Chapter 216

Chapter 216

Sienna

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I leaned back against the ornate chair in the garden, a proud, satisfied smile playing on my lips as the warm sunlight bathed my skin. Emma, my loyal maid, carefully picked up a ripe strawberry from the golden plate with a golden fork and brought it to my mouth with a wide, eager smile. I opened my lips gracefully and bit into the sweet fruit, chewing slowly as the juice coated my tongue. The sun was blazing hot today, but that wasn’t a problem at all. Not when my late sister’s personal maid, Evelyn, was fanning me diligently with a small ornate fan, and my sister’s trusted guard, Silas, stood right beside me holding a huge umbrella to shield me from the harsh rays, both of them serving me like the queen I now was.

I touched my forehead lightly with the back of my hand and sighed dramatically. “Is it only me, or is this place getting hotter?”

Emma immediately caught my hint. Her face twisted into a frown as she turned sharply toward Evelyn and Silas. “Are you people crazy? Can’t you do your work well? Lady Sienna is your new master now. You’re supposed to serve her properly!”

Evelyn’s hand clenched tightly around the fan, her eyes glaring at Emma with pure hatred, as if she wanted nothing more than to storm over and rearrange the maid’s face. But before she could act on that impulse, Silas quickly grabbed her wrist, giving her a subtle shake of his head, a silent warning not to do anything she would regret. Evelyn frowned deeply, her jaw tight, before she forced herself to lower her gaze and mutter, “I apologise. I will do better.”

Emma smirked triumphantly at her. I knew Emma well. If I hated Selene, then Emma hated Selene’s maid even more. Evelyn was, after all, far more attractive than her, with a beautiful, slim body and graceful features that Emma could never match. That was exactly why Emma loved seeing her suffer. And after Selene died, I had generously given Emma free rein to torture Evelyn however she pleased. She hadn’t wasted the opportunity, especially after that red–haired handsome man who used to protect them suddenly disappeared from the pack a week ago. No one was left to shield them now. Evelyn was truly miserable. Only Silas had been keeping her from completely breaking.

Evelyn started Fanning me harder, her movements stiff but obedient. I smiled wider, my mood soaring higher than it had in a long time.

One of the noblewomen sitting nearby smiled sweetly and said, “Lady Sienna, you’re so kind. After your sister died, you took in her servants as your own. Your heart is truly made of gold.”

I glanced to my sides and saw the group of women seated around me in a semi–circle, all looking up at me with eager, fake smiles plastered on their faces. They sat there like obedient little pets, none of them daring to complain even though I occupied the central, most honored seat like a queen.

Another woman nodded enthusiastically and added, “Of course! Lady Sienna has a heart of gold. She is so kind to people, even to people like her sister, who ran away with a man and died. Do you know she even begged the Alpha and the Prince to forgive her sister? Who could do something like that? Lady Sienna really has the heart of a saint.”

Everyone around me nodded vigorously, murmuring their agreement with bright, insincere eyes, all of them desperate to stay in my good graces.

I looked at the group of noblewomen seated around me for a long moment, their fake smiles and eager eyes almost making me want to laugh out loud at how utterly pathetic their fakeness was. These were the same people who had laughed behind my back and mocked me openly when Selene was still Prince Adrian’s mate, whispering that I was overreaching, that I had been put in my rightful place as the lesser twin. Now here they were, practically kissing my feet and singing my praises, all because Prince Adrian was my mate and I was now positioned to become the next Luna of the Mooncrest Pack.

After what happened that night, when I had drugged Prince Adrian and made sure things went exactly as I planned, the rumors had spread like wildfire across the pack. Everyone already knew what had happened between us. Even though Prince Adrian had been stubbornly refusing to mark me because Selene was still technically his mate, both the Alpha and my parents had refused to let the matter drop. Especially when two full months had passed and Selene still hadn’t returned.

Everyone had already concluded that she was dead. There was nowhere left for her to hide, they had searched everywhere. And I had made sure Emma ran around spreading the story that Selene had run away with a secret lover. The pack had

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eaten it up eagerly.

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“The Moonborn died while running away with her lover.” It was such a juicy, scandalous rumor, and I didn’t care whether it was true or not. Selene would never be able to clear her name now. She was obviously dead.

Prince Adrian was still waiting for her like a fool, but in the end he had no choice. He cared more about the pack’s stability than anything else, so he had finally marked me and made me his mate. I smirked softly to myself and lifted my fingers to touch the bold, beautiful teeth imprint on my neck, the mark that proved my victory.

I won. Selene lost completely.

I turned to the women with my sweetest, most innocent smile and said gently, “It’s my sister after all. I love and care about her. Even if she ran away with a man, we are still blood. I just hope she finds peace wherever she is. The Moon Goddess will forgive her heart.”

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