---- Chapter 9 Connor slammed down the phone. Then, with all his strength, he dialed Elena's number. "Connor? You're finally calling me? Have you figured it out, realized who's really..." Elena's coquettish voice came from the other end. "The video at the ceremony, did you play it?" Connor's voice was ice-cold, devoid of any warmth, as if it came from hell itself. Elena seemed startled by the killing intent in his tone. She paused, then giggled, her voice laced with a sick coyness and triumph. "Yes. I saw you couldn't bring yourself to do it, couldn't go through with it. So I... gave you a little help. You've planned this for so many years, it was now or never. I did it for your own good, for the future of us pureblood Alphas and Omegas." A towering rage instantly consumed Connor's last ---- shred of sanity. He was shaking violently with anger, his Alpha presence exploding uncontrollably, making the whole room hum. "T told you! My pack's internal affairs! Are not for an Omega like you to meddle in!" "Even if it was about revenge! That was between me and Aria! Who the hell do you think you are?! What right do you have to make decisions for me?! Whether it was for my own good or to satisfy your own filthy jealousy and possessiveness, you know damn well!" "Don't think I don't know! You deliberately went to Aria's room that night to provoke her! Deliberately said things to her! I didn't call you out on it because I was trying to leave you, this so- called 'pureblood Omega,' with a shred of dignity! Since you're so shameless yourself! Don't blame me for being ruthless!" He slammed the phone down. Immediately, he sent an encrypted directive to his chief assistant: ---- spare no expense, within one week, ensure Elena's pureblood Omega family is completely bankrupt, their reputation ruined, unable to show their faces in high society ever again! The moment he turned off his phone, his father, the former Alpha, and Aria's mother walked in through the door at the same time. Connor couldn't hold himself up any longer. His knees buckled, and with a thud, he fell straight to his knees before the two grim-faced older werewolves. He raised his hand and slapped himself across the face, hard, again and again. Each slap landed with full force, making a dull thud. "I'm sorry... I'm so sorry... It was me who hurt Aria... I hurt her..." "T just... I just thought her parents really killed my mother back then. I didn't mean to... I really didn't mean to..." he confessed incoherently, tears mixed