After Rebirth, I Ruined His Alpha Reign

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or swung open wit

thority. Tucked right behind his elbow was my half-sister Christal, her exp

ey stopp

ond before his pride forced it shut. Christal'

s lay shattered at my feet like broken toys. In my hand, a heavy length of iron chain hung coiled, resting against my thigh like a sleeping ser

urned into a fla

f the damp ceiling. "Who gave you permission

hing, "Father, look at her! She attac

led himself my father-the man who had condemned me

rs slump ever so slightly. I let my chin tremble,

But a true commander knows when to play

clear. "I only wish to know... what crime I committed

rail, trembling posture, threw him off. He frowned, hi

e barked, though his voice lacked its p

nd escaped my lip

to

n chain dragged along the flagstones with a harsh, scraping

inctively cowering behi

ather, I am an Omega who owns nothing in this estate worth locking away. Why would a thief hide a massive, diamond-encrusted box unde

He knew the politics of this house better than anyone. He enforcement them. For

it, I turned my gaze tow

an octave, razor-sharp beneath the softness

tically toward Christal, then away from Robert's darkening g

ather... under the ancient laws of the House of Torres, what is the punishment for a servant abusing the personal re

ined from Christal's face. "Fa

is voice a clap of thunder

s favored daughter and wife were overriding his authority to torture household serv

d the quiet girl he used to ignore was gone. In her place stood someone

t declared coldly, making his decision to sa

g, Robert's personal knights dragged them up th

't fin

e to her feet. She clung to my torn sleeve, her bruise

My maid is severely injured because of this 'misunderstanding.' Send for the estate

aughter he had cast away burned in his chest. But under the eyes of

o a page outside the door, his

his round, an

l to her, I paused. Leaning in close, my lips brushed the shell o

ing, sister. Your sweet,

d in her eyes. She opened her mouth to snap back, to reclaim her authority

ve her a se

ulder, I walked out of the dark, reeking dungeon

e booming down at Christal-sharp, s

n planted. The crack in t

s my bruised skin. Thirty thousand dead souls were still waiting f