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His Fake Mark, Her Final Goodbye
His Fake Mark, Her Final Goodbye
作者: Bonnie

Chapter 1

作者: Bonnie
Marcus did not reply immediately. He was probably busy.

When I got home, Damon was sitting in the living room. He smiled when he saw me.

"Where did you go so early?"

"To City Hall. I wanted to pick up our certificate."

His smile paused for a second. "Why would you do that?"

"To put it on the wall."

Damon was quiet for a moment. "The system probably has not updated yet. I just became Alpha. Registration takes time. Might be a few days."

He walked over and put his arms around me. "Are you that scared I will leave?"

"Damon, who is Clara Wellick?"

"The clerk at City Hall told me you completed a formal registration with her two weeks ago."

Damon let go of me and stepped back. He looked at me. His face shifted through something fast. Guilt, panic, then tired resignation.

"Sylvia, let me explain. Clara's wolf soul is damaged. She needs treatment at the Moon Energy Clinic. The clinic only accepts formal mates. It also requires the Luna's medical authorization. You are not crowned as Luna yet. She cannot wait that long. I registered with her so she could get treatment. Once she is better, I will end it."

I looked at him. "Then why is my mark fake?"

Damon lowered his head. "I did not want you to hurt. A real mark breaks the skin and draws blood. It hurts a lot. I could not do that to you."

He made a fake mark so I would not feel pain, but he completed a real registration for another woman.

I knew the name Clara Wellick. She grew up with Damon. They ran in the same pack as pups. Then she left the territory. I heard she went far away. Damon never told me he was still in contact with her.

"Why did she come to you? Why not someone else?"

"She has no family. No pack. No one to rely on. Her wolf soul is too weak to protect herself." Damon lifted his head and looked at me. "Sylvia, you know I could not say no. She might die."

"How long will it take?"

Damon let out a breath. He took my hand. "A few months. Once she is stable, I will end the registration. Then we will do the real mark. I owe you a real ceremony. I promise."

I nodded, "Fine."

I sat in the living room for a long time. Then my phone vibrated. Marcus had finally replied.

Are you sure? Didn’t you say you were preparing for your mate ceremony?

I stared at the message for several seconds.

Cancelled.

Marcus called immediately.

“Sylvia, what happened?” His voice was low, filled with restrained anger.

“Nothing.”

“Nothing? Then why are you suddenly joining the closed research program? Weren’t you and Damon planning the ceremony? He told me last week he wanted to formally mark you.”

I closed my eyes, “Marcus, I’m tired.”

Silence stretched between us.

“Fine,” he finally said. “I’ll handle the application. Wait for my update.”

After hanging up, I turned off the lights. Moonlight spilled through the windows and across my knees. My wolf curled tightly inside my chest, ears flattened back like a pup trapped in a storm.

The next morning, laughter from the living room woke me.

“Damon, you still remember this is my favorite.”

I stopped in the hallway. Clara sat at the dining table while Damon stood beside her, pouring thick moon herb soup into her bowl.

Damon never cooked. In six years together, I handled everything in the kitchen. I didn’t even know he knew how to make soup.

He looked up and saw me. His expression flickered briefly before smoothing over.

“Sylvia, you’re awake. Come eat. I made you a bowl too.”

Clara turned toward me, her gaze lingering for a second before she smiled softly.

"You must be Sylvia. Damon told me about you. Sorry to bother you during this time."

She stood up and offered me her seat across from Damon. Then she sat down next to him.

I watched her hand rest on his arm. He did not pull away.

"Eat without me. I am not hungry."

I turned and walked toward the bedroom.

When I opened the door, I stopped.
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  • His Fake Mark, Her Final Goodbye   Chapter 10

    Damon found Shadowfang territory on the forty third night.I saw him crouched on the steps outside Marcus’s house. Moonlight fell on his face. He did not look like an Alpha anymore. His wolf soul was tired and broken. Like he had not slept properly in days.He stood up when he saw me.“Sylvia,” His voice was rough and smelled of alcohol.“You came,” I said.“I looked for you for a long time.”“You should go back to Clara. Her wolf soul still needs you.”Damon’s face changed.“I ended the mate bond with Clara. I sent her away.”I looked at him, “The mark is still on your neck.”He raised his hand and touched the healed bite mark on his neck. The one Clara left. A real mark. Real wolf blood exchange.“Sylvia. We can start over. I can—”“No.” I said. “You marked her, Damon. Her scent is still on your wolf soul. How can we start over?”“That mark is not what you think—”“That mark is real,” I said. “You bit through her skin. You gave her your wolf blood. Your wolf soul accepted her scent.

  • His Fake Mark, Her Final Goodbye   Chapter 9

    After Rowan said those words, I avoided him for days.Marcus did not understand, “Rowan does not hold grudges. He will not be angry.”“How do you know?” I said.“I have known him for years. Better than you do.”I did not argue. I had already joined the research team. The project was based in Shadowfang’s main house. My specialty was wolf soul theory. Rowan was the lead researcher. We had to work in the same lab.To catch up, I often stayed late to organize data.That night, when I finished, the sky was completely dark. Moonlight fell through the windows onto the stone floor. I stretched and walked out of the main house.Shadowfang territory was quiet at night. Only distant howls broke the silence.I walked a few steps and saw a figure standing by a moonstone lamp post.Rowan saw me and walked over, “Marcus said you were working late. I came by.”I looked up at the moon. It was almost at its peak. His house was on the other side of the territory. It was not on his way.But I did not ref

  • His Fake Mark, Her Final Goodbye   Chapter 8

    Clara felt the warm tears fall on her shoulder. Her heart finally relaxed.After they parted at the medical facility, Damon had not visited her for days. He did not even reply to her pack link calls. That had never happened before. So she came to see him today, to test the situation.The moment she walked in, she noticed that Sylvia’s things were gone. Before she could feel happy, someone delivered a moonstone necklace. The delivery wolf called her “mate.”All of this meant one thing. Sylvia and Damon were truly finished.As for the broken moon crystal, Clara thought Sylvia had smashed it out of anger before she left. It did not matter. Damon’s reaction proved his love for her. They could get more crystals. Prettier ones.Clara turned around joyfully and threw herself into Damon’s arms.“So now you know you were wrong? You pretended your heart belonged to her, but it was always mine. You broke my heart. If you do not make it up to me, I will not forgive you easily.”She lifted her chin

  • His Fake Mark, Her Final Goodbye   Chapter 7

    “Rowan, I was too harsh back then. I should have let you explain instead of blocking you.”Back then, I thought he was just another Alpha heir riding on his family’s name. I did not respect him. Later I learned his data was right. I was the one who misunderstood.His mouth twitched. “I accept your apology. But I did not wait six years just to hear you say sorry.”He looked at me. His gaze was steady. “Now that the misunderstanding is cleared, can I pursue you?”I did not expect him to still remember me after all these years.“Sorry. I am not ready for a new relationship.”Rowan did not back away, “After you blocked me, I wanted to explain. But you blocked every way I could reach you. Then I heard you had a mate. So I stopped trying.”“But in six years, I never forgot you. Will you think about it?”I looked at him. “I need time.”“I have waited six years. I can wait a few more days.”After I blocked his pack link, Damon did not sleep well anymore. He searched everywhere he could think o

  • His Fake Mark, Her Final Goodbye   Chapter 6

    Damon knelt on the living room floor. The torn pieces of the claim agreement were in his hands. Moonlight came through the window and fell on him. His wolf let out a low, mournful sound.When did she leave? Where did she go? He knew nothing.He remembered Sylvia’s silence from the past few days. She did not cry. She did not argue. She did not ask questions. He thought she had accepted Clara’s presence. He thought she understood.She had just been packing.He tried to reach her through the pack link over and over. Every call was blocked. He did not stop.Meanwhile, I was already on a flight to Shadowfang territory.Before takeoff, I sent Marcus a message. He did not ask questions. He just said, “Tell me when you land. I will pick you up.”I leaned against the window and watched the clouds pass. Marcus was my older brother. A few years ago, he joined a cross-territory medical research project on wolf soul healing. He had asked me to join many times. Their team needed someone with my back

  • His Fake Mark, Her Final Goodbye   Chapter 5

    Damon searched all night. He went to the moonlit forest where Sylvia liked to walk. He went to the creek where she sat to read. He went to the place where they first met.Everywhere was empty.He returned home near dawn. His body was heavy with exhaustion.The living room had changed. Sylvia’s blanket was gone from the couch. Her clay cup was gone from the table. The moonstone decorations she collected were gone from the shelf.Everything that belonged to her had disappeared.He ran to the bedroom. Half the closet was empty. Her clothes were gone. Her comb was gone from the sink. Her book on wolf soul theory was gone from the nightstand.He stumbled to the cabinet and opened it with shaking hands. This was where Sylvia kept the things she had made for their marking ceremony. Moon Goddess knots she had braided herself. Moonvine patterns she had embroidered. Every piece had taken her months.The cabinet was empty.Clara had followed him inside. She saw the empty cabinet and let her lips

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