Reborn Omega: Avenge Herself Like an Alpha

Chapter 20 A Strange Omega

Charles’ POV

It was hard to imagine gentleness and sharpness could exist in the sperson.

The girl sitting on the white leather couch had her hair pulled into a high ponytail and wore a gracefully Tailored

long dress. Her slender neck arched like a swan’s, elegant and poised. Sunlight filtered through the floor-to-

ceiling windows, outlining her silhouette-like a royal noble stepping out of a classical oil painting.... if you ignored

the glint in her eyes that was as sharp as a blade.

My wolf, Soren, growled cautiously in the back of my mind. Be careful. This girl is dangerous.

She didn’t stand up when she heardenter. She just lifted her eyes and glanced over. And | was surprised to

find-her eyes were incredibly unusual. It was like tiny stars shimmered in the depths of her pupils, mysterious

and breathtakingly beautiful.

Something stirred strangely in my chest. If only her gaze weren't so cold...

Aubrey looked atwith a knowing expression.

sit.”

She smiled. | must've looked confused, like | didn’t recognize her, because she started introducing herself.

“I'm Aubrey. Judging by your face, it seems you don’t remember me?”

| was still stunned by her smile before | fully registered what she said. Aubrey-she’s Aubrey? That quiet Omega

who always kept her head down, hiding in the shadows? My hand instinctively reached toward the gun at my

waist-an officer's reflex to any sudden unknown.

As Bailey's cousin and Aurelia’s nephew, of course | had met Aubrey before.

Growing up, I'd heard Bailey talk plenty about how Aubrey used her engagement to the Alpha to bully her. I'd

seen Aubrey from afar a few times too-always silent, always rude. But this time, she felt like a completely

different person.

“Dude, she’s not the sgirl,” Soren muttered in my head.

“Yeah, | noticed too,” | replied silently.

“That hairstyle change hit harder than a suspect pulling a wolfsbane blade.” | deliberately took a formal tone to

cover my shock. “Where's my aunt?”

A mocking smile curled on her lips. “Upstairs washing her hair-after all, | gave her a rice-and-soy-sauce deep-

conditioning treatment earlier.”

The antique clock on the wall gave a heavy chime. As Aubrey set her cup down, the crisp clink of porcelain.

against glass madethink of a bullet loading into a chamber.

“Those two werewolves brought into the enforcement office last night,” she said bluntly. “Have they confessed

who sent them?”

At the mention of work, | immediately went on alert. My expression sharpened. “That case is sensitive. It's still

under investigation. Why are you asking?”

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Aubrey smiled faintly. “No need to be so tense.”

She took another sip of coffee and said calmly. “Their dirty secrets cto light yesterday because | overheard

them and exposed them in public. Madam Adelyn didn’t sendto the enforcement office because she wanted

to protect me. But | felt it was still necessary to inform you.”

“You heard them confess?” | raised an eyebrow and gave her a look of disbelief. “What a coincidence-they just

happened to loudly discuss their crimes right as you passed by?”

| couldn’t help but scoff. “What | don’t get is-why would the Miguel family pull you out if you were the key

witness?”

“Because...” She suddenly pulled back the high lace collar of her dress, revealing deep purple bruises along her

neck. “They almost assaultedright there in the Alpha’s home.”

My coffee cup hit the table hard. Those two bastards actually dared to lay a hand on the Alpha’s fiancée?

But Aubrey talked about it so calmly, like it had happened to someone else. Her expression didn’t even waver.

“They didn’t succeed,” she said evenly. “But for the sake of everyone's reputation, | won't testify. You know how

it is. | used to be Alpha Henry's fiancée. If this gets out, it'll humiliate him, too.”

“Used to be?” | caught that part immediately.

“Yes.” Aubrey nodded without flinching under my scrutinizing stare. “I officially ended the engagement with

Alpha Henry this morning.”

“Just because of what happened last night?” If that were true, I'd lose all respect for the Alpha. Even if he didn't

love her, a real man wouldn't call off an engagement after his fiancée had just been attacked.

“No,” Aubrey said, shaking her head. “I asked for the breakup-because of personal reasons.”

| froze. She ended the engagement? That was impossible. No Omega had ever refused to marry an Alpha.

| glanced at her again. She really was beautiful, but still...

“Ms. Mary, you should understand-beauty alone is a dead hand,” | said plainly. If a woman relied solely on her

looks with no ability or resources, beauty only brought disaster.

Aubrey paused for a second, then smiled. “Thank you, Charles. That's very gentlemanly of you. But that’s not

what | want to talk about.”

She leaned slightly forward, her eyes sparkling. “Have you ever considered-why did those two werewolves target

me? Why at the Alpha’s home? And why, at that exact time, was there not a single guard or servant around the

room where | was resting?”

Her eyes gleamed sharply. “That's why your aunt called you here today. If someone wants to make sure those

two stay quiet, who better to handle it than you?”

And just like that-I got it.

“You're saying... it was my aunt who hired them to go after you?!”

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