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“She’s still in there? Go in and tear her apart!”
My wolf was furious, already trying to control my throat to emit a growl.
Back in my office, I nearly collapsed into my chair. My chest was filled with something–acid,
grievance, humiliation–mixed with my wolf’s rage, almost overwhelming me.
I pulled out the thinnest document from the stack–the divorce agreement.
I flipped to the last page, staring at that familiar yet pale handwriting, my finger gently tracing over
the strokes. The same hand that once held mine and solemnly promised “I will marry you” had now
decisively signed our divorce papers.
His business trip was a lie; the affair was the truth. He even brought her to the company, into his
office, making love right under my nose!
And he still had the audacity to pretend to be nice to me. My stomach churned.
I photographed the signature page and sent it to Mercer: “He signed it.”
This was the outcome we had already negotiated. She would provide a billion–dollar settlement, on
the condition that I never revealed our secret marriage.
I had one more requirement–she would help me leave completely, making it impossible for Rowan
to ever find me again.
“Knock, knock.”
There was a knock at the door.
I closed the divorce agreement. “Come in.”
It was his personal Beta, Ronan.
He placed a dark green velvet jewelry box in front of me. “This is from the Alpha for the Luna.”
He still respectfully called me Luna, even though I was no longer Rowan’s only one.
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I casually opened the box to find an expensive set of moonstone jewelry. At that moment, what flashed through my mind was the image of a girl in a half–wrapped bathrobe, proudly placing this necklace around her neck under ambient lighting, the kiss marks on her chest like a mockery.
Nausea rose in my throat.
“She’s defiling our bed, Elara. We shouldn’t forgive this.”
Suppressing my wolf’s anger, I looked up and smiled at Ronan.
“Thank you, Beta.”
Ronan tensed at my gaze.
He awkwardly added: “The Alpha personally selected this set. It’s one of a kind, worldwide.”
“Is that so? How thoughtful of him to remember to send me a gift despite his busy schedule. How
touching.”
Ronan’s expression froze, clearly guessing something, and he quickly left the office.
I swallowed my discomfort and took out my phone to call the werewolf orphanage directly.
“Sell this jewelry set for me and buy food for the children.”
At five in the afternoon.
I walked to the underground parking garage. Just as I opened my car door, I looked up and saw that
car not far away–Rowan’s car.
He sat in the back seat, and that girl… that girl with short hair, a round face, and youthful, almost flawless beauty, was leaning on his shoulder.
Their scents intertwined, drifting through the car window gap. I stood motionless.
“Alpha-!” Ronan’s alarmed cry came from inside the car, accompanied by a sudden brake.
I finally looked up, and through the glass, Rowan and I locked eyes.
Did he even remember who I was? His Luna.
The wolf inside me growled softly, grief and anger intertwined.
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His eyes were ink–dark, as deep as the night sky before a storm.
Mine were like dead water, completely still.
The air in the garage seemed to solidify, each breath mixed with the scent of metal and desire.
The girl saw me. But instead of restraining herself, she seemed to flaunt it, clinging to his neck even more brazenly, whispering something against his ear, her face full of triumphant satisfaction.
My wolf howled inside, its claws repeatedly pounding against my ribcage: “Tear her apart, Elara! She touched our mate-”
‘He’s not ours anymore.”
My eyes felt like they were burning. I lowered my head, turned around, got into my car, started the
engine, and left in one fluid motion, without giving him another glance.
My wolf churned inside my mind–anger, shame, abandonment–all washing over me at once. I
could barely maintain control.
When I got home, I didn’t sit down but went straight to the closet.
Before I could move, a wall of burning flesh pressed against me from behind.
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