Chapter 1

“This is the agreement you need to sign before becoming the Luna. Sign it. Hurry up! We can arrange the marking ceremony later. Lilith is still waiting for me.”

Alexander tapped his fingers impatiently against the wooden table.

Even at a monumental moment like this, his mind was entirely occupied by Lilith, who was currently suffering through her full moon heat. Only the herbal broth brewed by his own hands could soothe her agonizing pain.

I stared down at the ancient, weathered parchment, a sudden chill seeping through my fingertips.

In my past life, after our parents fell in battle, Lilith and I were adopted by Alexander's family. When the time came, our adoptive parents decided to choose one of us to be Alexander’s Luna.

The entire pack knew I had been infatuated with Alexander since childhood. Yet, Alexander wavered, caught between my sister and me.

Ultimately, Lilith left the pack with a parting sigh, stating that she refused to fight her older sister for him. Left with no other choice, Alexander married me.

But when Lilith finally returned, she had already married the Alpha of the Gale Pack, becoming another man's Luna. From that moment on, she became the untouchable eternal flame—the one that got away—in Alexander's heart.

Consumed by regret and resentment, he eventually crossed the line. He hooked up with Lilith behind my back, and they shamefully, secretly bred pups together.

Meanwhile, I spent my entire life neglected and cast aside, eventually dying of a broken heart.

But in that moment, I merely offered him a calm, placid smile.

“If you're busy, Alexander, go ahead and tend to your matters first. I’ve already signed it.”

Except that time, the name I signed on the parchment wasn't my own. It was Lilith’s.

Taking advantage of his distraction, I immediately submitted the signed agreement to the Elders' Council.

Seeing this, Alexander’s rigid tone softened a fraction.

“Good, Jessica. Now that you’ve signed the agreement, it means you have the Elders’ approval. When the next full moon rises, I will naturally mark you. But from now on, stop letting your jealousy drive you to make things difficult for Lilith. This is my final warning to you.”

I remained silent, completely devoid of any urge to defend myself.

In my past life, I had explained myself countless times. But in his eyes, I was always the green-eyed, petty older sister who could never tolerate his fragile, innocent, and kind-hearted younger sister, Lilith.

Memories of my past life flashed through my mind like a cruel montage.

Even when our marking ceremony was just around the corner, he had insisted on taking Lilith north to clear her mind and watch the northern lights, leaving me behind entirely alone.

On the very day of our marking ceremony, he used border patrols as an excuse to stay out all night. In reality, he was in Lilith's bed.

After Lilith left, his obsession only intensified. Even when I was in agonizing labor giving birth to our child, Alexander never breathed a word or bothered to look at me once.

Back then, I used to comfort myself, thinking that as an Alpha, he simply had endless pack duties to attend to; he wasn't neglecting his Luna on purpose. I blindly refused to believe that the woman he treasured most in his heart had never been me.

It wasn’t until I was on my deathbed that our own son stood by my side like an elegant, detached spectator, murmuring in my ear.

He asked me if I had really never thought that this was my own fault. He told me that I monopolized his father’s love which belonged to his aunt, making all three of us miserable. He asked me why I still refused to dissolve the mate bond with his father, and told me that it was better for everyone if I just let go.

Lying helpless on my sickbed, I had looked at my cold, indifferent husband. He had just stood there in agonizing silence. He remained silent until the moon rose, never uttering a single word in my defense.

At that moment, I finally understood—in the game of love, the one who isn't loved is the one who deserves no sympathy.

Since the Moon Goddess had granted me a second chance at life, I realized there was no reason to retrace my steps and become a stumbling block in their grand romance. There was no reason to waste another lifetime living a mediocre, unloved existence.

No. Never again.

I looked at the Luna Certification Agreement in my hands and secretly penned Lilith’s name into the mate column.

Alexander, since you love her so desperately, I will grant you your wish! Reaching out, I snatched the wolf-fang necklace that symbolized my single status, turned around, and walked away from the sacred altar.

There wasn't a single shred of grief in my heart. Instead, an indescribable sense of liberation washed over me!