Chapter 69

• Veronica's POV
• I felt like I was paralyzed, and my world crumbling around me. The accusatory stares of the crowd pierced through me like daggers, each one a reminder of my own duplicity. I felt like a small, vulnerable animal, cornered and exposed.
• Alpha Damon's stern face appeared before me, his eyes blazing with disappointment and anger. His deep voice cut through the chaos, its tone unforgiving. "Everything that happened today was due to a misunderstanding regarding my eldest daughter, Evelyn," he began.