FAZER LOGINI’d just bonded with my mate, Alpha Damien, when he brought home an orphan to repay a “life debt.” From that day on, I came second to the girl, Lila. Always. Lila framed me, claiming I forced her to lose control of her wolf. For that, Damien locked me in the silver cells for three days and three nights. "The silver will teach you how to be a tolerant Luna!" Silver poisoning is torture. My wolf withered. I begged for mercy, drowning in agony. Lila just snuggled up to him, her voice dripping with fake concern. "Serena is your mate, after all. When she's in pain, you're in pain. It hurts me to see you suffer." Later, to make Lila happy, Damien publicly gave my seat on the Pack Council to her—a girl who knew nothing. This time, I said nothing. I just severed our mate bond. Days later, while he was writhing in the agony of our broken bond, he finally heard the news. I had joined the royal’s elite unit, The Talons. And I was never coming back. He shattered.
Ver maisSerena's POV"I'm not staying here tonight," I stood up and grabbed my purse. "I've already booked a hotel in the city."Damien's face went white. He shot to his feet, his right leg stumbling from the sudden movement."Why?" his voice trembled. "The room upstairs… I've kept it just as you left it. The sheets are new…""Damien," I cut him off. "We're not… that… anymore."His expression was like he'd been slapped. He froze completely."I… I understand," he lowered his head, his voice almost inaudible. "I'm sorry. I overstepped."Seeing him so dejected, a strange sourness rose in my chest."Echo, come here," I knelt down and stroked the little pup's head one last time. "You be a good boy, you hear?"Echo seemed to sense the farewell. He nudged my palm with his wet nose and let out a low whine."I'll drive you," Damien said quickly."No, it's fine. I'll call a car." I already had my phone out."Please," his voice was thick with pleading. "Just let me take you to the hotel. One last time."
Serena's POVI looked into Damien's desperate, pleading eyes. My head told me to say no, but a buried part of my heart was trembling."Alright," I heard myself say. "For a little while."Damien's eyes lit up instantly, as if I had just given him the world."Really? You will?" he was so emotional his voice shook. "I'll… I'll go get the car."He turned around in a hurry, nearly tripping over his own feet in his excitement. The injury to his right leg made his gait unsteady."Be careful," I said without thinking.He looked back at me, his eyes filled with gratitude and a fragile, cautious hope.Forty minutes later, we arrived at the manor.The moment I stepped out of the car, memories from ten years ago came flooding back.The manor looked the same. Almost nothing had changed.The roses in the garden were still in bloom, and the fountain still sparkled in the sun.But what shocked me the most was that my daisies were still there, perfectly cared for."You've been taking care of my flowers
Serena's POVTen years later. Silver City.I stood by the floor-to-ceiling window in my top-floor office at The Claws headquarters, looking down at the city that never slept.The neon lights below flickered like stars scattered across the night."Ms. Serena, congratulations on winning 'Security Strategist of the Year' again," my assistant, Maya, walked in, holding a heavy invitation. "That's the fifth time."The fifth time.In ten years, I’d gone from a heartbroken girl to a legend in the world of werewolf security.The systems I designed protected the world's most important pack leaders. The strategies I developed saved countless lives.Wolf Business Weekly called me "The Iron Rose." Security Age magazine named me one of the "Top Ten Women Changing the Industry."But no amount of awards could fill the void in my soul.Ten years. That feeling of having a piece of me ripped out was still there."Also, this is your personal mail," Maya handed me an envelope. "Marked urgent."I took it. T
Damien's POVBack in the manor, I sat in the empty study and shakily picked up my phone.I had to text Serena. I had to explain, to apologize, to tell her how much I regretted everything.But when I opened the chat, my fingers hovered over the screen. I couldn't type a single word.I'm sorry? Too weak.I love you? Too late.Come back? What right did I have to ask her to come back?I typed and deleted, typed and deleted. Finally, my trembling fingers managed just three words."I will wait."Sent.Then I opened my banking app. I transferred everything in my account—my entire eight-figure fortune—to her.It was the last thing I could give her. If she wouldn't forgive me, at least she could live well.Three minutes later, the money was returned.My last shred of hope was returned with it.She didn't even want my money.She was really cutting me out of her life completely.I threw my phone on the desk and slumped into the chair. The hole in my chest was a black hole, swallowing my sanity.A


















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