Chapter 2

Christine POV

My heart shatters, tears  spilling hot down my cheeks, mixing with the scent of my sorrow.

He saw those tears and yet decided to leave, knowing fully well I won’t get mad at him for long. I’ll always come crawling back on my knees, begging for his forgiveness. There has been how it use to be. 

How I Christine, the daughter of a rival pack’s beta, left my family and my pack to join his, fighting through brutal challenges and exhausting moon runs just to be by his side, proving my loyalty in blood and sweat. Choosing him over my people.

No matter what, I have always had his back. When Rebecca left and followed another alpha, I was with him but yet, he never stop loving her. 

And this time, with the “not mating” threat I gave him earlier. I am at my breaking point. Why would I say that to him? After how I anticipated to be his Luna. That’s so stupid of me. My inner wolf is sad too. What a ruined moment. 

I feel she’s doing this intentionally, knowing fully well he loves her and he cannot ignore her, despite the fact that she's his ex who used to be a cheat.

Now, he’s choosing her over me again, leaving me in great humiliation.

The pack stares at me, whispers turning to outright shame. “What the hell?” one beta mutters. “The alpha just ran off?”

Chaos builds in the hall. I wipe my tears, take a deep breath and snatch the mic from the stunned emcee as I push through, channeling my inner strength. “Everyone, I’m sorry, but today’s ceremony is canceled…”

The hall explodes in their loud gasps. As I see the shock in their eyes. 

“That’s not possible!” One say.

“She loves him so much and can’t call off the mating ceremony.”

“She’s got so much courage.”

“Does it mean she will no longer be the supreme Luna?”

“Oh dear moon goddess! This is an abomination! She can’t call it off.”

They’re voices kept coming but I ignored them all and dropped the mic as they all watch me leave. 

I do not care. After this, I will be the laughingstock in the werewolf clan, the she-wolf who was humiliated and abandoned, her mate, chasing his ex mate. 

It’s still unbelievable! Christine called off the wedding. No one can ever believe that but i actually did!

Everyone knows I love Harlan to death, I turned down mating alliances from other alphas to choose him with a cold heart. I suffered moon after moon with him, using my influence as the beta daughter to convince my father’s alliance’s to join him and some did but some refused. I did all that, only to be left at the altar for some whore. 

I use to think being a good woman was everything but now, I know it all lies. Rebecca was no match for me. She’s a spoilt and mannerless bitch! 

I reach outside, the cool air hitting my face. And just then I see him scooping Rebecca up in his hands. She looks pale but I ignore it because I know it’s all faked. 

Just then, I approach him, my eyes still red from tears and my makeup already ruined by sweat.

“Harlan, how could you leave me? You went to her again.” Tears streaming down my chicks and my makeup ruined. 

“Stop making a scene,” he says, his frown barely there, just emotionless.

Rebecca cups his face, her fingers tracing his jaw gently. She stares into his eyes and then speaks.

“My whole body aches. Please, I don't want to be here.” She sounds weak.

My first thought is he will snap at her for interrupting as he always does to me. 

But now, he doesn’t snap. He lets her vent, her tears, wetting his wedding suit. 

“Rebecca needs urgent treatment, I need to take her to the hospital. Don’t make a scene.”  He says as he carries her toward his car, at the back seat. Reality crashes over me, no matter how good I am to him as a wife, he would always choose her. 

Day after day, year after year, I believed I could melt that ice around his heart. That his wolf would recognize mine and he would mark me, and that those alpha eyes would soften with affection for me.

But no. Harlan is not emotionless like I thought. He does have feelings but not for me. His wolf responds to her in ways it never has to mine.

I smile through my own tears, bitterly watching them drive away, a few people who were there film the scene with their phone as I stand there as the abandoned bride.

The bond I thought I felt everyday for him is shattered beyond amendment.

Back in the dressing room, I pull off the gown and take a good shower as I slept, not letting anything bother me.

All of a sudden, my wolf feels brave again. 

The next day, I dressed in my jeans and shirt.

When I head to the pack office, all of a sudden , everyone who was gossiping falls silent. Eyes avert to me. 

I ignore them. I know they must have heard the news of my failed mating ceremony.  They can gossip all they want but I’ve accepted my fate that he never wanted me, never saw me as his equal in the bond.

Without thinking, I print my resignation from my role as his advisor and sign it, placing it on his desk.

Just then, my phone vibrates. It is him calling. 

“I heard you canceled the mating ceremony? Why didn’t you discuss it with me? Do you know how this damages the pack’s image, that’s an abomination in a werewolf kingdom. I’m the supreme alpha, did you forget that?”

“What else was I supposed to do?” I snap. “Let the whole pack sit there while you play savior to your ex, dear supreme alpha?”

He goes quiet for seconds. He did not expect my comeback because I’ve never challenged him. 

Before he could say a word, a sweet voice interrupted the line. “Harlan, my waist hurts.  I need some massage.” That’s Rebecca’s voice. He’s been with her since he left the wedding venue. 

“I’ll call you when I’m free.” He says and ends the call.