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Chapter 2

Author: Candy A
When I opened my eyes, the first thing I saw was a ceiling that was dazzlingly white. There are herbs in the air

A healer was changing my bandages. When she saw I was awake, she let out a breath. “Julia, you finally woke up. You’ve been unconscious for two days. The wound is healing well—may the Moon Goddess bless you.”

My throat was so dry it felt like cracked stone. “Two days?”

She nodded. “Your sister Susan brought you here. She so terrified that she fainted. Your parents and Alpha Aron have been with her in the next room the whole time. Do you want me to inform them?”

I shook my head. “No. They won’t want to see me, and I don’t want to see them either.”

She was stunned for a moment, said nothing more, then put away the medicine bottle and went out.

After the door closed, I heard voices in the hall.

“Poor girl.”

“Yeah. While she was out, her breathing was so faint it almost stopped, and her family still didn’t come.”

“I heard Susan is about to be marked by Alpha Aron—she’s the Luna candidate now. For two whole days the Alpha stayed with her; he even fed her soup himself. What a deep affection!”

Every word drifted through the wall and pounded in my ears.

I didn’t move. I knew this scene too well. In my last life, when I died under the blood moon, they were the same.

They cried around Susan while I was locked in a silver cage.

In the afternoon I went for a checkup. No one accompanied me; I got out of bed by myself.

The cold floor shocked me awake the moment my feet touched it.

Laughter floated from the other end of the corridor. When I walked past, through a half‑closed door, I saw them.

Henry carrying a fruit tray, Lisa straightening Susan’s clothes. Alpha Aron sat at the bedside, holding Susan’s hand.

Sunlight fell over them, the scene was like a postcard.

And I was the part cut away from the photo.

“You’ve been taking care of me too long. Go check on Julia? Give her that dessert to try,” Susan said, soft and considerate.

Lisa smiled and shook her head. “Don’t bring her up. She’s sturdy as an ox. You’re the one who needs nourishment.”

Henry chimed in, “She survives anywhere. You’re the family’s future.”

Aron brushed Susan’s hair behind her ear, his tone unbearably gentle. “The doctor said you fainted from anxiety. Someone like Julia—cold‑blooded and selfish—doesn’t deserve to be your sister, much less a Luna. If not for her recklessness back then, I wouldn’t have nearly died in that rampage.”

I stood at the door, fingers clenching and loosening. I couldn’t even be bothered to cry—I just wanted it to end.

I’d heard every line before. Only this time, I wouldn’t explain.

In my last life I learned—explaining is useless.

In their eyes, I was born to be hate.

After the checkup, I took my medicine and stepped outside. Wind poured in through a window and made me shiver.

Crossing the garden, the fountain’s splash couldn’t drown out a familiar voice.

“Well, back on your feet so soon?”

I looked up to see Susan standing there, smiling sweet as sugar but cold as ice.

A pendant hung at her throat—the one Alpha Aron had given her.

She smiled sweetly. “You recovered fast, Julia. I advise you to stop dreaming. Everyone is on my side. Even if you tell Alpha Aron you were the one who saved him in the dark forest, he won’t believe you. He’s going to mark me now. I’m the future Luna.”

I looked at her smile and said evenly, “Don’t worry. I won’t love Alpha Aron again. Everything you want—I’ll give it to you.”

She blinked, then gave a little laugh. “Give it to me? Julia, you were born to stand behind me. What’s yours is mine. You’ll never win against me!”
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