Third-person POV

The Fullmoon Tribe Five days ago.

Alpha Manuel stayed in that position for a long time after alpha Victor left with Lauren. He stared in the direction of the gate Lauren walked out of and just froze there. Though his wounds were hurting like crazy, Manuel did mean it when he called out her name for the last time, though Lauren might not believe it.

Manuel admitted that he was being too selfish and wanted to trade Lauren for his own benefit. But he had never ever wanted to actually watch Lauren die.

"Alpha Manuel..." Lola was also wounded. She came up and wanted to hold him up, thinking that if she cried to him like before, things would go back to normal, "You're hurt. Let me take care of your wounds. How could she be so cruel..." "She's been hiding this from us for so long and now she let her partner hurt you like this..."

As she started sobbing, Manuel was irritated and pushed Lola away, glaring at her furiously. The bloody scars on his face made him look terrifying. He questioned her hoarsely, "Lola, how many things have you been hiding from me?" "What...What are you talking about?" Lola panicked as her face turned pale, "I didn't know anything about Janice's missing! Alright, she did mention to me that she wanted to see Andrews because she was really sad that Michael has been neglecting her. I've told her to cherish her engagement with Michael. But Janice still did it maybe because Michael really broke her heart. And isn't the Andrews family much better than that small tribe?"

"Then how about flattering me?" alpha Manuel's eagle eyes made it impossible for Lola to make a move as he said, "is it all faked? You two stole the marriage contract from Lauren and forced her to leave. Is all of this just a plot for you? Good for you! You guys think I'm a puppet that's easy to manipulate, don't you? I'm just a fool who's been eating out of your hands!"

His furious roar echoed in the room and Manuel looked like he wanted to kill Lola right now. He was filled with rage and maybe it was because he got beaten up by Victor or because of Lola and Janice's lies. His head was filled with rage and frustration. "I'm gonna cut you off! I'll banish you from the Fullmoon Tribe!" Manuel screamed as his face distorted. He got all riled up and the wounds were all ripped open and started bleeding again because of his rage. He looked like a devil from hell right now. "Lola, as the alpha of the Fullmoon Tribe, I order you to..."

Lola froze.

She had spent so many years with him and she knew he really meant it and wanted to blame everything on her. Everything wouldn't be the same anymore so she just stopped pretending and snorted, "Are you blaming me? You weak hypocrite. Don't forget you're the one who's been turning a deaf ear to our plots!"

Lola had always been obedient and sweet in front of him and seeing her talking like this, Manuel was overwhelmed and didn't know what to do. He looked at her in disbelief, "You vicious bitch!"

"You're banishing me anyway. What? You still expect me to be nice to you?" Lola stood up and laughed as she pointed at Manuel, trembling, "you're the biggest pretender here, Manuel. If it weren't for your greed, you wouldn't have forced Lauren to give up on her marriage when Janice and Michael were still together. Don't forget that you were the person who forced her to open an annulment ceremony."

"And..." Lola continued, "as for the properties, don't you dare say that you're doing this for Janice and the marriage with the Lunarko Tribe. All you want is to take back Lauren's money as much as possible. So you're the one who forced Lauren to leave and made her become so cruel to the tribe and even her father! It's you!"

A rage was storming in his chest and a mouthful of blood gushed out of his mouth. He suddenly felt the world was spinning.

"I've expected you to be so vile and despicable. How dare you lied to me for all these years!" Manuel pointed at Lola, clutching his chest.

But Lola just laughed harder, "Yeah, you're the reason why Lauren left and the Fullmoon Tribe was in crisis! It's you, you big moron!"

"In the name of the Fullmoon Tribe's alpha, I order you, Lola, to..."

Lola felt that every one of her bones was aching and trembling but she still managed to force a smile and said, "You cold-blooded, ruthless alpha..."

"You're always saying how much you love us...but actually...you only love yourself! You're the most selfish man I've ever met!"

"I'm going to...banish you!" Manuel continued.

Lola was in pain and kept bleeding because her wounds were all ripped open. But she had to leave the Blanco Estate as Manuel glared at her wrathfully. Manuel was all alone in this spacious house and he suddenly felt empty. He looked down at his hands and was overwhelmed by a surge of helplessness. Finally, Manuel closed his eyes and started to hear the sounds of laughter and joy from the past in his head.

Before he passed out, he was thinking about the fact that Lauren was actually alpha Victor's partner. That was the alpha of the Midnight Claws Tribe. What if he could be nicer to Lauren...Manuel couldn't believe he just said he wanted to gift Lauren to Jason as a pet in front of alpha Victor...

Lola was right, the only one Manuel truly loved was himself.

Three days later, Manuel saw the person alpha Victor sent. He wasn't here to talk about cooperation but to force him to give back the properties that belonged to Lauren. Of course Manuel wouldn't easily agree. But beta Richard convinced him with just a few words. Beta Richard smiled, "Our alpha has said that if you say no, he will officially challenge you. At that time, the warriors of the Midnight Claws Tribe will come. Oh, by the way, you met alpha Victor last time right? Then you should know alpha Victor has fully recovered. Then, do you still think you stand a chance?"

"Or let me put it this way, do you think our Luna will still choose to help you?"

Though Richard was smiling the whole time, Manuel felt shivers down his spine. He thought of how easy it was for Victor to tear him down. Finally, he held back his anger and nodded yes.

Beta Richard of the Midnight Claws Tribe left, satisfied.

Manuel was left alone in the estate. Lola and Janice weren't there with him and neither was Lauren. There was only him and Mrs. Susan who yelled at him all day. After Lauren took back her properties, he didn't even have many shares in the Blanco Group anymore. He felt like he was back when the tribe was in crisis except for this time Lauren's mother wouldn't come and help him anymore.

Manuel suddenly thought of that woman's beautiful yet distant face.

"She's indeed your daughter," Manuel sighed and he hadn't thought about Lauren's mother for a long time.

He wondered how Lauren was doing right now.

What if I didn't play favorites and always take Janice's side? Manuel thought to himself.

Meanwhile, Lauren was training with Victor happily. And occasionally, Kent would run in the woods with her in his arms. She had got the best partner in the world and didn't need her self-centered father anymore.

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