Chapter 16
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Everything exploded the moment I stepped inside the house.
Furniture lay in ruins, paintings shattered on the floor, glass and porcelain scattered across the hallway. But I wasn’t done. I pounded my fist into the wall again and again until cracks split the cement. Blood dripped from my raw knuckles, but I didn’t stop, not until pain blurred into rage.
Minutes later, Sasha and her mother came rushing toward me, wide–eyed and panicked.
“What happened, Alpha?” they asked in unison.
I stared at them coldly, especially Sasha. I was starting to regret getting her pregnant. If it
ad been someone else, easier to handle, none of this might’ve happened.
Your hands are bleeding,” she whispered, stepping closer.
As she reached for me, I pulled away, shoving her aside without thinking. She stumbled, shocked.
“Alpha, my daughter is pregnant! Be careful,” her mother snapped at me.
I turned to her with a glare sharp enough to make her freeze. “How dare you question me
my own house?”
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I didn’t wait for her answer, walking away and leaving them behind. But Sasha, ever persistent, followed me, clinging to whatever affection she thought remained.
“Let me take care of you, Alpha. Please,” she begged.
I ignored her, heading straight for our bedroom, mine and Rosella’s. When Sasha tried to follow, I blocked her way.
“Where do you think you’re going? You’re not staying here anymore. Ask the maid to prepare another room.”
“No,” she cried, shaking her head, tears filling her eyes.
Maybe once, her tears might’ve swayed me. But not anymore. The more I looked at her, the more I saw everything I lost, my wife. Rosella should be here, not her.
She should be the one taking care of me. Instead, I was left with a woman who cried over everything. Rosella never cried for anything petty. When she did, it meant something. If not, she’d calmly find a solution. She was stronger than Sasha could ever be.
“Please, for our baby,” she begged again.
I grabbed her blouse and pulled her close until her face was inches from mine.
“Don’t get me mad. Leave me alone,” I hissed. Then I pushed her back and slammed the door shut between us.
I threw myself onto the cold bed, once warm with Rosella beside me. This room used to carry her scent, her softness, her presence. Now, all of that is gone.
It had been a week since she left.
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Maybe I shouldn’t have gone to Dad’s birthday that night. Maybe if I stayed home, she’d still
be here.
“Rosella,” I murmured to the silence.
How could she leave me like that? Was she really that angry? I only did what I thought was best for us, for our future. Why did she hate me for it?
Has she changed? Maybe the distance started when she realized she couldn’t give me a son. Maybe she felt ashamed, like she’d failed me.
But it was my fault.
“Why did it have to be you who can’t bear a child? Why can’t you give me a child?” I whispered drunkenly one night.
́t accident… she almost died.
Everyone believed she lost our child to a miscarriage. The truth was, I had to choose. Her life or our son’s. I chose Rosella, thinking we’d have another chance. She could get pregnant again.
But when she woke up, the doctor said it would be difficult for her to have another child. The pain in my chest was unbearable. I chose her, hoping for another chance, but fate took that away too.
I have been carrying the guilt ever since. I let go of my son. I buried that pain and told myself having Rosella beside me was enough. That I could live without a child as long as I had her.
But the truth is, I cannot.
I am the Alpha. My duty is to ensure the future of this pack, to provide an heir who can take over when I step down or die. It was not enough to have just a wife. I needed a child. “Why did it have to be you? Why you?” I repeated that question again and again while. drowning in liquor.
I remembered how she cried that night, hearing me say those cruel words. The next I But I was hurting too. She could grieve. I had no time to mourn. She could accept the loss. I had responsibilities she never understood.
morning, she went cold. Distant. I knew I had her
That was why I fell into Sasha’s trap. I slept with her, blinded by the hope that one child would fix everything. She’d understand.
But she didn’t.
She left.
She left me to deal with the mess on my own. She wanted to divorce me. She wanted freedom while I remained trapped.
“Alpha, please. Me and our child are begging you to let me in. I can’t sleep without you,” Sasha called from behind the door.
I stayed quiet. I did not move. I did not answer.
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“Should I dispose of Sasha now?” I whispered to myself, staring blankly at the ceiling. “Will Rosella come back to me if she finds out Sasha and the baby are gone?”
I must be losing my mind. I am going crazy. But tonight, I finally understood something.
I need
my wife more than I need a child. I need Rosella more than anything else.
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