-law, the next generation.\u00a0<\/p>\n
They had been born under bright stars-destined to stand tall upon ancestral foundations.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Now all of it lay in ruins.\u00a0<\/p>\n
By her hand.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Her wail tore through the room.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Olivia held her tightly, heart aching.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She dared not confess that Magnus\u2019s ruthless response may also have been triggered by her own attempt to involve kidnappers against Aysel.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Like her aunt, she had paid too steep a price for the word love.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Lost in confusion, she wondered-\u00a0<\/p>\n
With Ivy as the only remaining high-ranked wolf, yet still powerless\u2026 was the Darkmoon Pack truly finished?\u00a0<\/p>\n
To face such a future with clear eyes-\u00a0<\/p>\n
She would rather never have awakened at all.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Exhaustion curdled into resentment.\u00a0<\/p>\n
5\/6\u00a0<\/p>\n
She c\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u0f51\u0f74\u0f66\u0f90\u0fb1\u00a0<\/p>\n
730\u00a0<\/p>\n
M\u00a0<\/p>\n
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