Chapter 131

••• Evelyn’s POV ••• I wasn’t supposed to lose. I had played the game perfectly. Seduced him. Gave him an heir. Wore the Luna crown like it was made for me. But now, all anyone whispered about was her. Victoria. The ghost who wouldn’t stay buried. I saw it in the way Elijah paced at night, in how he barked orders and snapped at the staff, in how he stared out the windows like she might appear in the fog. I heard him muttering her name in his sleep. He still wanted her. And I hated her for it. I had ripped her out of his life once. She was weak then. Drowning in guilt and shame, barely standing after we tore her down. But now she was back. Stronger. Revered. Alpha of her reborn pack. Her name danced on the tongues of every council member, every reporter, every warrior whispering about her perfume empire and the comeback no one could’ve predicted. She didn't just survive. She became a legend. And Elijah was unraveling. He tried to pretend it wasn’t about her. Said it was just business, t