Chapter 4

I didn't know how much time had passed before the disgusting noises outside finally stopped.

After Sebastian left, Cassandra walked in. She crouched in front of me, her face twisted in fake sympathy. "Did you see everything clearly? Sebastian is obsessed with me. Do you really think he'd ever punish me?

"If I were you, I would've found a quiet place and swallowed wolfsbane by now. What a pathetic loser!"

"Suicide?" My eyes were dry now, stripped of all tears and left with nothing but cold resolve. "Why should I be the one to die when you're still alive? You're a murderer!"

Before she could react, I lunged and slammed her to the ground.

She clearly didn't realize that I was stronger than most shewolves, or that I'd been training for years. The ropes binding me had been broken for a while already.

Cassandra's eyes widened in shock and fear, but she still tried to bluff. "How dare you? If you lay a hand on me, Sebastian will cancel the marking ceremony! You'll be left with nothing!"

With a sharp motion, I snapped her arm.

She let out a shrill, piercing scream, her face pale as she nearly passed out from the pain.

"I don't care." I shook her off and wiped my hands, as if discarding something filthy. "I couldn't care less about those things anymore."

I didn't kill her. There were more important things I needed to do.

I quickly drafted a formal agreement to break the mate bond and had someone deliver it to Sebastian right away.

I had just taken photos of Sebastian and Cassandra in bed together. With such solid proof, the Elder Council would have no reason to reject my request to break the mate bond with Sebastian.

Thanks to them, it was finally coming to an end.

After everything was settled, I drove to the hospital for the abortion procedure.

...

Night had fallen, but I still hadn't returned home.

Sebastian sat at the empty, cold dining table, feeling an unexplainable sense of irritation.

He thought I was still grieving my father and blamed him and Cassandra for everything that had happened.

With a scowl, he called me, but I didn't pick up. It wasn't until the fourth call that I finally answered.

He snapped, "Why aren't you home so late? Don't forget you're still my Luna! Your father was barely holding on anyway. Just let it go..."

He was still talking when a healer's voice came over the line. "Ms. Morgan, we're ready to begin the procedure."

Sebastian was stunned. "Where are you? What procedure?"

"An abortion," I replied, my voice as cold as steel, stabbing through him.

Before he could say another word, I hung up and walked into the operating room.

Sebastian sat there holding his phone, glaring at the busy signal. He was convinced I was using pregnancy as leverage because of my father's death.

Deep down, though, a vague unease crept in. He grabbed his coat and rushed out the door.

Just then, his Beta, Ethan Granger, entered carrying an urgent file. "Alpha Sebastian, sorry to disturb you, but this is urgent…"

Sebastian tore open the envelope and was met with the glaring red stamp of the agreement to break the mate bond .

The words stabbed into his heart like a thousand needles, and his hands began to tremble as he held the paper.

A terrifying realization hit him. "Vivian wants to break our mate bond? Was the surgery real?"

Panic overtook him. With his eyes reddened in panic, he yelled at Ethan, "The hospital! Go to the hospital now! Stop Vivian! Go!"

But there was no way they could find me at any nearby hospital. I had chosen the most remote one I could find on purpose.

At the closest hospital, a healer stammered nervously, "Alpha, Ms. Morgan isn't here..."

"She comes here for checkups all the time! How could you not know she was with pup?" Sebastian roared.

The healer twisted her hands anxiously. "Ms. Morgan... She said she wanted to surprise you at the marking ceremony. She specifically asked us to keep it secret. We... We never thought it would turn out like this..."

Sebastian felt like the whole world was spinning around him.

At that moment, Ethan finally tracked down my location.

By the time Sebastian burst into the remote hospital, the procedure was already over.

Pale and drained, I walked out of the operating room, my hand resting gently on my abdomen.

The moment Sebastian saw my pale face, he knew the pup was gone. He felt his heart shatter completely.

"Vivian..." he choked out, his voice breaking. "Vivian... Our pup..."

It was as if all his strength had left him. He collapsed onto the cold floor, his expensive suit scraping against the tiles.

"Vivian..."

His voice was hollow and desperate as he asked, "How did we end up like this?"