Third Person's POV "At the time, Miss Celestine was still called Celestine Voss. When she was eight years old, her parents divorced." "This man was a drunkard, a compulsive gambler, a regular client of brothels, and a domestic abuser." "Rotten to the core." Celestine's fingers curled into tight fists. Each word Jackson spoke was like a blade carving her open in public. A father like that was the deepest shame of her life. In the past, the Moonvale family had protected her emotions. They never spoke of Yuna Ward's husband to outsiders-letting the world believe he had long been dead. But now, as she heard the whispers beside her- "Like father, like daughter-both criminals." "She looks filthy just standing there." Rage and madness surged violently inside her chest. Once exposed like this, who would ever again treat her as the carefully raised noble daughter of a great pack? If not for Luna Evelyn- She would have been Alpha Remus's true daughter. She should have lived a life of luxury and bloodline honor! It was Luna Evelyn who had stolen her mother's fate! Her gaze twisted with hatred-but the Moonvale family, consumed by their own panic, noticed nothing. Jackson continued calmly. "Now everyone must be wondering-what does Yuna Ward's husband have to do with Luna Evelyn?"He answered like a storyteller turning pages. "Because Yuna married him in a moment of spite against her younger sister-thus opening the door to her lifelong tragedy." "Why spite?" he went on. "Because Alpha Remus-Luna Evelyn's current mate-was originally meant to meet Yuna Ward for a formal mating negotiation. The two families had already begun discussions. And Yuna had secretly loved him for many years." "But Luna Evelyn," he added lightly, "the woman the world knows as gentle, kind, compassionate even to beggar wolves-knowing full well her sister's feelings-deliberately cut in and seized him for herself." "Yuna could not endure the blow. In panic, she married someone else." Alpha Remus' jaw tightened. "At that time, I did not even know Yuna Ward. We were not mates, not lovers. This was pure coincidence." Jackson nodded in agreement. "That's true. Male unpaired, female unpaired. At most, this was merely a moral issue." "But there is only one true problem," he said, turning toward Luna Evelyn, who was now burying her face in her eldest son's chest, sobbing. "You did wrong-but refused to admit it." "You hurt someone-then tried to make amends." "Yet tell me, Luna Evelyn-why must a six-year-old girl be the one to pay the price for your guilt?" It struck like lightning. The entire Moonvale family froze. "You owed your sister. She later died saving your child. The debt inside your heart only grew heavier," Jackson said steadily. "So you placed your sister's daughter on a pedestal, cherishing her like a sacred relic-so that you might ease your conscience." "And at the same time-""You used your own daughter's suffering as a sacrifice for the dead, to atone for yourself." Jackson clapped slowly. "Luna Evelyn," he praised, "what a masterful calculation." "Seventeen years," he continued. "Your daughter endured seventeen years of torment for you." "And you-the very source of this sin-have you ever once knelt before your sister's grave in those seventeen years?" "Have you ever truly repented?" Luna Evelyn could not answer. Her entire body shook uncontrollably. The whispers exploded among the guests. "My gods... I even thought Aysel was heartless for cutting off her parents." "So for her own comfort, she ruined her daughter's life?" "That's beyond cruel..." "Family is the most poisonous when it turns." "Aysel suffered for nothing. If it were me, I'd overturn this whole pack too." "Truly-never judge a wolf by her face."