Chapter 2

I wiped away my tears with a bitter smile and changed my clothes.

Then, I said, "It's fine. Let's go check on Kristy."

If I didn't go, I was sure I would never hear the end of Grace's criticisms of me being cold-hearted and uncaring.

By the time I reached the door to Kristy's residence, I saw through the gap that she was lying on the bed. Her upper body was leaning against Eugene's chest, and he had her in his embrace.

With tearful eyes and a pitiful voice, she said, "I'm not really in pain… I didn't mean to lie. It's just… every time I think about how you won't come see me anymore after I'm pregnant, it makes me so upset. This was the only way I could see you again.

"Eugene, I don't even know why… But whenever I'm alone, all I can think about is you. I just can't forget you… Please don't be mad at me. I only wanted to see you. I don't want you to leave me."

Eugene shook his head and stroked her belly tenderly. "It's because you're carrying my pup. Your hormones are driving you to feel attached to me. Also, you're my sister-in-law. How could I possibly ignore you?"

Kristy clung to the front of Eugene's shirt and pleaded, "Really, Eugene? Then promise me… Promise you'll come see me every day. I don't want you and Selena to have a pup from an inferior bloodline. The whole pack would be humiliated. You can only have a pup with me. Let me be the Luna, please?"

Eugene hesitated for a long while. He seemed conflicted. But in the end, he still gave her the answer she wanted.

"Okay."

"And how's our wedding prep going? I want the gown with the biggest train."

"Don't worry. As the Luna of the Nightwind pack, I'll give you the grandest wedding there is."

I couldn't believe what I was hearing.

A wedding? Eugene and Kristy's wedding?

So the actual reason Eugene never completed my marking was because he was planning to marry Kristy!

A peal of triumphant and delighted laughter rang out from the room. It cut deeper than any weapon wielded by our warriors, carving scars across my soul.

My wolf howled in agony from deep within me.

While clutching my handkerchief, I turned away slowly as my body shook violently.

I was the adopted daughter of the old Alpha of the Nightwind pack. Eugene and I were the same age, and we had grown up together. So, we were childhood sweethearts.

Back then, Grace had tried to send me off to another pack for a political marriage. Eugene had stopped the escort team himself, begging his parents with all his heart to let me marry him instead. He swore he'd love only me for the rest of his life.

No one could change his mind. In the end, they gave in and betrothed me to him.

Grace had been baffled as she asked him, "What do you even see in her? She's an Omega. She'll never bring you happiness."

"Love doesn't need a reason," Eugene had replied back then, gripping my hand with satisfaction. The fresh wounds from stopping the escort team that was meant to take me away gleamed on his body.

"The Moon Goddess led me to her. I have this feeling that if I let Selena go, I'll regret it for the rest of my life."

Not even three years after that heartfelt, romantic promise, he had another she-wolf carrying his pup. Now, he was even planning to marry her.

Not even the guidance of the Moon Goddess could hold back his fickle heart.

Daria quickly caught up to me and whispered a soft comfort, "Don't worry. You're the Alpha's true mate. Once you bear his pup, you'll definitely become the Luna of the Nightwind pack."

I shook my head as tears streamed down my cheeks soundlessly. "No. I'll never bear his pup."

Daria stared at me in shock. I met her gaze with a gaze filled with pain and firm resolve.

If Eugene had chosen to fall for someone else… then I would let him go. I would disappear from his life completely.

I no longer wanted this filthy love.