Chapter 5

Victoria opened the door and stood there. She didn’t even bother to knock.

I remembered how Alex hated me walking into his office without asking.

Victoria walked to me and saw that I was checking the pink gemstone.

“Oh, Kate, you didn’t know? After you intentionally cut my hand with the cup and pushed me over, Alex felt really bad for what you did to me. He decided to let me pick anything from his office as an apology gift.”

She took a step closer.

“Are you so surprised? It was me who chose the moonstone. Alex even said it was cute. Cute, how? He said it looked like me. That ugly stone doesn’t look like me at all.”

I clenched my fists.

I could feel blood rushing to my head.

I stared at Alex.

“How could you give that to her? That was a gift from my mother-wolf, did you forget about it?”

“Oh, is that right? You’re right. I had forgotten what it was. I thought it didn’t matter. Victoria wanted it. I gave it to her.”

I used every bit of my strength to grab his neck.

My werewolf claws came out and dug into his flesh. I could fell his blood running through my claws.

But Alex didn’t move at all. He stood there, looking at me.

It was Victoria who stopped me.

She shoved me away and threw her arms around Alex’s neck.

“What is wrong with you! Alex, you are hurt! You stupid wolf! Harming our Alpha King over a stupid stone?”

She pulled out my moonstone from her pocket. She held it on her hand.

“Here is your stupid stone! Take it and stay away from Alex! You think it is so valuable? Don’t be silly! Any jewel Alex has bought me was worth more! No one cares about your cheap stone!”

Victoria threw my moonstone on the floor hard. It shattered into pieces.

I knelt and picked up the remains.

The fragments of the moonstone carved with my name was separated. It was like my life. Broken into pieces.

There was no way to repair it at all.

In that moment, I knew my time was truly running out.

The pup in my belly must have felt what I felt. It suddenly started kicking me hard. I felt a lot of pain in my belly.

This was it, I thought.

I try to use my last strength to scratch Victoria hard with my claws.

“This moonstone was my mother-wolf’s gift. You think it is nothing. But this is priceless to me!”

Tears went down from my eyes.

Alex stepped in front of Victoria, when I could almost hurt her. I have never seen him looking at me in that way, like he was staring at an enemy.

Suddenly, I wanted to cry.

Then I wanted to laugh.

I wanted to cry because my mate had betrayed me. I wanted to laugh because I was such a fool to still feel anything for him.

“Alex, you have known, haven’t you? I don’t have much time left. And you still treat me like this? Did you ever truly love me?”

“First, you made me buy a stupid cake that you wouldn’t eat. And now, you want me to believe your lies? Come on, you are dying? Is it funny to mess with me? Your tears mean nothing to me! Who do you think you are crying for? I won’t feel sorry for you anymore!”

I knew there were more words to humiliate me. But he didn’t even get to finish.

I coughed up a lot of blood again.

This time, it was worse than any coughing before.

I felt my stomach was twisted. My heart ached severely.

My legs became too weak to hold me standing.

The room went dark and I collapsed.

Alex caught me.

He became panic.

“KATE! I need to get her to the Healer right away!”

I opened my eyes one last time, seeing his face. He was so desperate.

His shirt was soaked in blood. I couldn’t tell if it was his or mine.

Alex…

Maybe this was it.