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• My Mate Replaced Me on Marking Ceremony   11

  I focused on healing at the foreign pack's den, ignoring news from home.Oliver visited nearly every day to help with my recovery.The days passed peacefully enough.But for Marcus, everything spiraled into chaos.After a week without finding me, he lost control.He drowned himself in wolfsbane-laced whiskey, barely staying sober.In a drunken rage, he challenged another Alpha in the streets.The fight left him critically wounded in the healers' ward.His old friend, the pack healer who had poisoned my wolf, finally confronted him:"Shall I tell you the truth? Sarah was conscious during the silver injection. She heard everything, even though she couldn't move.""I saw her tears fall as the silver burned through her veins.""Marcus, you broke her completely. She won't return.""I warned you from the start - you and Sarah were true mates. Rachel was just a college fling, a shadow that should have faded.""You were lost in memories. Sarah could have been your salvation.""I thought your c

• My Mate Replaced Me on Marking Ceremony   10

  Tears fell onto his phone screen.Marcus sent message after message.Professing his enduring love.Confessing his betrayals.But each message bounced back undelivered.I had blocked him completely.Marcus didn't hesitate any longer, driving frantically to join the search parties.But it was too late.They found no trace of me at the rogue attack site.Meanwhile, my flight had already landed overseas.The staged rogue attack had been my parting gift.My carefully laid trap for the Alpha who had tried to destroy me.He wanted me scarred, wanted my wolf dead, wanted me living in his web of lies.So I'd left him a gift of my own.My friend Oliver waited at the airport, gasping when she saw my burned flesh.She touched the scars gently, tears streaming down her face."How could this happen? Marcus promised to protect you! He swore a mate's oath!""Did he do this? Why can only foreign healers help you? It was him, wasn't it? Sarah, why are you still protecting him? Can't you see his true nat

• My Mate Replaced Me on Marking Ceremony   9

  Guilt and regret warred in Marcus's heart like battling wolves, his Alpha power fluctuating dangerously with each surge of emotion.After a long moment, his voice emerged cold as winter, each word carrying the weight of an Alpha command:"Sarah is my only mate," he growled, fangs dropping. "My wolf chose her, even if I was too blind to see it.""Whether she lives or dies, she is the only one I will claim. The pack bonds don't lie - they never accepted Rachel."His claws emerged as he continued, "I don't care if Rachel is mated or single. It means nothing to me now. All her lies, all her manipulations - they're worth less than dust.""That night three years ago was a mistake," he spat the words like poison. "If I'd known Oliver would come of it, I would never have touched her. Never have started this chain of destruction."His power crackled visibly now, making the ceremonial candles flicker. "This ceremony was what you wanted - you can deal with the aftermath. I'm done with your scheme

• My Mate Replaced Me on Marking Ceremony   8

  The pack elders approached Marcus through the crowded hall, relief radiating from their expressions.But their words struck like pure silver to his heart, burning deeper than any physical wound."Now that Sarah's gone, you can finally claim Rachel properly," his mother said, satisfaction dripping from every word. "No need to keep up these tiresome pretenses anymore."She adjusted her ceremonial robes with practiced elegance. "That Omega was worthless anyway. An Alpha can't have a mate without a wolf - it's unnatural. The pack would never have truly accepted her.""Choose a date soon," his father added eagerly. "Make your mating official. The pack hasn't had such cause for celebration in years! After the ceremony, we'll have Sarah's rooms cleared out immediately. Rachel can move in tonight - no point in waiting now."Marcus stood frozen, staring at his parents' jubilant faces. His claws dug into his palms, drawing blood that he barely felt.For the first time in his life, he felt pure r

• My Mate Replaced Me on Marking Ceremony   7

  The Beta hurried away, face pale with fear of his Alpha's rage, nearly stumbling in his haste to escape.As soon as he left, Rachel glided closer with practiced grace, her ceremonial dress rustling softly against the marble floor.She maintained her usual gentle demeanor, the one she'd perfected over years of deception - head slightly bowed, eyes wide with concern, every movement calculated to appear harmless.Her hand slipped softly around Marcus's arm, her touch deliberately light and soothing."What's wrong, my love?" she murmured, voice honey-sweet. "Did something happen to Sarah? I knew she'd be upset about me standing in for the ceremony. She's always been... sensitive."Her lips curved in false sympathy. "But this is an important pack event. All the neighboring Alphas are here, the pack elders are watching. Even if she's angry, she shouldn't try to ruin this moment with false rumors about rogue attacks! It's so... beneath her.""Marcus," she pressed closer, her perfume wrapping

• My Mate Replaced Me on Marking Ceremony   6

  The marking ceremony began in earnest.Marcus stood at the ceremonial altar, but his mind kept replaying our last phone call. Something in my tone had unsettled his wolf, an unease that grew stronger with each passing moment.He turned to his Beta urgently, interrupting the ritual preparations."Find Sarah. She won't let me mate another without causing trouble."As they finished the ceremonial toasts, Marcus led Rachel through the crowd of well-wishers.The Beta rushed back, face ashen."Alpha!" he gasped, struggling to catch his breath. "There's been an attack on the northern border! Sarah... she took a car to leave pack territory. A group of rogues ambushed the vehicle at the crossing point."His next words fell like stones: "The patrol found the wreckage. No survivors. The rogues..." he swallowed hard, "they left nothing to find."The ceremony fell silent.The joy drained from Marcus's face so quickly it was as if someone had pulled a plug, leaving him ghostly white.His ceremonial