Chapter 23


    Hellen stared at J and Kass. Her eyes gleamed with malice.


    “Did someone offend Gamma J again?” She asked, “Please stop…We don’t want her to be


    angry and behave aggressively again…”


    Those who had heard Harper’s version of story formst night all red at J in


    rage.


    As though J was the bully here.


    To back her daughter, Hellen spoke up beside her, “And looks like you’ve forgotten all of the


    manners I’ve taught you, J.”


    She marched forward and looked at J condescendingly.


    “You might be a Gamma now, but the Diaz’s blood still rans in your vein. You’ve mistreated your


    sister. Now get on your knee and apologize to her. We’ll forgive your rudeness now.”


    Kneel and apologize?


    J’s eyebrow flew up high as though she had heard something really fanny.


    Yet before she said anything, Kass suddenly burst into a loud roar, “There’s no way my Gamma is


    going to apologize! It should be you people–you bunch of hypocrites! You should apologize to her!”


    He was a 6 feet tall man with bulging muscles. His towering height and threatening fangs easily


    posed a sense of threat on other people.


    Hellen took a few quick steps back away from Kass, along with all other people in the dining hall.


    Hellen clenched her clothes to hide her panic and snapped, “Who the hell is


    this–this gigantic monster! And who allowed him into this dining room! This is ridiculous–kick him


    out!!”


    A few security guards zoomed in on Kass. But they were still too scared toe too close.


    Kass blocked J behind his back and arched his back. A threatening howl came between his


    clenched teeth as though he was ready to lunge the next second!


    J suddenly put a hand on Kass’s back.


    “It’s OK Kass,” she said with a soft tone. “Don’t get yourself involved in this ugly mess. Back down


    now.”


    Kass snapped his head back to her. He rounded his eyes as a hint of nervousness flickered through


    it.


    “Did I do something wrong?” he asked, “Don’t you want to make these people to shut up?”


    J smiled as a warm sense of feeling rose up in her.


    It felt so nice to be protected.


    “You’ve done nothing wrong,” J stroked his curly hair. “But I got this. You can stand aside and


    watch me kick their asses.‘


    She nudged him to the side ande forward to face Hellen.


    “I invited him here,” J said icily while looking down at Hellen. “NO ONE kicked him out without


    my permission.”


    J was smaller than Kass. But her aura was stronger.


    Hellen couldn’t help but quivered in front of her.


    “Who the hell is he then!” Hellen shrieked with a high–pitch voice, “Is he another lover of yours?


    Don’t you have any shame, J? First Alpha Daran, then Alpha Casper, and this young pup…


    How many men have fu cked you, you filthy puss-


    SLAP!


    J pped her unmercifully, striking Hellen to the floor.


    All bystanders gasped in shock. Harper let out a small scream and quickly covered her mouth.


    Only Kass pped excitedly and cheered, “Nice p Gamma J!”


    “Y–YOU!!”


    Hellen jerked up covering her burning cheek and screamed on the top of her lung:


    She braced her hands on the floor and wanted to pull herself up.


    But J stepped on her hand.


    “Now you want to talk about family value?”


    J’s eyes gleamed with sarcasm.


    “Then why didn’t you say anything when I was bullied by other kids? Why did you starve me and


    throw me out to the snow ground during winter? Why used me as a maid and treated me with no


    respect? And when rogues kidnapped me–why did you let me die?!”


    Heard about her words, all other people exchanged perplexed looks with each other. Mr. and Mrs.


    Diaz were well–known for their generosity and kindness in Riverside Pack.


    But was this how they treated their own daughter?


    Hellen tried to pull her hands out but failed. Her round face twitched in pain. “I—I raised you!” she


    stuttered, “I owned you! It’s the least you could do for you own family-”


    J sneered coldly, “I’ve paid back everything when you handed me to rogues. I don’t owe you a


    damn thing now, Mrs. Diaz. If you and Harper dare to cross me again-”


    She suddenly added pressure on Hellen’s hand.


    “-I’ll not hesitate to kill you!”


    “Ahhh-!”


    Property belongs to N?vel(D)r/ama.Org.


    Hellen screamed in pain with cold sweats streaming down her forehead.


    Harper suddenly dropped down on her knees. She crawled forward and grabbed J’s legs


    begging:


    “Please sister…we all know you are strong and powerful now…please don’t torture my poor mother


    like this. This isn’t the kind you I used to know-”


    “Kind?”


    J snorted.


    “I was probably too kind in the past. Now, I’m cold and rude and merciless. So you better stay away


    from me.


    me.”


    She withdrew her leg and looked down at Hellen’s twitching body.


    “If you still want breakfast, sit in the corner and eat with a closed mouth.” J said. aloofly, “If I


    hear anyone talking nonsense again…you know what’ll happen.”


    Hellen breathed heavily holding her hands, with Harper sobbing beside her.


    Just then, somebody suddenly shouted:


    “Alpha!”


    Everybody turned around following that sound.


    There was a tall man standing by the front door, his handsome face very sulkily. Alpha Daran!


    He had probably got here a long time ago and seen everything.


    J gazed at him with freezing eyes.


    What would he do this time?


    He clearly saw her giving Hellen and his beloved Harper a hard time.


    Would he be furious? Would he throw her out from Riverside?


    J slightly lifted her mouth into a faint, ironic smile.


    Daran had never taken her side before…she wouldn’t be surprised if he chose to help Harper


    again.


    Daran walked pass the crowd and stared down at Hellen and Harper.


    “What happened?” he asked deeply.


    Harper suddenly burst into tears, wailing sadly on the floor.


    She didn’t have to say anything. Because many people in the crowd had voiced out for her:


    “…Miss Harper said J threw her out from her roomst night…”


    “Lady Hellen asked her to apologize, and J pped her…”


    “…She even stomped down on Lady Hellen’s hand…”


    Daran raised a hand and killed all noises.


    He slowly looked around and eventually settled his eyes on J.


    J clenched her fists, her body strained. She was ready to dodge or fight back if Daran made a


    move on her.


    “Let me make clear about one thing-


    Daran spoke up with a deep voice, yet loud enough for everyone present to hear clearly.


    “-Gamma J is an important guest in our pack. Anyone who dare to offend her should prepare to


    bear my wrath.”


    There’s a short silence.


    Then the entire crowd burst into mutterings!


    Harper threw her head up in disbelief and yelled, “Alpha! What the hell—”


    “You heard me.”


    Daran looked down at her. His smoky grey eyes gleamed coldly.


    “Do you want to be the first to challenge me?” he asked.


    Harper choked.


    She dropped to the floor, still staring at him in shock.


    Among all those people, J was the most astonished one.


    She fixed her eyes on Daran with slightly widened eyes, her heart thumping wildly.


    …Daran was taking her side this time?


    How is this possible?!