Chapter 3

Back then, Jayden still wasn't the Alpha King yet. Instead, he was just one of the many overlooked heirs.

I found him in the forest. His wolf spirit had been severely damaged, and he was on the brink of death. If I had stumbled upon him any later, he would've died right there.

Using a forbidden spell my witch mother had taught me before her death, I transferred my wolf spirit to him and saved his life.

It was because he had fused with my wolf spirit that he gained newfound power, eventually leading to him becoming the Alpha King.

As for me, since I lost my wolf spirit, I became nothing more than a cripple.

When I finished my story, everyone was dumbfounded.

Malia crossed her arms before her chest and scoffed disdainfully. "You transferred your wolf spirit to him? Even Dad might not know how to perform such a forbidden spell, yet you're saying you do? Don't make up such a nonsensical story just because you're trying to justify the fact that you don't have a wolf spirit!"

Vanessa agreed, saying, "That's right. If you really were his savior, why would he kill you? And you'd better not say that he has memory loss. That would be too much of a coincidence, wouldn't it?"

"Enough! This isn't the time for arguing amongst ourselves!" Dad bellowed angrily, causing Malia and Vanessa to instantly shut up.

Then, he turned to me and spoke in a significantly gentler tone. "No wonder you've always been so frail and weak… Turns out this was the reason. But you said he came specifically for you. Does he remember that you saved him?"

I nodded. "He does. He said that he's been searching for me all these years so that he could repay me. When he learned that I didn't have a wolf spirit because of him, he felt very guilty. He vowed to the Moon Goddess that he would have the best healer treat me."

Hearing that, Dad was even more confused.

"Since he remembers, doesn't that mean you're the Luna Queen he's been looking for all this time? Then why did he still say you were the wrong person when I sent you to him in the previous time loop?"

I shook my head. "I have no idea."

In the previous time loop, even up to my death, I still couldn't understand. Jayden had clearly been so agitated that his eyes reddened when he saw me, and he couldn't stop thanking me for saving his life. That sort of sincere gratitude wasn't something a fake act could portray.

For an entire night, he stayed by my bedside, holding my hand as we chatted. Those hands had ripped apart countless werewolves before, yet in that moment, they had been infinitely gentle as he carefully fed me my medicine.

He had been so reluctant to say goodbye. Still, before he left, he promised that I would get to enjoy the most supreme honor.

Precisely because of that, I had naively thought that I would be the lucky she-wolf who would become the Luna Queen.

However, when I was actually standing before him, he simply took a glance at me before exploding into a rage.

"I prepared this crown for her! How dare a crippled she-wolf like you touch what belongs to her? You don't even have a wolf spirit!"

With that, he crushed all my bones before dumping me in the forest to be torn apart by the wild animals.