The Annual Pack Hunt. My father pulled the trigger on his bow and hit a stranger who'd just crashed through the treeline. She dropped to her knees and claimed to be his long-lost daughter. "Dad," she choked out, tears streaming. "Eighteen years ago, you traveled to Silver Lake Pack and stayed with my grandfather's family. You and my mother… you fell for each other." "You promised you'd come back for her. You said you'd marry her. But you never did. You married someone else instead. How could you do that to her?" She pulled out one of his old Pack insignias—as proof. The crowd erupted. In my past life, my father caved under the pressure of the Pack's disgrace. He acknowledged her on the spot. But when we got home, his health tanked fast. Within days, he was dead. I knew something was wrong. I went to my husband, Beta Liam, to help me investigate. That's when the knife went into my chest. I stared up at him in disbelief as he held Snow close, his face ice-cold, barking orders to his men. "Tell the pack Alpha Marcus took his own life out of guilt. So did his daughter!" "Now the whole Pack is ours. All that planning for this little recognition scam finally paid off." It hit me like a freight train. Liam had been sleeping with Snow all along. The entire recognition scheme was his play—so he could seize control. When I opened my eyes again, I was back at the Hunt. My father's arrow had just struck Snow as she came barreling out of the forest. I reborn?!
Snow clutched her shoulder where the arrow had pierced, trembling as she knelt in the dirt. "Alpha King," she gasped, voice shaking. "I know trespassing on Hunt grounds is punishable by death. But this was my mother's dying wish. Even if it costs me my life, I have to give her relics to my father!" She coughed up blood and collapsed. Chaos. The Alpha King's expression darkened. "Alpha Marcus. Do you have anything to say?" My father stammered, his face white. He was terrified. He was certain he'd never been with another woman besides my late mother. But eighteen years ago, when he traveled through Southern territories, he had stayed overnight at a farmer's house during a storm. That night, the host got him drunk. He blacked out. So he couldn't be 100% sure nothing happened. His hesitation made him look guilty. Luna Thorne from another pack who was the rival of my pack said, "Well, well, Mia," she sneered. "Your father loves to brag about being the Alpha King's right hand. Turns out he's just another scumbag who ruins women and abandons his kids." "Poor girl. If she dies, your father will have killed his own daughter with his own hands." I shot her a cold look. "The facts aren't settled yet, Luna Thorne. I'd watch your tongue if I were you." Then I turned to Liam, who was kneeling beside Snow, concern and affection pouring out of him so thick it made me sick. How had I been so blind? My father opened his mouth to speak, but I cut him off. "Dad." Every eye turned to me. I ignored them all and started walking toward my father. Liam grabbed my wrist hard. "Mia. You're standing before the Alpha King. What the hell do you think you're doing?" "Snow is bleeding out and you want to cause a scene?" My wrist throbbed under his grip, but I didn't flinch. I locked eyes with my father. "Dad, even though Snow has your old insignia, that's not enough proof. I think we should perform the Blood Chalice Ritual in front of the King. That's the only way to know for sure." The moment I said it, Snow—who'd just "regained consciousness"—let out a sob. "Sister," she whimpered. "Are you saying you don't trust me? Or do you just not want me to take your place as the Alpha's daughter?" "If that's the case, I'd rather die right now than be seen as some gold-digging fraud!" She started coughing violently, blood pouring from her shoulder wound. The Healer tried to approach, but she screamed and shoved him away. "Stay back! If no one here believes me, just let me die… let me—" Liam lunged forward and held her down. "Snow, don't. You can't punish yourself for someone else's mistakes." "If something happens to you, the people who wronged you will get away with it!" Then he whipped around to glare at me, his voice a low snarl. "Your father is the one who screwed up. Are you really going to drive Snow to her death?" Other Pack members chimed in, voices rising. "Alpha Marcus, you made the mistake. Now you need to fix it, not run from it." "Exactly. Snow's been through hell just to find you. The least you can do is treat her right." My father was sweating bullets under the pressure. I turned to the Alpha King. "My Alpha King, I'm not trying to help my father escape responsibility. I just—" "Mia." My father's voice cut through. "Stop." He looked at the Alpha King. "Snow may very well be my daughter. I'll take her back to the Pack House and care for her. Once I've sorted out the truth, I'll give you and Snow a full explanation."
Liam and Snow both exhaled in relief. I stepped forward and grabbed my father's sleeve. "Dad, you can't do this! If you bring her into the Pack House without proof and it turns out she's not your daughter—" "Enough!" Snow's face went pale as she cut me off. "Mia, my family may not be as wealthy as yours, but I won't stand here and let you humiliate me like this!" Her eyes flashed with something dark. Then, without hesitation, she reached up and yanked the arrow out of her own shoulder. Blood sprayed. Gasps erupted from the crowd. "Is Mia seriously going to keep pushing until someone dies?" "Alpha Marcus already admitted it. Why is she still making a scene?" "I always thought the Alpha's daughter was supposed to be classy and kind. Turns out she's just a vicious bitch. Thank God my son didn't mate with her." Liam's face went white. He forgot all sense of decorum and pressed his hands directly over Snow's wound, shouting for the Healer. Through the crowd, Snow's eyes met mine—smug, victorious. At the same moment, the Alpha King's voice rang out, cold and sharp. "Alpha Marcus. Is this how you raise your daughter?" My father's forehead was slick with sweat. "I failed to teach her properly. I beg your forgiveness." The next second, a stinging slap cracked across my face. Pain exploded across my cheek. I stumbled back, nearly falling. No one helped me. They just watched. My father's eyes flickered with regret, but with the Alpha King watching, all he could do was glare at me. "You disgrace. Apologize to the Alpha King. Now." Liam looked at me like I was poison. "Mia, you disappoint me." "Last time you killed that Omega in the Pack House, I thought it was an accident. Now I see the truth. You're just cruel. You always have been." His words reignited the crowd's fury. "Wait—she killed an Omega?" "Alpha King, only you can give Snow justice now!" With one sentence, Liam had painted me as a murderer in everyone's eyes. I knew exactly what he was doing. He wanted to shut me up and defend Snow at the same time. I forced myself to stand tall despite the pain and looked each of them in the eye. "My father did stay at a farmhouse in the Southern territories eighteen years ago. But he was blackout drunk that night." "So isn't it possible these so-called 'relics' weren't given to Snow's mother willingly? What if she stole them?" "And if Snow's mother really had a relationship with my father, why didn't she come? Why wait eighteen years and send her daughter into a hunting ground to risk her life?" My words hung in the air. For a moment, no one had a comeback. Then Liam sneered. "Mia, I didn't want to embarrass your father. But since you insist on making a fool of yourself, I'll stop holding back." He looked down at Snow, his voice softening. "Snow. Show them the last piece of evidence." Snow nodded and pulled a letter from her sleeve. "This is the letter Alpha Marcus left my mother before he left. He told her to wait for him. That he'd come back and make it official." "But she waited eighteen years. And he never came. She died waiting." Liam took the letter and held it up for everyone to see. It was my father's handwriting.
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