Alpha Your Warrior Ex-Wife is Back (by Aurora Starling) novel Chapter 110

“I only ever did what you asked me to,” she whispered. “You said you needed me to keep the peace. I did everything for you — everything — and this is what I got in return.”

The lie she told sounded so funny it almost made me laugh.

“You are talking about peace?” I spat. “You call the games you played with me with help of manipulation and betrayal peace? You almost got an innocent woman killed!”

Justin frowned. “What do you mean Alpha Gideon?”

Daphne turned to face Justin dramatically. “He means that because of me he lost his mate, Claire,” she murmured, as if even the name hurt her. “He blames me for what happened, but it wasn’t my fault. She—she never liked me. She told everyone I was a snake. And when things went wrong, they all believed her.”

That was it. She finally played her victim card.

Turning the story around. Making herself the victim while the real victim was my mate Claire.

Justin looked between us both, clearly torn, his instincts clashing with his reason. He was a decent man — maybe too decent for this world. I could see the conflict in his eyes; part of him wanted to trust his new mate, and another part was trying to believe I wasn’t the monster she was painting me to be.

But Daphne leaned into him, pressing her hand lightly against his arm, her voice trembling as she whispered, “I was so scared… I thought I’d die in that cell. I didn’t think anyone would ever come for me. But then you did.”

She looked at him like he was her hero. And just like that, I knew she had him.

Justin’s stance softened slightly and spoke quietly. “Don’t worry as long as I am here, no one will dare to hurt you.”

I almost pitied him. Almost.

Because he didn’t realize what he’d just said was the same thing every fool who ever got close to Daphne said before she destroyed them.

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