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The Alpha Thought I Wanted His Crown

The Alpha Thought I Wanted His Crown

Historia corta · Werewolf
Por:  KaterinaCompletado
Idioma: English
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Sinopsis

Tragic Love

Alpha

Bias

Winning Back the Wife

Countdown

Regret

I was an omega from the Silverpine Pack, and somehow I’d fallen in love with its alpha, Adrian Blackwood. Everyone assumed I was after the Luna title. His childhood friend Sienna was the loudest about it. “I know women like her. The moment she’s sure you can’t live without her, she’ll tell you what she really wants.” To prove I wasn’t that kind of woman, I never accepted a single expensive gift from him during our three years together. We talked about a mate ceremony, but we never went through with the marking. On our third anniversary, I spent six months’ savings on a pair of custom cuff links for him. I had another surprise in my bag: the clinic report confirming I was pregnant. Then I reached the private dining room and heard Sienna laugh. “I bet she got you something ridiculously expensive. Spend a little now, play the devoted girlfriend, and cash in on a lifetime as Luna. Smart, isn’t it?” Adrian sat beside her and said nothing. When I went in with the gift, Sienna asked me point-blank if I wanted to be Luna. I looked at Adrian, waiting for him to shut her down. Instead, he asked, “When you first came to me, did the title really mean nothing to you?” My fingers tightened around the report I hadn’t had the chance to show him. Sienna’s doubts had taken root in him after all. That night, I accepted a job in Canada and booked a flight out. If Adrian couldn’t trust me, our child and I would make a life without him.

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10 Capítulos
Chapter 1
I left the restaurant and went straight back to the jeweler’s where I’d bought Adrian’s cuff links. Half an hour earlier, the saleswoman had congratulated me on our anniversary. The seal on the box was still intact, but now I asked her if the store would buy them back.“They’re engraved, so I can only offer a reduced price.” She checked the order on her screen. “You paid eight thousand dollars. I can give you fifty-five hundred.”“I’ll take it.”She took the box. Behind me, Sienna laughed. “See? Told you she’d return them.”Adrian stood outside the store with a handful of pack friends. One of them had his phone out, filming the saleswoman as she printed my receipt.“Eight grand for the Luna title. That’s a hell of an investment.”“If the alpha feels bad enough to buy her a car, she’ll make it back ten times over.”I kept my eyes on the counter. Sienna came up beside me, ready to explain the con to her eager audience. “She’s too clever to ask for money outright. First she buys a gift, t
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Chapter 2
The next morning, everything I owned fit into two suitcases. I was tucking my passport and medical records into a side pocket when I heard the front door open downstairs.Adrian came into the bedroom with Sienna right behind him. As usual, neither of them had thought to ask before bringing her into our home.She looked at my suitcases and smiled. “You actually packed. Give it three hours and you’ll have everything hanging back in the closet. Offer her the house, Adrian, and she won’t last three minutes.”Once, I would’ve rushed to tell them I didn’t want his house. Now I was tired before she’d even finished speaking.“Where are you going?” Adrian asked.“Away.”He took a step toward me. Sienna grabbed his arm. “Don’t ask. She’s being vague because she wants you worried.”He stopped.I’d seen that happen before. If we were alone, Adrian would ask what was wrong, pull me against him, and stay until I told him. Put Sienna in the room and he began listening to her instead of me. I could se
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Chapter 3
That evening, Sienna added me to a group chat called [How Long Will the Luna Wannabe Last?] Every member was one of Adrian’s friends.[I give her till midnight.][As if she’d really walk away from the alpha and the Silverpine Pack.][Loser buys dinner for a week.]Sienna sent a voice note: [She wants everyone to know her feelings were hurt so Adrian will come running. If she meant to leave, she wouldn’t have canceled the ceremony where he could see it.]Someone asked how she could be so sure. She replied in another voice note: [I’ve seen plenty of status chasers. You think a woman that close to becoming Luna would throw it away? Come on.]Adrian was in the chat. He didn’t say a word, and he didn’t stop them. I left. Seconds later, Sienna added me again.[Don’t go yet. Tell us when you plan to beg him to take you back.]I left a second time and blocked invitations from strangers.Half an hour later, an unknown number called. “Am I speaking to Mr. Blackwood’s partner? He was exposed to w
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Chapter 4
Before leaving, I’d arranged to have the things I didn’t want shipped to Adrian: a hoodie, a stack of books, a chipped ceramic mug, and the notes he’d written me over the years.The boxes arrived at the restaurant while Adrian was still there. A few minutes later, Sienna sent me a video of them opening the boxes.Beneath the books was an itemized record of our shared expenses. Over three years, the portions of our rent, meals, and travel that he’d covered for me came to fourteen thousand, eight hundred and twenty dollars. I’d just transferred the full amount to his account.Sienna held up the list. “She certainly knows how to keep score. Laying it all out like this is her way of reminding you she gave you three years. Next she’ll want compensation for her lost youth.”“The money came through,” Adrian said.He showed her the transfer notification. I had labeled it “shared expenses,” with no demand attached. “Exactly. She wants you to see it and feel sorry for her.” Sienna picked up the
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Chapter 5
Adrian checked my flight status over and over. Across the table, Sienna insisted I was waiting at the transfer airport for him to call.“She knows you’ve found out about the pregnancy. If you go after her now, you’ll be handing her exactly what she wanted.”He ignored her and dialed my number. The recorded message said my phone was off. He tried again, then opened our old messages.Before our anniversary, the last thing I’d sent him was a photo from the dress shop. I’d asked which gown he liked better. He’d chosen the dark blue one and promised to come to the next fitting once work settled down.He had looked forward to the ceremony. He’d wanted me to be happy that day. And yet, the moment Sienna had questioned my motives, he’d acted as though none of that had ever happened.“She isn’t waiting for me to give in,” he said.“How would you know?”“She canceled the fitting. She sent our things back. And she made a follow-up appointment for the baby without me.”Sienna’s smile thinned. “Pre
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Chapter 6
Canada was colder than I expected. I’d barely stepped outside the terminal when I found the project car waiting. The driver loaded my bags, and Mara called while I was putting on my seat belt.“How was the flight? Your apartment’s close to a clinic. I’ll go with you to register on Monday.”“Thanks. I’m fine to work.”“I know.” She laughed. “I hired a project lead, not a patient. Tell me if you need a day off.”The road ran beside a lake I’d only ever seen in photographs. I’d turned down this posting twice without finding out what it felt like to stand here.An unfamiliar number called my personal phone. Thinking it was the landlord, I answered. Adrian spoke before I could say hello.“Did you get there safely?”“Yes.”“Are you feeling all right? I saw the report.”I looked out at the water. “I was going to tell you on our anniversary.”He went quiet. “I’m sorry. I’ll come over. Could we talk face-to-face?”“You can ask about the baby. I’ll tell you what I know. There’s nothing else to d
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Chapter 7
The second time I abandoned a posting overseas, my suitcase had already been by the door. Adrian had held me and said that if I stayed, he’d make sure we set a date for our ceremony. I thought he didn’t want to lose me. I withdrew my application the next day.Maybe he really hadn’t wanted to lose me. But afterward, Sienna told him I’d used the job offer to pressure him into making me Luna. He never asked me if it was true. He simply filed it away as another sign I was playing him.At the restaurant, his assistant explained the dates on both applications. On the day of my first missed exam, Adrian had only had a mild allergic reaction. The doctor had kept him under observation until evening. Sienna had told me he’d been exposed to wolfsbane and was fighting for his life. The following year, she knew I’d qualified for the project and told Adrian I was testing whether he’d finally give me the Luna title.“You knew it wasn’t serious the first time?” he asked her.“He was at the clinic,” Si
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Chapter 8
I called Adrian after he left the restaurant. I didn’t want to wonder what Sienna might say on my behalf every time there was news about the baby.“Did you get the follow-up results?”“I did. What did the doctor say?”“Everything looks good so far. There’s another check next month.”He let out a breath. “And the cuff links—I found out what happened at the store. I should never have listened to her.”I stood in the corridor outside my apartment. The lake was visible between the buildings, darkening as the sun went down. “The saleswoman was standing right beside us, Adrian. If you’d asked me one question, I would’ve told you. I had the report in my bag. I was going to hand you both surprises together.”“I know. I’m sorry.”“The first time Sienna told me you were poisoned, I raced to the clinic and you saw everyone laughing. The second time my mother was waiting for surgery. I asked you to stop them using emergencies to test me. You knew how much it hurt me then. You didn’t need a sales r
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Chapter 9
The following morning, Sienna posted a long statement in the pack’s social group. She claimed she’d only been protecting her alpha. Other people had joined in the jokes, she said, but now Adrian wanted me back and had made her the villain to make himself look good.Old screenshots appeared within minutes. She’d suggested the first fake emergency. When I’d said my mother needed surgery, she’d called the medical records I sent “easy to fake.” Even the people who’d laughed with her could see how often she’d started it.Someone replied: [You said you’d apologize if Evelyn really left. When are you doing that?]Sienna deleted the comment and accused Adrian of forgetting everything she’d done for him. The pack’s finance office recalled the vehicle assigned to her and asked for the house keys. Friends who had once crowded around her began to keep their distance. A few admitted they’d joined in and sent me apologies of their own.One message came from a woman Sienna had mocked for accepting an
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Chapter 10
Adrian stood in the lobby with the cuff-link box in his hand. He looked down at it before he finally spoke.“I can change.”“Maybe you can,” I said. “I don’t want to spend more years finding out.”After the first fake emergency, he’d promised to stop his friends from playing games with me. When my mother was hospitalized, he’d said Sienna didn’t mean any harm. At our anniversary dinner, he’d known I’d spent weeks choosing his gift. He’d still asked me, in front of everyone, whether all I wanted was the Luna title.He had loved me. He had hurt me. I could hold both truths without going back to him.“Tell me what else I can do.”“I did tell you. I asked you not to laugh when I was frightened for you. I asked you not to let Sienna walk into our home whenever she wanted. I asked you to stop people saying I was trading my feelings for a title. You heard me every time.”His eyes reddened. “Give me one more chance?”“No.”I didn’t raise my voice or wait for him to argue.“Do you still love me
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