The Alpha's Regret Return Of The Betrayed Luna (Addison) novel Chapter 572

Chapter 572: Chapter 572 Leon’s Arrival 6

Completely oblivious to the storm he had just stirred, Leon strode into the council chamber with steady, confident steps before stopping in front of the massive round table.

He didn’t kneel.

He didn’t bow.

Instead, he simply stood there with an easy smile on his face.

To everyone in the room, it was the final straw.

After coming in with an overwhelming aura that had nearly crushed the entire chamber, he now stood before the Alpha King and the kingdom’s highest-ranking officials without even the courtesy of lowering his head.

Arrogant.

Conceited.

Provocative.

Those were the first words that flashed through the minds of many ministers and Alphas as they glared at him.

Yet the truth couldn’t have been further from their assumptions.

Leon genuinely had no idea he was violating every rule of royal etiquette.

He had spent his entire life ruling the grasslands, where strength decided everything.

There were no complicated court manners.

No political games.

No hidden meanings behind a bow or a smile.

His people hunted, fought, celebrated, and drank together. If they respected someone, they showed it through their actions, not through elaborate ceremonies.

More importantly...

No one standing in this room was stronger than he was.

To the Tigren Clan, bowing to someone weaker wasn’t courtesy; it was surrender.

It was acknowledging another’s superiority.

It was admitting weakness.

And Leon would never lie about something as important as strength.

So he remained standing as straight as a spear, waiting patiently for Addison to tell him what to do. If she asked him to bow, he would. If she wanted him to kneel, he would do so without hesitation.

But until then...

He simply waited.

His golden feline eyes swept across the council chamber before instantly locking onto a familiar figure.

Addison.

The moment he found her, the fierce expression on his face melted away as though it had never existed.

His eyes lit up with unconcealed delight, bright enough to rival the morning sun.

"Mate!"

The single word escaped him with unmistakable excitement.

His body instinctively leaned forward, eager to rush to her side.

Yet he stopped himself.

Since Addison hadn’t called him over, he hesitated, remaining rooted where he stood like an enormous, obedient cat waiting for permission from the one person whose words mattered to him.

A heartbeat later, his gaze shifted toward the figure seated at the very center of the chamber.

The Alpha King.

Remembering that this was his future father-in-law, Leon immediately broke into a broad, toothy grin that carried none of the arrogance everyone had assumed moments earlier.

It was open.

It was genuine.

And completely devoid of the restraint expected inside a royal court.

The Alpha King quietly observed the current Chieftain of the Tigren Clan.

Despite the suffocating pressure in the council chamber, the countless hostile stares directed at him, and the obvious displeasure from several ministers and Alphas, Leon showed not the slightest trace of offense or discomfort.

Instead, he simply stood there with an honest smile on his face.

That alone amused the Alpha King.

At the same time...

It piqued his curiosity.

This was supposedly the man who had once managed to outmaneuver even his exceptionally clever daughter.

The very thought made him inwardly chuckle.

Perhaps Addison had relied a little too heavily on the intelligence reports describing the Tigren Clan as straightforward, simple-minded warriors who only understood brute force. She probably never imagined Leon would throw her completely off balance by doing something so absurdly unexpected that no one would have seen it coming.

Sometimes...

The most unpredictable move was the one made without any scheme at all.

Now, standing before the entire Royal Council, Leon had unknowingly laid his true nature bare for everyone to see.

He was proud.

He was fierce.

He carried himself with the confidence of a predator who had never learned to lower his head.

But there wasn’t the slightest trace of malice in it.

Everything about him reflected the life he had lived.

"That’s just how the Tigrens are."

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