I never thought my life would unfold like this—so violently,so catastrophically. The news hit me like a punch to the gut,cold and unforgiving. My mate—my Alpha,the one I chose—was rushed to the Pack Doctor’s clinic,nearly choking to death on his own lust.Suffocating.Dying.All because of a reckless coupling that went horribly wrong. I raced to the Pack Clinic,my heart hammering,but what greeted me wasn’t the sterile scent of antiseptic.No,it was something far worse—the lingering scent of another woman.Her scent,tangled with his,soaked into the air like acid. My Alpha,the one who promised me forever,was there with her.His Beta lover.Unconscious.Naked.The betrayal wasn’t just there in the air—it was right beside him,her body pressed up against his like they had just shared something they’d both thrown me away for. I felt nothing but rage.But it was the kind of rage that burned so cold it felt like a void inside of me.A deep,aching emptiness.The betrayal wasn’t what I expected—it was so much worse. The Pack Doctor,his face grim with discomfort,barely met my eyes as he spoke,each word laced with unease. “The patient...he was using a toy.It got stuck inside him.We're working on removing it.This is all we can do for now.” His eyes flickered nervously,clearly avoiding mine,as if he could somehow escape the storm I could feel brewing inside of me. I stood there,the words hanging in the air like a suffocating fog,choking me. Then came the question—the one that was always asked when a packmate’s loyalty was called into question: “What’s your relationship to the patient?” I turned my face away,unable to let them see the fire inside me.“Just a packmate,”I whispered,the words feeling like poison on my tongue. Once,I would’ve torn this place apart—screamed,demanded answers.But now?Now I was hollow.Empty.Just a shell of who I used to be. I signed the papers with a steady hand,not sparing another glance at the two tangled in their disgusting display of affection.They deserved each other.But I would have no part in it. I stormed out into the cold night,the bite of the air sharp and cleansing.My phone buzzed in my hand.I didn’t need to look to know who it was. I dialed my father’s number. “I accept the arranged bonding,”I said,my voice calm,unwavering.“In three days,I will take my new mate.” As soon as I ended the call,my phone buzzed again.Alpha Lorcan’s name flashed on the screen.I answered,my heart still cold,still seething. “Galadriel,my car got towed.Handle it when you get back and drive it home.”His voice was smooth,too smooth,like velvet over steel.The voice that used to make my heart race. If I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes,I would’ve never believed this was the same man—the one who once swore I was his only mate. Then I heard it.A soft groan in the background. “Mm…” My fingers tightened around the phone,my grip almost painful.Before I could react,Lorcan’s voice rushed in,trying to cover up the sound. “I kicked the leg of the chair,”he said,his words too casual,too dismissive. The audacity. He didn’t even know that I had just left the clinic where he was.That I had seen everything. I didn’t answer him.Only two words left my mouth:“Got it.” The plan had been simple.I was supposed to be away on a pack mission,away from everything.If I hadn’t decided to come back early,to surprise him…I would’ve never caught him in the act. But the worst part?The car—the car I had given him,the one I trusted him with—was now a symbol of his betrayal.I had to collect it.I couldn’t let him take that piece of me. When I reached the car,the smell hit me first.It was sickening.Rot.Heat. The sight?Worse. A crumpled men’s dress shirt lay across the driver’s seat,discarded like it was nothing.Nearby,pieces of torn lace—clearly feminine—were strewn on the floor,a testament to their indiscretions.But the worst was the backseat. Dark,sticky stains still clung to the upholstery.Evidence of their twisted passion,illuminated by the dim streetlights. My stomach turned,nausea rising fast.I slammed the door shut like it could erase the image burned into my mind.But it was too late.My body rejected it all at once,and I bent over,vomiting violently onto the cold pavement. A warm hand landed on my back,steady,comforting. I tensed.The touch was light,yet it sent an electric shiver up my spine.Slowly,I turned to see who it was. Standing there,watching me with unreadable eyes,was the Pack Doctor—Beta Aurelian.No longer in his white coat,he wore a simple black shirt that clung to his broad shoulders,his sharp eyes framed by gold-rimmed glasses.He had known me since I was a child,and now,he was the last person I ever expected to find in this moment. “Beta Aurelian…why did you follow me?”My voice came out softer than I intended,the shock of the moment sinking in. “I was worried about you,”he said,his tone calm and distant,as it always had been.Detached.Professional.The way he kept himself separate from the pack. A pause lingered before he asked,his voice quieter,questioning,“You agreed to the arranged bonding?” I nodded,too numb to say anything else.The decision was made.There was no turning back. A faint smile tugged at the corner of his lips,rare and unsettling.“Good.In three days,I’ll be waiting for you at the bonding ceremony.” I nodded,my energy drained. He offered to drive me home,but I refused.Instead,I called a driver to take me back,the car that now represented betrayal left behind to be cleaned,scrubbed of every trace of him.I would sell it.I never wanted to see it again. As I rode through the pack territory,moonlight casting long shadows,I thought back on the last seven years.Seven years with Alpha Lorcan,and now it felt like nothing more than a lie. I remembered the way he used to look at me—like I was the only person who mattered.His eyes full of love.He had called me pure.Innocent.The sweetest she-wolf. Now?I was just another scar on his heart.Another shattered promise.
After Alpha Lorcan claimed me as his Mate,he showered me with endless praise,whispering sweet words that I was the perfect woman—virtuous,dignified,the ideal Luna.He made me believe I was the one he’d always wanted,the one he’d been destined for.But now,those words feel like a cruel joke,a hollow promise whispered by a wolf that never truly cared—just a faint echo carried away on the wind. Seven years.We had spent seven years together,yet the moments of true connection between us were scarce,fleeting like wisps of smoke.I wonder now if he ever truly desired someone like me.Was I nothing more than the proper choice,the duty?Or was it Marigold—his Beta sister-in-law,wild and untamed,with a free spirit that could never be caged—that he truly craved? I returned home to find our shared space—a place once full of love and laughter—now suffocating.It felt like a gilded cage.I couldn’t stay another moment.Without a second thought,I grabbed a suitcase and began hastily packing,my hands shaking with fury and desperation.The home I had carefully decorated with love felt foreign now.A battlefield of lies,betrayal,and the broken promises of an Alpha who never saw me. As I rummaged through the shelves in the study,my fingers brushed something cold,metallic.A laptop—one I didn’t recognize,hidden beneath a pile of old documents,buried like a dirty secret. I hesitated only for a moment.The beast of curiosity in me was awakened,its claws digging into my chest.I powered it on,only to be met with a password screen. First,I tried my birthday.It didn’t work. Then,a dark thought crept into my mind.I typed in Marigold’s birthday. The screen clicked open. A chill raced down my spine as the desktop loaded.Inside the hard drive,hidden away like poison in a dark corner,were folders—so many folders.I opened the first one without hesitation. Photos.Videos.Explicit images.Dozens of them. Alpha Lorcan and Marigold. My heart stopped.My stomach twisted,but I couldn’t look away as the vile images flashed on the screen—twisted scenes of them together,every depravity laid bare.Marigold,dressed in nothing but a teasing grin,bound in knots,exposed,violated.It sickened me to my core. They’d done it everywhere—his office,my home,the bed we had once shared,the dining table where we had once eaten together.Even here,in this very study,his mark had been left.I was suffocating,drowning in the images of my betrayal. Fury burned through me.I had to act.Without a moment’s hesitation,I connected a portable hard drive and began copying every file.I wasn’t just a scorned Luna—I was a woman wronged,collecting the evidence of his treachery like a predator preparing to strike. Just as I finished,I heard the front door creak open.Alpha Lorcan was home. He had returned late,probably rushing from the Pack’s medical facility,panicked that I would discover the truth—the truth he had tried so hard to keep buried. I snapped into action,shoving the laptop back into its hiding place,closing my suitcase as if I had been nothing more than tidying up.But my body screamed with rage. He entered the study,his sharp gaze sweeping over the mess I had made,a glint of suspicion flickering in his eyes.“Why are you tidying up all of a sudden?”he asked,his voice cold,his wolf instincts already on alert. “The place was filthy.I’m cleaning.”My voice was flat,emotionless—a well-placed mask.Inside,I was a storm ready to break free. Alpha Lorcan chuckled,stepping closer with that fake tenderness he always had,his eyes narrowing as if to soften the moment.“You must be tired from your trip.Let’s leave it for tomorrow.I’ll call a cleaning service.” He reached out,pulling me into his arms,but I shoved him away with a force I didn’t even know I had.The rejection was brutal,sending him stumbling back. “Go take a shower,”I said,my voice sharp like a whip.“You stink of hospital sweat.” He just laughed,oblivious to the rage brewing inside me,his wolfish grin never leaving his face.“Alright,alright,I’ll go shower.” Before disappearing into the bathroom,he casually mentioned,“We should stop cleaning.We’re getting bonded soon anyway.Let’s renovate this place,or maybe even buy a new house.” His words used to make my heart flutter,the idea of our future together filling me with warmth.But now,all I felt was ice. I didn’t respond.I couldn’t. Mistaking my silence for exhaustion,he urged me to rest before vanishing into the bathroom.I gave a half-hearted reply and retreated to my room. Lying in bed,I stared at the ceiling,trapped in my thoughts.The images from the laptop haunted me like a specter,choking me,making it impossible to breathe.I couldn’t sleep. Moments later,the mattress dipped beside me. Alpha Lorcan had finished his shower and slipped under the covers,wrapping his arms around me,as if nothing had changed.His chest pressed against my back,one arm beneath my neck,as if to protect me. But I wasn’t his to protect anymore.I was no longer the innocent Luna who needed him.I was the betrayed woman,suffocating beneath the weight of his lies. I held my breath,the words clawing at my throat,desperate to escape. “Alpha Lorcan,let’s break u-” But before I could finish,his phone buzzed on the nightstand. With one arm still wrapped around me,he reached for it with the other.The screen lit up,and in the dim glow,I saw it—the images from the laptop.Marigold.Him.The same explicit photos. My heart thundered.The blood rushed in my ears,drowning out everything else.My fingers curled into fists,nails biting into my palms. Alpha Lorcan hastily set the phone down,a flush creeping up his neck as he tried to pretend nothing was wrong.But his body stiffened,his wolf instincts suddenly alert,as if sensing the shift in the air. He sat up abruptly,his eyes wild,as if a fuse had just been lit inside him. I had never seen him like this.But the truth was out now,and so was my revenge.
“Galadriel,there are Pack matters I must attend to.Go ahead and sleep.I’ll handle this.” Alpha Lorcan’s voice was clipped,sharp—commanding,almost as though he couldn't wait to get away.No time for pleasantries.The door slammed shut behind him,and his boots echoed down the hallway,each step a reminder of the distance growing between us. I stayed frozen for a moment,my chest tight.When I finally moved,my fingers were shaking as I unlocked my phone,trembling so violently that I nearly dropped it.My breath caught in my throat as the surveillance feed flickered to life. Alpha Lorcan stood in the study,his arms wrapped around Marigold.She tilted her head back,her body pressed into his,as though they were one.His lips brushed against her neck,possessive,intimate,a sharp contrast to the cold detachment he’d shown me moments before. “What’s the rush,Luna?Aren’t you excited to help me with this?”His voice was low,dripping with power,like he was the sun and she was merely another planet in his orbit. “I need the medicine,Lorcan...but you know,I can’t reach it.”Marigold’s voice was a honeyed whisper,a challenge in every word.Her tone,sultry and unrestrained,made my blood run cold. Alpha Lorcan chuckled darkly.“I’ll take care of it for you,Marigold…”His voice wrapped around her like a rope,tethering her to him,a predator offering his protection to its prey. The image of them,so close,so intimate—just a wall away—sent a blade of pain through my heart.The bond I thought was unbreakable?It was nothing more than an illusion. I collapsed back onto the bed,my body trembling not from cold,but from the sheer weight of betrayal.I had believed in him.I had trusted him.And yet,here he was,tangled with the very woman I had fought to protect. Marigold.Alpha Lorcan’s Beta sister-in-law.A woman he had taken in after the death of his brother—a death that had altered everything.No one had expected the accident to happen,but the consequences had rippled through our lives.Marigold had come to him broken,alone,and Alpha Lorcan had taken her in,offering her everything she needed.The line between kindness and obsession had blurred—and I had failed to see it. Now,I could see it all too clearly.What I had once thought was his mercy had become something far darker.A sickening,twisted loyalty that tied him to Marigold in ways I had never imagined. “You still don’t know who excites me more,do you?”Marigold whispered,her lips brushing his ear as she taunted him.“Your Galadriel,or me?” I could hear Lorcan's smirk even through the screen.“Forget about her.You’re the one who thrills me,Marigold.Don’t pretend otherwise.” Marigold’s eyes flicked toward the camera,her gaze icy and unrepentant.She knew.She knew I was watching.And she wanted me to see.Every word,every glance,every touch—they were meant to rip through me.To destroy me. Tears blurred my vision as I shut the app.It felt as though my soul had been cleaved in two.What was I even fighting for anymore? Alpha Lorcan and I were done. In two days,I would bond with another.A new wolf.Someone who wouldn’t turn his back on me the moment his past caught up with him. The thought should have been comforting.But it wasn’t. I forced myself out of bed,to wash the evidence of the nightmare off me,to start packing.My hands moved mechanically,my heart a void as I sorted through the remains of a life that had never been mine.Not really. Alpha Lorcan was already gone by the time I finished,oblivious to my departure,lost in his endless meetings and Pack duties.But as always,he had one last demand.A business banquet.His voice was casual,almost indifferent when he mentioned it. “You’ll come,won’t you?”he asked,as if his absence had meant nothing to me. When he mentioned the banquet would be held at my family’s hotel,I felt a surge of resolve.I had avoided it for too long.Distanced myself from my true Pack to protect his fragile ego.But now?Now,I was going back.The place where I truly belonged. A cold finality settled over me as I called a moving company.Nothing from Alpha Lorcan—no gifts,no tokens of his affection—would come with me.Every memory of him,every gesture,had been tainted by his betrayal. I arrived at the hotel’s top-floor suite,the shower a small act of defiance.I scrubbed away every trace of him,every trace of us. When he called again,I was already dressed,waiting in the lobby.The irony wasn’t lost on me.He would never know that everything had changed. Alpha Lorcan entered the lobby with his usual presence—demanding,cold,every inch the Alpha.His tailored suit was flawless,but it couldn’t conceal the truth anymore.The way the women ogled him,the way Marigold hovered just behind him—claiming him in plain view—it was all a game now.And I was done playing.
Marigold’s presence was magnetic,a delicate porcelain beauty whose every movement seemed to captivate the room.The luxurious red gown she wore clung to her like a second skin,accentuating every curve,and her skin gleamed under the chandelier lights—flawless and untouchable.Her eyes were sharp,calculating,as she turned to survey the men in the room,each one unable to tear their gaze away from her. But not Alpha Lorcan.The moment his eyes locked with mine,they softened,a flicker of something unspoken passing between us.He didn’t just look at me—he saw me.Without a second’s hesitation,he crossed the room,his strong,capable hand sliding around my waist,pulling me into his embrace with a possessiveness that felt like a claim.His touch used to be a comfort,a promise.But now,it was a reminder of how tangled our fates had become. He presented me to the room with a pride that seemed almost possessive,as though I were a rare treasure on display,an object to be admired,yet held at a distance.But Marigold,standing at the edge of it all,her expression tight,watched us with a barely concealed hatred,her smile a perfect mask for the fury behind her eyes. The banquet continued around us,laughter echoing,glasses clinking,yet there was a tension in the air,an unspoken promise of something more.And then,as though the world had shifted on its axis,my gaze collided with Marigold’s. Her smile was icy,lips twisted in a thin line,but her eyes—those eyes—burned with venom.It was a look that said everything,even before her lips parted. Then,as if to break the silence,Alpha Lorcan leaned back in his chair,exuding an effortless power that made the room fall still.He was preparing to speak,when suddenly—Marigold’s voice shattered the calm. “Lorcan,”she gasped,her voice high with panic,“the USB...it’s gone!” A wave of tension washed over the room.All eyes shifted from her to him,and in that instant,Alpha Lorcan’s demeanor darkened.His expression hardened,every inch of him radiating dangerous stillness.His sharp eyes locked onto Marigold,and his voice—low,filled with cold fury—cut through the room like a blade. “Are you serious?How could you be so careless?”His words echoed off the walls,and Marigold flinched,shrinking under the force of his anger. But then—something snapped inside her.Her eyes flickered with a plan,a sudden,sharp shift in her behavior.With trembling hands,she pointed directly at me. “It was her!”she shouted,her voice dripping with false desperation.“She touched my bag earlier—I saw her!” Her eyes welled with fake tears,and she took a step toward me,her face a picture of pleading innocence.“Galadriel,please...I know we don’t get along,but that USB is crucial to the Pack’s future.If you don’t return it,Alpha Lorcan’s whole future will be destroyed!Please,don’t ruin everything we’ve worked for!” The room fell silent,the air thick with suspicion.Every pair of eyes turned toward me,narrowing with doubt.I could feel their stares,hot and accusing,crawling under my skin.My heart hammered in my chest,and I took a deep breath,the pressure suffocating. “I didn’t take it!”I practically screamed,my voice sharp,desperation flooding my veins.“Stop twisting the truth!” But before I could protest further,Marigold lunged forward.Her hands clawed at my dress,frantic and wild,her fingers searching,desperate to find any evidence that might prove her lie. Fear surged through me like wildfire.This was no longer just about the USB.It was about everything—the lies,the betrayal,the shattered trust.And now,I had to fight to clear my name,to hold onto the truth. I turned to Alpha Lorcan,my eyes pleading with him to see beyond the chaos,to see me.To see the truth.But his face remained unreadable.His brow furrowed in frustration,the shift in his demeanor telling me everything I needed to know:He was losing patience. When he spoke,his voice was cold,like a glacier.“Galadriel,”he said,“if you took it,just hand it over.We don’t have time for these games.” A shiver ran down my spine.His words—his accusation—cut deeper than I could ever have imagined. Marigold’s search was fruitless,but Alpha Lorcan didn’t pause to question.He acted on impulse,his hands rough as he grabbed my arm,pulling me too forcefully toward him.The fabric of my Luna gown tore with a resounding rip,the sound of it ringing through the hall like a death knell. Gasps filled the air,and my world tilted on its axis.The once-proud gown,meant to symbolize my status,was now a ruined heap of shredded fabric.I froze,humiliated beyond belief.My hands shot to my chest,instinctively trying to cover what little I could of myself,but it was futile.Every eye in the room was on me,and I felt their judgment like a physical weight pressing against me. But then—something strange happened.A soft,metallic clink echoed across the hall,followed by the sound of the USB sliding across the smooth floor.It stopped dead center in the room,the tiny device gleaming in the harsh light. Silence. For a moment,the world stood still.The whispers began again,but this time,they were full of venom,laden with accusations and disbelief.It was like the entire room had turned against me in the blink of an eye. Alpha Lorcan’s eyes dropped to the USB,and I saw the shift in his expression.The anger,the confusion—it all crystallized into something darker.Something colder.His voice,when it came,was a blade being drawn,each word coated with fury. “Galadriel,”he said,his tone low,unyielding.“I never thought you were capable of this.I trusted you.This is how you repay me?” His words hit me like a physical blow.The man I had trusted,the man I had loved—he was looking at me like I was a stranger.Like I was the enemy. And in that moment,I realized:Nothing would ever be the same again.
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