Chapter 165

Author's POV "What's gotten into all of you?" Marcia Cross shrieked, a flicker of raw fury in her eyes. "This little brat clearly slammed into us! Are you blind, or just deaf?!" The silence that met her outburst, rather than support, only intensified her fury. Her inner wolf, typically subdued in public, now thrashed restlessly beneath her skin, mirroring her escalating agitation. "Is she truly his daughter-in-law, or merely a mistress?" a hushed voice rippled through the onlookers. "That's right," another voice chimed in, dripping with disdain. "You carved your way into that family by tearing another apart, didn't you? And that little pup in your belly, what suitable name shall we bestow upon it?" These cutting remarks pierced Marcia deeply, striking at her most profound insecurities. For Mona, however, they held no sting. She had always been singularly focused on marrying into a powerful werewolf family. In fact, she saw it as nothing more than an opportune moment to exploit. Eventua