บททั้งหมดของ Awakening the Rejected Queen: บทที่ 281 - บทที่ 290

Eden’s POVThwack.Scarlett slapped Caleb right across the face. He hadn’t seen her coming. But we had. She was unhinged, taken over by sheer fury.“Scar?” Caleb asked, holding his cheek. To say he looked stunned is an understatement. Caleb was completely shocked!Scarlett wound up to slap him again, but Storm reached up and stopped her arm in the air.“Who the fuck are you?” Scarlett spat at Storm, incredulous that he’d intervened.“Storm, Gamma of Silvermist Pack. And Selena’s sister.” His voice was low and dangerous.“Oh,” Scarlett said.She knew better than to mess with Storm at this point. His sister had been killed because of Scarlett. Scarlett had manipulated Serena, making her kidnap me. And when Zane had captured Serena, Scarlett and Jacob had done nothing to help her.I had stood by her while they poisoned her, tied to a stake. It had been awful. She’d been so scared. Storm had been exiled so he was off in rogue territory. Serena had no one. I’d felt awful for her. She’d bee

Eden’s POVMurietta let out her wolf. She growled and then lunged at Scarlett. Scarlett, not expecting an attack, howled. This was just enough time for Caleb to skirt to the side.We didn’t need to say anything else. We all knew what to do. This was our chance!Murietta had stepped in so that Caleb could escape with us. The two wolves fought as panic flooded through the room.If the humans had been scared before, they were now officially terrifiedWe bolted.Lucia, Storm, me, and Caleb. We slipped out of a side door, leaving the fighting wolves behind us. Demetrius and Skylar were so fixated on the wolves, they didn’t see us get away.At least, that’s what we hoped.Lucia led us through the maze of corridors. She knew the estate well, and we were grateful she was there to lead us.“What about Murietta?” I whispered as we ran.“She’ll make it,” Storm said, confidently. I nodded. “She’ll find a way.”I hoped that was the case, but I wasn’t so sure.“Ow!” Lucia let out a yelp

Eden’s POV“SHIT!” Storm yelled.Murietta was running across the sand, her paws kicking up dirt as she ran. She was hollering for us to leave.“Get in the helicopter. GO!” she yelled. “They’re right behind me.” We all realized at the same time what was happening. Murietta had made it to the beach, but she was being followed. Any minute now, Demetrius’ guards would break through the palm trees.We rushed towards the helicopter, clamoring to get on.But it was too late.The guards broke through the treeline.“Freeze,” Demetrius ordered. He had a gun pointed at us. Four more guards had guns pointed at the helicopter blades. “One move and we shoot,” Demetrius told us, as we sauntered down the beach.We did as he said. What choice did we have? We all froze in spot. Murietta froze too. She was facing us, her eyes apologetic. Demetrius came up behind her and pet her on the head. She recoiled.“Shift back now, love,” he told Murietta. “That was quite the little display back there

Eden’s POV“Yip yip yip.” Adrian’s wolf pup barked at Demetrius. He growled and jumped up and down, nipping at Demetrius’ ankles.For a moment, everyone was stunned silent. The only sound was Adrian’s wolf pup yelping and growling. It was Demetrius who broke the stunned silence. He let out a laugh, a loud guttural laugh as he threw his head back.“What the fuck?” he laughed. Adrian growled and lunged at his calf. He bit him, hard. Demetrius kicked him off his leg.Adrian went soaring backwards through the air. Thud. He landed in the sand.“Are you fucking serious?” Demetrius laughed again. Some of his guards joined in. Adrian got right back up and ran at Demetrius again. This time, Demetrius bent down and scooped him up before he could bite Demetrius again.Demetrius held him by the scruff of his neck. His legs flailed wildly in the air and he growled.I was still sitting on the sand, with Caleb’s dead head in my lap. Astrid was kneeling beside me. Storm and Lucia were a few feet away

Eden’s POV“Demetrius’ reign of wrath is over,” Murietta said calmly to the guards. “I will be taking over the position as the head of the Santonio Family. And things are going to CHANGE around here.”I watched, amazed, as Murietta addressed the guards. The guards side-eyed one another, unsure of how to respond. But then, one of them took to his knee. He bowed his head as a show of respect to Murietta.The others soon followed, until each and every one of them was on their knee, head bowed.Murietta nodded.She seemed like a completely different person. She was confident and serene. I wondered how long she’d dreamed of this day.“Take his corpse back to the gala. Wait for me in the main room. I’ll give further instructions when I arrive.”The guards got to their feet and picked up Demetrius’ bloody corpse. They had changed their loyalty in the blink of an eye. They were now loyal to Murietta. Had they seen this coming? Preempted this change in authority? They seemed grateful. A couple