The anesthesia had just worn off when my werewolf's keen hearing picked up the conversation outside the door. "Once she's completely unable to have children, I'll strip her of her Luna position. Then all of White Moon Pack's resources and money will be ours." "Besides, the Council of Elders only recognizes whoever gives birth to an Alpha pup first. Lena, once you bear my child, you'll be the Luna of Black Rock Pack." "You're so good to me, Kane! I'll give you the smartest pup!" Outside the door were my husband Kane and his delicate Omega first love, Lena. I lay in the hospital bed, my whole body cold. In the five years since our marriage, three pregnancies had ended in miscarriage. I had always thought it was my poor constitution. To protect the pregnancies, I had put my Columbia doctoral research on hold and poured all of White Moon Pack's resources into filling the holes in his corporation. It turned out that the Alpha I'd loved for five years had been plotting against me, against my children all along, and wanted to steal my family fortune and destroy my future. In the last second before I lost consciousness, my mind was filled with nothing but hatred. When I opened my eyes again, I had been reborn to the day of my first miscarriage. Kane was sitting by the bed, pretending to comfort me with reddened eyes. "Ayla, don't be sad. We can have another child. I've already postponed your doctoral defense for you. Just focus on recovering." I suddenly slapped him across the face. "Kane, I want a divorce."
Kane's expression visibly stiffened. "Ayla, I know you just had a miscarriage and your emotions are unstable. I won't hold this slap against you." He reached out to hold my hand. "But I'll pretend you didn't mean what you said about divorce." I shook off his hand and shifted away, wanting to distance myself from him. Kane continued talking to himself. "Be reasonable. The alliance between our two packs isn't something you can just end. Don't you care about the corporation's stock price or our people's reputation?" "Besides, you're about to graduate with your doctorate. If you divorce now, what will people think of you? Are you willing to throw away your bright future?" "It's just one child. We can have more." I looked at him coldly, finding it utterly laughable. Among werewolves, a Luna's status was second only to an Alpha. And I wasn't just the Luna of Black Rock Pack. I was the sole Alpha heir of White Moon Pack. Yet in his eyes, I wasn't even worth as much as an Omega. "Kane," I said, my voice calm. "Do you really think I don't know about you and Lena?" "Last year during the blizzard, when my father's people were surrounded by rogues, I sent you five distress signals. You didn't respond to a single one." He frowned. "I told you, there was a board vote that day..." "You were with Lena." I threw my phone in front of him, the flight records glaringly bright. "Lena said she wanted to see the Northern Lights. So you flew overnight to spend three days with her. My White Moon Pack was nearly wiped out because of it." Kane's smile finally cracked. I continued, my tone flat. "Since we got married, you've never given me a single decent gift, yet you gave Lena a sapphire necklace worth two million dollars. I really want to ask. Who do you really consider your wife?" "Enough!" He shot to his feet, the chair crashing against the wall. "Can't take it anymore?" I pulled out documents from under my pillow and slammed them against his chest. "Tell me, who did you sign away White Moon Pack's mineral rights to? You used our White Moon Pack's assets to support your Omega, and you still have the nerve to sit here and tell me not to divorce you?" Kane grabbed my wrist, his fangs bared, pupils turning red. "Ayla, don't push me." "Push you?" I stared directly into his eyes. "I was pregnant for so long, and every day you sent me vitamins that Lena had to approve first. I thought you were being thoughtful at the time. Now I realize you were just making sure the poison would kill my baby, weren't you?" His hand loosened, and he stepped back as if burned. "Since your Omega loves to approve things so much, let her be the Luna." I threw the signed divorce agreement in his face. "I'm ending this marriage." Kane clutched the paper, his knuckles white as it crumpled in his hand. He threw the crumpled paper on the ground, grabbed his coat, and left. After Kane left, Sophie, the Beta who had served me for years, came in with red-rimmed eyes. "Luna Ayla..." I pulled out the IV needle from the back of my hand and leaned against the headboard, speaking calmly. "Pull out the alliance agreement between our packs, the joint accounts, and the mineral transfer documents. I want every single transaction investigated thoroughly." "Also, gather the remaining vitamins I was taking before my miscarriage. Don't let anyone touch them." "And contact my advisor. I want to attend my graduation defense on schedule. No delays." Sophie's tablet nearly cracked under the pressure of her grip. "Yes, Luna Ayla." I looked out at the gray sky, my hand gently resting on my abdomen. Kane. Lena. In this life, what you owe me, what you owe White Moon Pack. I'll collect it all back, with interest.
Three days after leaving the hospital, Lena came to the villa to see me. She walked into the living room carrying a bowl of medicinal tonic, Kane following behind her with one hand hovering protectively near her waist. "Ayla." She placed the tonic on the coffee table. "This is a recipe I learned from our pack's healer. It's specially for restoring your strength. You just got out of the hospital and your body is weak. You need to take care of yourself." She lowered her eyelashes and sighed. "I heard from Kane about what happened at the hospital. If you're angry, take it out on me. Just please don't fight with Kane about divorce. If I ruin the alliance between our two packs, I'll be a sinner." Halfway through her speech, she couldn't hold back anymore and began sobbing softly. Kane frowned and pulled her into his shoulder. "Lena, this has nothing to do with you. Don't blame yourself for everything." He turned to me. "Ayla, look how reasonable Lena is. And you? All you know how to do is threaten divorce!" Watching her terrible acting, I suddenly laughed. Kane said angrily, "What's so funny!" "I'm laughing at Lena. At least she has some self-awareness." "But I need to remind you: among werewolves, an Omega speaking to a Luna must use respectful language. Didn't your parents teach you manners?" Lena's face flushed red and white, biting her lip, not daring to speak. Kane's expression darkened. "Ayla! You're going too far! How can you, as a Luna, bully a young Omega like this!" "Bully?" I raised an eyebrow. "I'm just teaching her werewolf etiquette. Kane, as the Alpha of Black Rock Pack, aren't you afraid of being held accountable by the Council of Elders for allowing an Omega to disrespect a Luna?" "But more than etiquette, I'd like to ask you. That blue diamond necklace. Is it comfortable to wear?" Lena's face froze for half a second, then her eyes grew even redder. "What necklace? Ayla, what are you talking about?" "The two million dollars you spent buying that blue diamond necklace came from our joint account." I opened my phone and showed her the auction house transaction records. "That two million was supposed to be used to help our displaced pack members, but Kane spent it buying you a necklace." Kane's face turned iron-gray as he slammed his hand on the coffee table. "I made up that money later..." "Made it up?" I laughed coldly. "What about the forty million you siphoned off through the mineral rights transfer? Are you going to make it up with those fake accounts from Lena's shell companies?" Lena cried, her shoulders shaking. "It's all my fault. I caused trouble for Kane." Watching Lena's clumsy performance only gave me a headache. "Sophie, call security." "Escort this Omega who doesn't know her manners out. From now on, without my permission, she's not allowed to set foot in any White Moon Pack property." Kane's pupils contracted sharply. "Ayla, you're going too far. Do you have to be so ruthless?" I stood up and met his eyes. "Kane, the one being ruthless isn't me. It's you." Kane tried to say something more, but two tall White Moon security guards immediately stepped forward, blocking his path. "Alpha Kane, please leave!" Kane pulled Lena up and turned to go. "Ayla, just wait. This isn't over!" That evening. Sophie placed a thick stack of transaction records in front of me. "Luna, everything's been investigated. Besides the sapphire necklace and mineral rights, over the past year and a half, your private account has transferred seventy-two million dollars to Lena's account, and White Moon Pack has provided interest-free loans totaling three hundred million dollars to Blake Corporation." "Also, I've contacted your advisor. The professor is very supportive of your timely defense and has scheduled it for one week before the graduation ceremony." I picked up the divorce agreement and signed my name at the bottom. "Deliver this to Kane's office. Within three days, tell him to return all the money and sign the divorce agreement." "Otherwise, I'll immediately report to the Council of Elders that he allowed an Omega to disrespect a Luna and embezzled pack funds." "Also, tell him not to try using my graduation defense against me. If he dares to cause trouble at the school, I'll make sure both he and Blake Corporation disappear from North America completely."
Early the next morning, I returned to White Moon Pack's estate. My mother took my hand and spoke earnestly. "My daughter, you and Kane have only been married for a year. It's normal to have adjustment issues. As the Luna of Black Rock Pack, you can't be so impulsive! You can't just divorce like this!" My father's face was stern, his tone displeased. "Ayla, it's not that your mother and I aren't on your side, but divorce is unprecedented in our pack's history." "Kane may have his faults, but it's not unusual for an Alpha to keep one or two Omegas outside. Once you have another child and he becomes a father, he'll naturally settle down." "Besides, you're about to graduate with your doctorate. If you divorce now, what if it affects your future?" I interrupted them. "Dad, Mom, I've already sent the divorce agreement. Kane and I are getting divorced. That's final." "I will also attend my doctoral defense on schedule. No one is taking my degree away from me." My father slammed his hand on the armrest, making the teacup rattle. "How could you make such a decision without consulting us! Do you know how much negative publicity a divorce would bring to both our packs' reputations?" As we reached an impasse, a steady voice came from the doorway. "If Ayla wants to come home, let her come home. With me protecting her, Black Rock Pack won't dare touch her."
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