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CHAPTER TWO: THE WOMAN WHO STOPPED OBEYING
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2026-11-03 19:19:23The howling had only just stopped when a car pulled up outside.
I didn't need to look. I knew it was Ronan. I could still feel the place where the bond used to be, a dull ache like a bruise I kept pressing. I kept packing my documents and jewelry into a bag while my hands shook. He walked into my room without knocking. His gaze went to the bag on my bed, then to me, and his jaw tightened. "I expected you to be crying and ready to apologize. Instead you're packing." "I am leaving," I said, folding my mother's letters. "And I'm not apologizing. I meant every word I said on the phone." "Rejecting a mate is serious. You can't walk away from a political agreement without consequences. Think before both packs hear about this." "It was never supposed to be a business arrangement. You made it one. You wanted my loyalty, my healing, and my money. I wanted a husband who would stand beside me." I finally looked up at him. "We both got what we wanted. It's time to stop pretending." "You're being dramatic." His voice rose. "Are you trying to force me to choose between you and Lysette?" "You already chose, Ronan. You just don't remember it yet." He stared at me as if I had spoken a language he didn't know. Before he could answer, the front door opened again. Lysette walked in holding Brielle, Ronan's younger sister, by the hand. Her face was full of concern, the kind that would fool anyone who didn't know her. "Freya, we came as soon as we heard. You haven't been yourself lately. I think you might be having a breakdown." She reached out as if to hug me. "You should be ashamed," Brielle said, arms crossed. "The Veynes took you in. This is how you repay us? My brother has been so patient with you." I looked at the two of them and remembered every favor Brielle had demanded while reminding me I owed her family. I remembered every time Lysette cried until someone else paid for her mistakes. Strangely, I felt calmer than I had in years. "I don't need either of you. Please leave my room." "Oh, Freya, you don't mean that." Lysette's eyes dropped to my hand. Her smile sweetened. "That ring is beautiful. It would look better on someone who understands what family means. Let me keep it safe for you." She reached for my mother's ring. I caught her wrist before she could touch it and held on. "Don't ever touch my things again, Lysette." For one second her face changed. The sweetness vanished. Then she burst into tears and yanked her hand back. "She's hurting me, Ronan! I only wanted to help her!" Ronan stepped between us at once. "Apologize to her right now, Freya." Brielle nodded behind him. "No," I said. "And if Lysette wants the title of Luna so badly, she can have it. I'm finished paying for it." The room went silent. Lysette's tears stopped while she looked at Ronan. Then footsteps sounded in the hall, and my uncle Garrick walked in with two men from the family council. "I hear you've been calling lawyers," Garrick said, lifting his chin. "You've made a serious mistake. Your mother's estate isn't entirely yours. The trust was set up for the whole Thorn family. You have no authority to freeze anything." He was lying. I knew it because I remembered the sealed document my mother kept in her safe. In my last life I never asked about it, because Garrick told me it was a private family matter, and I believed him. "Then show me the original trust agreement, Uncle. I'll read it myself." "The papers are kept somewhere safe. I don't have them on me." One of the men beside him looked away. "You don't have them because they don't say what you claim. My lawyer will ask for them formally, so you'd better find them." "If you keep pushing, I'll tell everyone you're unstable, and I'll have you removed from the estate. Think carefully before you say another word." He lowered his voice, and for the first time I saw something other than anger on his face. He looked afraid. Not that I would leave the family. He was afraid I would find out what the family had taken from me. "Get out of my house, all of you." Ronan held my gaze for a long moment and opened his mouth as if to speak. Garrick tugged his arm, and one by one they left. Lysette glanced back at me over her shoulder. When the door closed, I sat on the bed and pulled my mother's jewelry box from the bag. I had never looked inside it properly. Under the velvet tray, I found a small brass key I barely remembered from childhood. The mark on my chest warmed as I picked it up. I heard a soft click. A hidden compartment slid open in the bottom of the box. Inside was a folded note in my mother's handwriting. I read it twice before the words made sense. "If the moon ever turns red, trust no one who claims your blood gives them ownership of your life." Beneath it was the address of a private vault. Below that, she had written one more line. "Freya, if you are reading this, your inheritance is no longer safe in the hands of your family.”
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