---- 133 "This is my daughter, Evelyn. From today forward, she will serve as pack heir and gradually take over pack affairs. I hope everyone will support her." The spotlight illuminated me, my gown's train flowing like liquid starlight, making me look like a descended goddess. The venue erupted. Everyone praised the beauty of Miss Winters, with some already eagerly offering to arrange marriages for their sons. Only Kieran's table sat in stunned silence. The Evelyn on stage looked identical to me in every way, except for a small beauty mark at the corner of her eye. Kieran's heart seemed to skip a beat, his dead eyes suddenly blazing with starlight. In that moment, he heard none of the surrounding chaos. The person he'd dreamed of day and night stood before him. His world seemed to ignite instantly, and the overwhelming joy of finding ---- what he'd lost brought tears streaming down his face. Before anyone could react, he rushed onto the stage and crushed me in his embrace, his body trembling uncontrollably. ''Aria, I've searched for you so desperately." "Aria, I was wrong. Hit me, yell at me, anything- just don't leave me again." His warm tears dripped onto my shoulder. I angrily pushed him away and slapped him across the face. "How dare you!" Alpha Winters immediately pulled me behind him protectively as security swarmed around Kieran. "Kieran Blackwood, how dare you assault my daughter!" Kieran didn't respond, only stared fixedly at me behind Alpha Winters. "Aria, I love you. Without you, I don't even have the strength to breathe." ---- "T've driven Scarlett away. No one will ever disturb us again." "Aria, I promise I'll never do anything to make you unhappy again. Give me one more chance- let's go home together, okay?" I laughed coldly inside. From the moment Kieran cheated, there was no more "us" between us- only "you" and "me." Alpha Winters raised his voice. "Kieran Blackwood, there's no Aria here! Look clearly- this is my daughter, Evelyn." Kieran was restrained by security but kept babbling, 'She is my Aria. I made her angry, so she won't acknowledge me." Seeing Kieran's incessant rambling, Alpha Winters lost all patience and signaled security to throw him out. Kieran's friends rushed onto the stage to plead for him. "Uncle Winters, Kieran's had too much to drink. He didn't mean to offend Miss Winters. Please be magnanimous and don't hold it against ---- him." 'When he sobers up, we'll make sure he personally apologizes to you and Miss Winters." Since he was the Blackwood pack's Elder, Alpha Winters couldn't be too harsh and waved for security to release Kieran. The next second, Kieran rushed toward me, reaching to touch my face. Almost simultaneously, I was swept up into the air, unable to suppress a startled cry. Looking back, I saw it was the same man from the corridor. He smiled slightly, his striking blue eyes full of mockery. "Alpha Blackwood's covetous behavior toward another man's fiancée is hardly gentlemanly conduct." Hearing the word "fiancée," Kieran nearly lost control, roaring, "Whose fiancée did you say she is?" Sebastian lightly held me, looking at me with