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I Broke Our Mate Bond and Went Home to Lead My Pack

I Broke Our Mate Bond and Went Home to Lead My Pack

Short Story · Werewolf
By:  LydiaCompleted
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Synopsis

Tragic Love

Counter Attack

Melodramatic

Alpha

Homewrecker

Bias

Marriage

Winning Back the Wife

Cheating

On the third anniversary of our marking, my husband, Elias Voss, gave me quite a gift. He slept with Morwen Thorne, the former Alpha's daughter, in the room I'd decorated myself. "Layla, the former Alpha promised to give me the moonstone that amplifies a wolf's power if I agreed to take Morwen as my mate. "Don't worry. You're still the one I love most." Watching him hold Morwen so close, I realized none of this surprised me. He craved power. I had once believed loving him meant helping him rise, even when doing so left me wounded again and again. When he wanted rare gems to offer the Moon Goddess, I entered the forbidden lands to find them for him and spent the next three months bedridden. When he went after the rogues to win support and was nearly torn apart, I was the one who saved him. It cost me my baby. And now, for even more power, he was seducing the former Alpha's daughter. He always thought that because I loved him and was an Omega, I couldn't survive without his protection. But there was something he didn't know. My name was Layla Vaughn, and I wasn't some low-ranking Omega. Quite the opposite. I was a rare female Alpha, the daughter of Grant Vaughn, Alpha of the Iron Howl Pack. Our pack stood one full rank above the Blood Pact Pack. The only reason I'd hidden my identity was a bet I'd made with my father: I could find true love without relying on my title. For three years, I believed Elias was proof I'd won. But this time, I had to admit I'd lost. I sent a message to my father through the mind-link: "Dad, I'll come home and accept the arranged marriage."

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Chapter 1

Chapter 1

When I heard the moans coming from the bedroom, the gift slipped from my hands and hit the floor.

The voices belonged to my husband, Elias, and Morwen.

I pushed open the door. Morwen was wearing my nightgown, straddling Elias.

"What are you doing?"

I stared at them in shock. It felt like a blade had been driven into my heart.

"Layla, it's not what you think." Elias froze, then scrambled to explain.

Morwen smirked in triumph. "Layla, it's exactly what it looks like. I slept with your husband."

"Don't be ridiculous, Morwen. Nothing happened! She just tripped and fell on me."

Elias shoved Morwen off him, grabbed his clothes from the floor, and pulled them on any which way.

Those two bastards had defiled the home we'd built together, and I couldn't stop the tears from streaming down my face.

Then I saw the wolf-fang necklace around Morwen's neck, and it hit me that Elias had been acting strangely for a while.

Morwen had worn that necklace to her coming-of-age ceremony a few days earlier.

Elias and I had made it together. I thought it was going to be my anniversary gift. Instead, it ended up around another woman's neck.

When I asked him about it, he said Morwen couldn't find the right necklace for her ceremony, so he'd lent it to her.

So it wasn't that she couldn't find one. It had been meant for her all along.

"Elias, let's sever our mate bond."

I shoved the gift into my pocket, slammed the bedroom door, and walked away.

Elias came after me, grabbed me around the waist, and cornered me. He lifted a hand to wipe away my tears.

"Sweetheart, I'm sorry. Don't be upset!

"It was all for show! The former Alpha promised to give me the moonstone that amplifies a wolf's power if I agreed to take Morwen as my mate. Then I'd be even stronger."

He sounded sincere, but the hunger for power in his eyes was unmistakable.

"Layla, you're my Luna. You're the only one I've ever loved. I want to get stronger so I can protect you."

Looking at the greed in his eyes, I wondered exactly when the man I loved had changed.

He used to hate seeing me shed even one tear. Now he was openly affectionate with another woman and didn't care how much it hurt me.

All of it was for status and strength.

"But you love the moonstone the former Alpha promised you more than you love me, don't you? If you had to choose between me and the moonstone, which would it be?"

"Layla, I'm not choosing. I want both you and the moonstone."

The obsession in his eyes suddenly made me a little afraid.

If he was willing to sleep with Morwen today in exchange for the former Alpha's promise, what would he do tomorrow for power?

I loved the boy who had once given me his whole heart, not the man before me who would stop at nothing to get what he wanted.

I pulled my hand free of his grip in disgust and gave him a cold look.

"Elias, you know I don't care about any of that. But you've become someone I don't even recognize. I won't stay with a man who's betrayed me."

As I turned to leave, he took my hand and led me to the great hall.

"Layla, it's our third anniversary. Can't we just enjoy it? You're going to love the gift I got you!"
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9 Chapters
Chapter 1
When I heard the moans coming from the bedroom, the gift slipped from my hands and hit the floor.The voices belonged to my husband, Elias, and Morwen.I pushed open the door. Morwen was wearing my nightgown, straddling Elias."What are you doing?"I stared at them in shock. It felt like a blade had been driven into my heart."Layla, it's not what you think." Elias froze, then scrambled to explain.Morwen smirked in triumph. "Layla, it's exactly what it looks like. I slept with your husband.""Don't be ridiculous, Morwen. Nothing happened! She just tripped and fell on me."Elias shoved Morwen off him, grabbed his clothes from the floor, and pulled them on any which way.Those two bastards had defiled the home we'd built together, and I couldn't stop the tears from streaming down my face.Then I saw the wolf-fang necklace around Morwen's neck, and it hit me that Elias had been acting strangely for a while.Morwen had worn that necklace to her coming-of-age ceremony a few days earlier.E
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Chapter 2
"Surprise!"Elias eagerly threw open the doors. The hall was decorated with lilies of the valley, my favorite flowers.He held out a beautiful gift box."Open it, Layla. I promise you're going to be so happy when you see what's inside."When I didn't react, Elias opened the box himself. Inside was a bracer made from the rare giant-bear hide I'd always wanted but had never been able to obtain."Layla, let me put it on you!"With that, he slid the bracer onto my wrist.As I looked at the gift I'd wanted for so long, I wondered if he'd acted on impulse and let the former Alpha talk him into taking Morwen as his mate."Layla, Elias nearly got himself killed on Great Bear Ridge to get you this gift! So what did you get him?"Kyle Barrett, one of Elias's closest friends, jerked his chin at me.He'd always thought that because I hadn't been born into the pack, I wasn't good enough for Elias."Layla, I'll do anything for you as long as it's something you want." Elias pulled me close and kissed
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Chapter 3
"Layla, don't do this to me. I was wrong, but you said I was the only one worth loving. You'll forgive me, won't you?"Elias tried to wrap his arms around me and hold me there.The only one worth loving? What a joke.As far as I was concerned, the man who had once deserved my love had died the moment he slept with Morwen.Three years ago, I'd had a falling-out with my father over an arranged marriage.He wanted me to marry into the Crimson Fang Pack to create an alliance that would strengthen our own pack.But I believed marriage shouldn't be a bargaining chip for power.So my father and I made a three-year bet.If I found a werewolf who didn't care about my background, my father would call off the marriage.On my first day away from the pack, I ran into a rogue.Just as I was about to strike, Elias appeared in front of me and killed it.After that, he worried that wolves from other packs might attack me again if I was alone, so he brought me back to his pack.He made me a cloak from t
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Chapter 4
Morwen was about to pour the wolfsbane into my mouth.I closed my eyes. Morwen and Taryn's abuse had humiliated me, and Elias's betrayal had finally forced me to face the truth.I was done hiding my power.All I wanted now was to go home.I forced my power to surge. The moment I did, it felt as if ants were gnawing through my insides.A scream tore out of me.I fought through the pain, broke free of the thick ropes binding me, and kicked Taryn away."How... How are you this strong?"Taryn stared at me in shock.I ignored her and walked straight toward Morwen.As I advanced, Morwen clutched the bottle of wolfsbane in a trembling hand.With a flick of my wrist, I sent the bottle flying from her hand."Don't... Don't come any closer. If anything happens to me, my father will never let you get away with it!"Morwen tried to sound defiant.But her trembling body gave her away."Is that so?"I scoffed and backed her into a corner."Morwen, all I ever wanted was to live in peace. But you've i
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Chapter 5
When Morwen came to, Elias was staring at her anxiously. He demanded, "Morwen, where's Layla?"Seeing how anxious Elias was, Morwen taunted him. "Layla? She drank the wolfsbane, so she's probably dead by now."Elias grabbed Morwen by the throat. "Morwen, don't push me. If you don't tell me where Layla is right now, I'll snap your neck."Morwen struggled to pry his hand off. "L... Layla, she... she fooled all of us. She's way stronger than any of us thought!"While Elias was distracted, Morwen broke free. "Layla injured us and then left. Elias, Layla abandoned you."Elias glared at her. "You're lying! Layla would never leave me! As for you, you stole wolfsbane and tried to hurt a packmate. You'll be punished for this."Morwen shrank back in fear and ran off to find her father.Elias rushed home in a panic, but nothing seemed out of place. The herbs Layla had gathered were still in the storeroom, and her clothes and bags remained untouched. He relaxed at once.Yet the stabbing pain in hi
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Chapter 6
Back home, Elias slowly surveyed the familiar room.The corner of the couch had always been Layla's favorite spot.She would curl up there and wait for him to come home. Sometimes she would fall asleep under the thin blanket.The chair by the dining table still held the throw pillow she always left there.Whenever he came through the door, the first thing he saw was Layla smiling at him from that couch.But now, everything looked exactly as it had before.Only the woman who had always waited for him was gone.He looked down at the moonstone and the power stone in his hands.They were the things he'd once wanted more than anything.Again and again, he had chosen power over her and ignored what it cost her.But now they were right there in his hands.Yet he felt no desire to absorb their power.Elias remained silent for a long time. He still wanted strength. He still craved power.But for the first time, with the stones right in front of him, he found them strangely unappealing.In the p
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Chapter 7
When I returned to the Iron Howl Pack, my father saw how weak I was and immediately sent for a witch to heal me.The lingering effects of forcing my way through the seal that bound my powers soon faded under the witch's care.My father's gentle care and my family's unwavering love slowly healed the pain inside me. I began to embrace my life again.Once I'd recovered, I formally began taking responsibility for the Iron Howl Pack's affairs as a female Alpha. I handled pack business, settled territorial disputes with other packs, and prevented one external conflict after another.The pack's confidence in me grew steadily.Slate Harlow, the son of one of the pack's elders, was the man my father had arranged for me to marry.Ever since I came back, he'd been by my side.He never fawned over me because of my status, nor was he intimidated by my strength.After I took charge of the pack, Slate stayed beside me while I learned the ropes.When I settled territorial disputes between packs in the
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Chapter 8
After that, Elias refused to leave the pack.When I got scraped up in training, he'd bring me herbs. He'd also collect rare treasures and craft them into jewelry for me.His belated displays of affection struck me as ridiculous.He'd once abandoned me for power. Now that he'd seen how powerful I was, he'd left his own people behind to come find me.I had everything he sent me thrown out of my room, but he thought I was only sulking.Later, he changed tactics. He waited outside my door rain or shine, begging for a chance to make amends.He naively believed that making himself suffer would make me care about him again.I ignored his self-destructive behavior, but my indifference only made him pester me even more.Then one day, Elias brought me a moonstone ring and found Slate standing beside me. "Who's he?""I'm Layla's fiancé!""Layla, is that true?" Elias turned to me in disbelief."Elias, our mate bond is gone. Who I marry is none of your business." I met his bewildered gaze without w
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Chapter 9
The battle ended with Gideon's death. In the chaos, his own Blood Pact wolves turned on him. By the time the fighting died down, the surrounding wilderness was devastated.After Elias's death, the Blood Pact Pack was eventually absorbed into the Iron Howl Pack.At the succession ceremony, the members of both packs gathered before the altar.Dressed in an Alpha's ceremonial robes, I climbed the dais one measured step at a time. The noisy crowd gradually fell silent.As my achievements were read aloud one by one, every eye turned to me. I saw recognition, awe, and respect on their faces.The elders stepped forward one after another to swear their loyalty to me.The same wolves who had once mocked me now greeted me with broad smiles. "Alpha, you were incredible. If you hadn't led the counterattack against the rogues, who knows how many more of our packmates would have died?"Now that our packs have united, we'll all be counting on your leadership."I just looked at them calmly.Once, thei
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