“Wendy, are you absolutely sure you want to sign this document?” The Elder’s voice rang in my ears—cold, distant. “Once your bond with Alpha John is dissolved, you’ll lose everything tied to the Blackthorn Pack.” I gripped the pen so hard my knuckles turned white. “Yes. I’m sure.” But just as the tip touched the paper— BANG! The door was kicked open with a violent crash. Alpha John stormed in, eyes bloodshot, and wrapped his hand around my throat. “You dare?!” Blood slipped from the corner of my lips… but I laughed. Because I knew—he would never discover the truth. That his dear uncle, Alpha Vincent, was hiding in my closet at this very moment. And the fresh bite mark on my lower belly… still burned from last night. As if fate was mocking me, my sweet little sister Penny sent a message right then: “Sis, wanna know a secret? That miscarriage you had? John planned it. He made it happen.” Then the TV flickered to life with a breaking live broadcast— There she was, Penny, gently stroking her swollen belly as she smiled into the camera. “John and I are expecting our baby next month,” she announced proudly to the entire Pack. And Alpha John—my “husband”—stood beside her, lovingly kissing her forehead. Like I never existed. Like I wasn’t the Luna written in law. “Miranda,” my wolf snarled in my head, “Rip those traitors apart—now!” But I didn’t. I wiped the blood from my mouth, and dialed the number I hadn’t called in five long years. “Vincent,” I said calmly, “Come get me.”
Lihat lebih banyakI rubbed my eyes and sat up, my heartbeat quickening. Tonight, everything was going to happen.I put on my coat and walked towards my father's room.Alpha Alex looked much better.“Good morning, Dad,” I said softly as I entered the room.“My precious daughter,” Alpha Alex’s voice was still a little hoarse. “You look radiant. Nervous?”“A little,” I admitted. “What if I mess up? What if you regret introducing me to this event?”He reached out and took my hand. “You won’t. You’re my daughter.”“Thank you for giving me the chance to prove myself.”At that moment, the doctor entered. “He’s showing significant progress. It might be the strength he gained from the daughter he just discovered.”Alpha Alex smiled. “She is the reason I want to live.”Back home, the house was already bustling. Stylists came one after another.Finally, when I saw myself in the mirror, I was stunned.A slight gasp escaped my lips.“You look like elegance wrapped in sin,” Alpha Vincent’s voice came from the doorway
“Still sneaking peeks at me?” I shrank into Vincent’s arms.He bit my earlobe. “I only saw you clearly last night, and now I want to lock you in my pocket.”“Dominant Alpha.”I flipped over and poked his chest. “What should I wear for the debut tomorrow?”“Pick whatever you want.” He suddenly flipped me over and pinned me down. “If you want the stars, I’ll pluck them for you.”Later, while in the shower, he kissed me, kissing me so deeply in the steam that my legs turned weak.I arrived at the clothing store in the northern region.The light blue dress caught my eye, but another pair of hands reached for it at the same time.“I’ll take this one,” Penny’s cold laugh pierced my eardrums.“Where did you go after leaving Alpha John?” she asked.“Why do you care?”“Just curious whether you crawled into some gutter or went to a barren land.”Her nostrils flared slightly. “Still angry at Alpha John?”“You can have him. I don’t like trash.”“Interesting, because you were his wife. Secretly.”“
Alpha Alex arranged a meet-and-greet for me as the new etiquette instructor, also marking my debut as the successor to his pack.“For your debut, I’ll be the one to walk you out,” Vincent murmured, stroking my wrist with his thumb.“As Alex’s successor and my Luna.”Alpha Alex on the bed chuckled lightly. “I’ll handle the arrangements. You must be there.”I squeezed his hand. “We’ll be there.”On the way back, I stared out of the window. “Everything is happening too fast.”Vincent suddenly turned to me. “Let me show you something.”Three gravestones stood in the Lily Garden. “I moved your father’s, mother’s, and Ronald’s graves here.”Before he could finish his sentence, I was already kneeling on the cold marble.“I promise I’ll get justice for them.” I buried my face in his chest.The next day, I received an invitation from Alpha Alex, with a note that read: “Will you spend the day with me? — Dad.”He greeted me at the entrance to the pack. “Welcome home, daughter.”I suddenly asked,
Alpha Alex took a deep breath. “Wendy, your father and I were business partners and close friends.”“One day, during a routine check-up, he discovered that he had severe azoospermia.”“That was undoubtedly a fatal blow.”He paused, “At that time, his Luna—your real mother—was gentle and kind.”“Under immense pressure, your father came to me and made an absurd and desperate request—he asked me to be with your mother, to have her conceive and give birth to a child for their family.”“At first, I firmly refused, but Williams kept pleading. Eventually, I agreed.”“She became pregnant and gave birth to Ronald and you.”“However, fate was cruel. When you were still young, your biological mother passed away in an accident.”“Your father later married his current wife, Penny’s mother.”Alpha Alex placed his hand on the table. “I didn’t come into your life to confuse you, Wendy. I just want to give you the truth.”I looked at him, tears slipping down my cheek. “You should’ve come sooner.”“I tr
When Penny’s crying voice came through the holographic television, I was grinding Moon Goddess grass with a silver teaspoon.She clutched a pear blossom handkerchief, her mascara smudged around her eyes. “It’s Wendy, she’s jealous of me! She wants to ruin everything I have!”Alpha John wrapped his arm around her waist.“They’re scared,” Vincent slid a tablet toward me, the screen flashing with the hashtag #PennyDesecratesTheMoonGoddess: statements from partners terminating contracts, AI-generated comparisons of her plagiarism, even an elder from the Etiquette Association posting teaching materials Penny had stolen from other instructors ten years ago.I swiped across a GIF: Penny collapsed at the sacrificial ceremony, the forbidden “Moon Goddess Curse” totem appearing under the light through her gown’s lining.Suddenly, my mother’s face appeared on the screen, stroking Penny’s hair, her voice firm: “My daughter is an angel.”It reminded me of my father’s frail hand in his last days—he
“Wendy, the hovercraft is waiting outside.”An Omega handed me an obsidian handbag.I brushed my fingers over the Moonstone clasp, recalling the “Guide to the Ritual Gaps in High-level Werewolf Etiquette” I had written last night — those etiquette rules altered by Penny, which were now set to trap her in her own web.In the werewolf pack’s etiquette training room, twenty Blackthorn Omega women sat upright.“Today, we’ll discuss the taboos of ‘Moon Goddess Worship’ rituals.”I unfurled the scroll, intentionally revealing the version altered by Penny, “Some Omegas, seeking attention, embroider personal emblems on the lining of their ceremonial dresses, which is a sacrilege to the Moon Goddess.”I paused and glanced toward the back row, where Penny’s eyeliner gleamed, “But Penny claims that as long as a pear blossom pattern is used, it will ‘revitalize traditional rituals.’”As the Omegas whispered among themselves, I distributed the forged “Penny’s Modified Ritual Etiquette Manual.”The
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