Lennox's amber eyes betrayed his anguish as he trapped her against the hallway wall. "You didn't merit that treatment." "Didn't I?" Olivia shot back. "Wasn't it you who announced to the entire pack that a traitor's daughter deserved less than human status?" "I was mistaken," he confessed. "We all were." "Three years, Lennox. Three years bound as your Omega, degraded constantly, watching you three lavish devotion on Anita while I remained your filthy secret." Levi's shadow-wrapped voice cut through the silence. "The Moon Goddess forged our bond deliberately." Olivia's harsh laughter reverberated down the corridor. "Yet you've resisted that destiny at every turn." "We were ignorant," Louis appeared flanking his brothers, completing the alpha triangle that always imprisoned Olivia in its geometry. "About your father, the hidden conspiracy—" "So recognition requires this?" she asked, voice fracturing. "My father's vindication before you claim me as Luna? Before you acknowledge our mate bond?" "No," Lennox's hand extended toward her. "It comes from witnessing your courage, your survival against our cruelty." "We inflicted pain," Levi said quietly. "We caused damage," Louis reinforced. Olivia studied each alpha, their reverence now unmistakable. Olivia's expression remained cold. "Some scars refuse to fade. You cannot destroy someone repeatedly and reassemble them whole whenever it serves your needs."