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When I woke up again, I was in the familiar medical center, lying on a familiar bed.

"Aria! You're finally awake!"

A familiar voice filled with tears suddenly rang out.

"Violet..."

Violet carefully helped me sit up.

"You've been unconscious for three days. You scared me to death."

Three days?

"Three days..." I murmured, repeating the words. Five days were finally almost over. Just one day left.

Violet sobbed. "Aria, do you know... you miscarried!"

How was that possible?

My first reaction to this news was that Violet was joking with me. But when I seriously checked my body's condition, I found it seemed to be true.

After repeatedly confirming this news with my wolf, tears began falling uncontrollably.

Even though I had no memories of Marcus, this was still my child.

Violet looked at me with heartbreak as I sat there in a daze.

"Yes, over a month along. The pregnancy wasn't stable yet and then... Aria, you're still young and healthy. You'll have another chance in the future."

Just as I was immersed in grief, thinking only of returning to the Crimson Pack, Marcus burst into the hospital room with undisguised fury.

He walked to my bedside and demanded: "Serena was trying to comfort you and take care of your feelings, so why did you repay kindness with evil and attack her! And kill my child with Serena!"

His words reminded me of everything I had witnessed.

"It wasn't me! She attacked me with a silver dagger. I didn't even touch her. It's fake! She was never pregnant to begin with!"

But Marcus wouldn't listen to my explanation at all.

Marcus grabbed my throat directly, completely ignoring that I was also an injured patient. Violet hitting him frantically from the side had no effect.

"Aria Blackwood, I already agreed to bind with you. Why won't you leave Serena alone! Why did you have to hurt my child! You're truly a vicious woman!"

He spoke through gritted teeth, his words full of grief and hatred.

He mercilessly dragged me from the hospital bed, grabbing my arm and pulling me outside.

"Brother! What are you doing! Let go of Aria!"

Violet cried out in alarm, rushing forward to try to stop him, but Marcus pushed her away with one hand.

"Brother! Don't you know what kind of wolf Aria is? She would never hurt a defenseless Omega. After all these years of everything she's done for you, and Aria has amnesia now - how could she possibly do such a thing! And do you know that Aria just..."

"So she's been hiding it well! All these years pretending to be so well-behaved, now she's finally showing her true face! If you dare speak up for this outsider wolf again, I'll personally ask the Alpha to assign you to the front lines!" Marcus roared, completely ignoring Violet's explanation. He dragged me into the adjacent hospital room and threw me hard onto the floor.

I fell awkwardly onto the cold floor. Pain and grievance surged over me like a tide, and tears broke free again.

On the bed, Serena lay there weakly.

"Miss Blackwood, I don't mind if you hit me or scold me, but why did you have to kill my child? This was Marcus's bloodline. How could you be so heartless!"

She clutched her belly, crying even more pitifully.

Only I knew this was all an elaborate deception she had planned. It both covered up her lies and made Marcus love her even more.

Marcus immediately held her lovingly in his arms. "We'll have another child! Be good, don't be sad."

I was pressed down and forced to kneel by two strong Gammas, only able to shout weakly, "It's fake! She was never pregnant! Ask the healer! The child in her belly is fake!"

Marcus glanced at me coldly, his eyes full of disdain and disgust. "Do you think I would believe your lies and doubt Serena?"

"Unrepentant!" he scolded angrily, his expression terrifyingly sinister. "Aria Blackwood, if you still want me to hold a mating ceremony with you, you better take good care of Serena here until she forgives you. Otherwise, just obediently give up the mate position to Serena."

I looked at them powerlessly, at Serena crying in Marcus's arms.

I bit my teeth tightly, holding back tears from falling again.

I looked at Marcus calmly, my eyes carrying a trace of determination and resolve. "Fine."

"From now on, I won't pester you in the slightest, and I won't disturb your lives anymore."

I used all my strength to stagger up from the floor, turned around, and left the hospital room without looking back.

Hearing my resolute words, Marcus felt a strange emotion surge in his heart. But seeing Serena on the hospital bed, he quickly pushed aside that unusual feeling.

He had all the nurses leave the room and personally took care of Serena until midnight before dragging his exhausted body away from the medical center.

When Marcus returned to the empty villa, it was quiet and still, with only a few table lamps lit, waiting for his return.

At this time, I had already had Violet take me to the airport.

"Aria Blackwood!" When I didn't appear as usual to wait for his return, he suddenly felt a wave of panic and called my name anxiously. But only the echo in the house responded to him.

He rushed upstairs to my room and pushed open the door, only to find nothing was there. Everything about me, absolutely everything, had completely disappeared.

He frantically grabbed his phone and dialed Violet's number with trembling hands.

Violet glanced at me, and I gestured for her to answer the call.

"Violet, is Aria with you?" he asked anxiously, his voice carrying a barely detectable panic.

On the other end of the phone, Violet was silent for two seconds, then said calmly, "Aria? Didn't you say you wanted to break off the mating ceremony with her? She's already gone."

"Gone?! Where did she go?" Marcus was stunned, remembering the angry words he'd said at the hospital that afternoon. He was suddenly speechless. "I was just angry at the time! Where could she go?"

Violet laughed softly, her tone carrying a hint of mockery. "She went back to be her own Alpha heiress. Did you really think she was just some random wolf from the pack? Oh, I forgot to mention - before you forced Aria to kneel and apologize to that bitch today, Aria had just miscarried your child."

A crash came from the other end of the phone. Marcus must have lost his grip and dropped his phone.