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Chapter 11

Author: Eternity
Former Luna Evelyn was waiting at the old estate with profiles of eligible she-wolves spread across the table.

"Choose a new Luna quickly," she told him. "Silverpine needs an heir."

Adrian swept every file onto the floor.

"Elena is my only mate."

His voice rattled the windows.

Evelyn looked at him without a trace of sympathy. "You say that now because she's gone. While she was here, you let all of Ravenport believe she was unworthy of you. You used other people's cruelty to provoke her, then pun
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    Adrian remained on Azure Island, but he didn't approach me again.Instead, he submitted a confession to the Pack Council. He admitted abusing Alpha authority, restricting his mate's freedom, and creating the conditions that allowed others to torture me. He also surrendered his right to inherit Silverpine leadership.The hearing was livestreamed.Blackwood lawyers prepared a defense showing that he had never authorized the worst electrical settings, the overnight beating and water torture, or the second bag of blood.Adrian refused to use it."I can explain that I didn't intend the injuries to go that far," he told the Council. "I can't pretend I wasn't the man who handed her over."He stood inside a silver restraint circle and accepted twenty-four lashes. Before each one, the clerk read a charge: unlawful confinement, coercion, enabling torture, forced blood donation, permanent harm to a mate.By the final strike, Adrian could barely remain upright.He looked into the camera. "I'm not

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    Three months into recovery, I turned down Julian's offer to join Cross Technologies and applied to an independent game studio instead.Before becoming Luna, I had won a national game-design award. After mating Adrian, I abandoned that career and spent my life managing his schedule, solving pack disputes, and making Silverpine run smoothly enough that nobody noticed how much work I did.When I sat in front of a development screen again, I could barely remember what it felt like to work for myself.During my first week, I made mistakes in basic code. Coworkers challenged my ideas in meetings and sent entire designs back for revision.Strangely, those ordinary failures made me feel safe.They criticized my work, not my bloodline, my mate status, or whether I deserved to be loved. For the first time, a mistake was only a mistake. It wasn't evidence someone could use to punish me.Julian never rushed my feelings.He brought soup when I worked late, remembered my therapy appointments, and st

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    The first second I woke, I thought I was still underwater.My lungs burned with the memory of drowning, but the only sound around me was the steady pulse of hospital equipment. Sunlight spilled through white curtains, and beyond the window, waves rolled against a bright blue shore."You're finally awake."A tall man entered carrying a glass of warm water. His eyes were green and calm. He didn't carry the crushing scent of a dominant Alpha. Instead, he smelled like pine after fresh snow, steady enough that my wolf didn't hide."You've been unconscious for two weeks," he said. "Physically, you're out of danger. The doctors think you stayed asleep because some part of you didn't want to come back."There was no judgment in his voice.I looked down. Nothing bound my wrists. The door wasn't locked. A phone, passport, and bank card waited on the table beside me."Those belong to you," he explained. "When you're ready to leave, no one here will stop you."I stared at the unlocked door, and te

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    The final file contained coastal surveillance footage.A thin woman in a hospital coat walked toward the cliff while the wind nearly knocked her over.Adrian recognized me immediately.By the time he reached the coast, rescue teams had searched for two days. They found my shoes and hospital wristband, but no body.Half a honey-candy wrapper was caught between the rocks.Adrian knew it came from the candy beside my hospital bed. He knelt in the surf and searched until shells sliced his hands open. Rescuers dragged him to shore, and he ran into the water again.For the first time, the power of an Alpha meant nothing.Police said the currents made survival unlikely. Adrian refused the presumed-death ruling and used private aircraft, boats, and every pack contact he had from the western coast to the Pacific islands.He carried my expired access card, the bag of pill packages, and the note that told him he no longer needed to fear a child.In every city, he booked two rooms. One for himself

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