The Alpha's Regret: Return Of The Betrayed Luna

Chapter 189: Chapter 189 What Just Happened?

Yet despite the savage assault, Leon didn’t strike back. Something in him hesitated. Addison’s earlier words echoed in his mind, holding him back. But his restraint didn’t matter to the three enraged male werewolves. Zion, Maxwell, and Levi weren’t interested in mercy. They weren’t going to stop, not when their mate had just been eyed to be claimed by another male right in front of them.

To Maxwell, Zion, and Levi, Leon had crossed the line, again and again, pushing at their limits, and now he’d finally stepped over it. This wasn’t just provocation anymore; it was outright offense.

Addison, quick on her feet, instinctively rolled back and leapt away from the chaos to keep her distance from the brawl. But before she could regain her bearings, she realized she was now surrounded by the very women who had been draped around Leon earlier.

They had fully shifted, their bodies now covered in sleek brown fur with vertical stripes like tigers, though their frames were more lion-like, larger, heavier, and exuding more raw strength. Their massive paws alone were bigger than Addison’s face. One wrong move, and a single swipe could kill her instantly.

For the first time in a while, a flicker of fear stirred in Addison’s chest.

”Rawr!” One of the Tigren women roared at Addison, baring her long, gleaming teeth as she and the others closed in, boxing her in from all sides. Before Addison could react, the Royal Advisor stepped in front of her protectively, he knew she couldn’t shift, and one hit from these Tigren could easily kill her. At the same time, Elric began chanting, his voice steady as he cast a defensive spell to shield her.

A powerful gust of wind suddenly swept through the tent as the four men clashed in the tight space. Leon, still in his humanoid form, hadn’t shifted yet, but even without fully transforming, he blocked every strike from Maxwell, Zion, and Levi using only his bare hands. The sheer force of their battle created shockwaves that rippled through the enclosure.

Despite the narrow quarters, Maxwell and Zion held their ground with their raw strength, their movements sharp and calculated. Levi, while not as physically powerful as the two, was holding his own with unwavering determination.

Then, a fourth wolf burst into the fray, Lance. He lunged at Leon from behind, managing to scratch his back. But the damage was shallow, barely breaking the skin. Leon turned his head slightly and smirked, a look of condescension that lit a fire in Lance’s eyes.

Being dismissed so easily, treated like a weakling, only enraged him further.

While Zion and Maxwell kept Leon engaged head-on, Lance moved with calculated precision, striking from the blind spots and landing shallow wounds on Leon’s body. But no matter how hard he tried, Lance could barely pierce Leon’s skin; it was as tough as armor. Still, he refused to back down.

The situation was quickly spiraling out of control.

Addison’s heart pounded with anxiety. They didn’t come here to start a war; they came to negotiate. If they truly angered the Tigren, they could lose their only chance of obtaining the biochemical... and with it, any hope of saving the West.

”Damn it, stop!” Addison shouted, her voice sharp and commanding, but it was drowned out by their snarls and growls, and their attention was on each other as if they didn’t care about anything else until they eliminated each other.

Meanwhile, the Tigren women were closing in on her with hostile eyes and flexing claws. Their aggression was personal. To them, Addison wasn’t just an outsider; she was a threat. Their Chieftain had clearly shown favor to a she-wolf, something unheard of.

They were used to sharing him among themselves, accepting that whoever bore his child would earn honor and praise from their tribe. But to share him with someone from another race? That was an unforgivable insult.

They wanted to eliminate Addison before Leon’s interest in her deepened any further. Right now, it might still be mere curiosity, just a spark of fascination, but if that spark turned into full-blown obsession, they would all be doomed.

If he truly pursued the idea of mating with Addison and forcing her to bear his child, it would be unprecedented, an interspecies union that had never been seen before. And even they didn’t know what kind of consequences such a union might bring.

One of the Tigren women lunged at Addison from the side, claws slashing through the air, but the Royal Advisor jumped in the way, taking the full brunt of the blow. His body was thrown back, crashing into the table behind him as a deep gash tore across his side.

Blood gushed from the wound, pooling beneath him. Addison didn’t even have time to check on him before two more Tigren came at her. Thankfully, Elric had cast a protective barrier around her just in time. But their brute strength was overwhelming; after just a few strikes, the barrier began to flicker and weaken.

To keep Elric from recasting the spell, one of the Tigren women tackled him, pinning him down with a vicious snarl. The men, Maxwell, Zion, Levi, and Lance, were too caught up in their own brawl, too blinded by pride and fury to notice Addison’s escalating danger.

And since they hadn’t fully mated or completed the marking ceremony, their bond remained incomplete; they had yet to fully sync and connect with one another. While they could still sense each other even without being fully mated, their emotions were running too high, pushing that instinctual connection to the back of their minds.

Meanwhile, Addison struggled to keep her footing, surrounded and stalked like prey. The Tigren women weren’t attacking her directly just yet, they were toying with her, circling like predators around a cornered mouse, waiting for the right moment to strike and kill.

Addison had had enough. Being pushed around, treated like prey, while her mates fought nearby, completely unaware of her peril, rage surged deep within her. The fury built in her chest, heavy and hot, until she could no longer contain it. Then, with a burst of primal energy, she let it out in a thunderous roar.

”I FUCKING SAID STOP!”

Her golden eyes blazed as the sound ripped through the air like a battle cry, commanding, powerful, and undeniable. Heads snapped toward her, every person in the room stiffening at the overwhelming authority laced in that single roar. It wasn’t just a sound; it carried the strength of her wolf, a force so potent it demanded submission.

Even the Tigren females, who had been circling her like predators, were forced back into their human forms. Normally, only an Alpha they took their oath to could impose such a command, but Addison wasn’t their Alpha.

And yet, Zion, Maxwell, Levi, and even Lance were forced to shift back, too, their wolves unable to resist her command.

Leon, however, didn’t resist out of fear; he stood frozen, a thrill racing through him from the soles of his feet to the crown of his head. Rather than back down, he looked at Addison with wild fascination, his excitement only deepening.

Addison, the one at the center of it all, was the most shocked.