16 Two days later, Kai Blackstone was finally well enough to leave the medical den. In the Blackstone pack house's main room, piles of Megan Silvermoon's belongings were scattered everywhere. Megan herself stood there in designer heels, desperately grabbing at Alpha Nicholas's arm, her perfectly manicured nails digging into his skin. "Nick," she cried, her voice thick with tears and fake regret, "you can't treat me like this! We've known each other for twenty years. Is it really over something so small?" "Small?" Nicholas yanked his arm away, his eyes cold as ice. "Is abusing my pups small?" He pulled out his phone and showed her a security video. On the screen, Megan was viciously pinching Cora's leg, the little girl crying in pain but too scared to make a sound. "And this one," he said, swiping to another clip. It showed Megan putting sleeping herbs in the pups' milk. "I never thought you'd drug them just so they'd pass out early and you could go party." Megan's face went completely white. "You've been spying on me? Have you not trusted me this whole time?" "I'm protecting my territory," Nicholas replied, his voice low and dangerous. Just then, one of the staff members rushed in, her voice shaking as she said, "Alpha! I have something to tell you!" She pointed a trembling finger at. Megan, her eyes blazing with anger. "From the first time she came here as guest, she's been turning the pups against their Luna!" "You're lying!" Megan screamed. "I'm not!" the woman shot back, finding her courage. "She always waited until the Luna was out, then bought the pups tons of treats and toys, and told them to hate their mom! I heard her tell young Kai, 'Your mom won' let you have sweets because she doesn't love you.' And she said that only if the pups found a way to get rid c their Luna, they could all be a real family... So the very next day, young Kai pushed her down the stairs himself." Nicholas's face got darker and darker. He turned to Marcus and said grimly, "Pull up that footage." When the video played on the big screen, the entire room went dead silent. It showed the two pups with evil grins on their faces, shoving June down the stairs. And right after, when Megan followed Nicholas inside, she saw the whole thing happen, her face lighting up with pure satisfaction and joy. "Daddy..." Cora suddenly ran down from upstairs and threw herself into his arms, her voice choked with sobs "We were wrong... We want Mommy back..." Kai followed behind her, his little face covered in tears. "Aunt Megan said Mommy doesn't want us anymore.. Is that true?" Megan let out a cold laugh. "Of course it's true. She's done with you brats, and who knows which man she's with right now... Nick, you have no idea, do you? That day, the paper you signed wasn't some territory agreement-it was June's mate dissolution papers. You're already nothing to each other! You drove her away yourself!" SMACK! A sharp slap cut off her poisonous words. Nicholas's hand hung in the air, his eyes burning with fury he'd never felt before. "Get all her stuff thrown out," he ordered Marcus. "And anything I bought her? Not a single piece leaves with her." Megan clutched her face, staring at him in shock. "Nicholas! Have you lost your mind? Over that pathetic excuse for a Luna..." "Shut your mouth!" Nicholas barked, his expression ice-cold. "Say one more word, and I'll make sure you can't show your face in any pack territory again."