The Trade With Moon Goddess

After Lidia showed up, the three men who'd once meant everything to me started despising me.But when I was really dying, everyone panicked and rushed me to the hospital.……When I opened my eyes again, I was staring at a hospital ceiling.I blinked slowly, taking five whole seconds to process the fact that I was somehow still alive.I'd driven that silver dagger straight into my heart. A wave of exhaustion and confusion washed over me.Why didn't I die? Why was even dying so damn hard?Then the Moon Goddess's familiar voice echoed in my mind.“Child, when you tried to take your own life with that silver blade, your brother appeared and saved you. I'm giving you another chance at life.”My brother... Garrett ... save me?I felt dazed, my scattered focus slowly sharpening.I was the true daughter of the Ironwood Pack’s Alpha, lost for fifteen years before being found.The day they brought me home, I heard the Moon Goddess's call.She told me the three most important men— my childhood fr

The blade didn't manage to hurt me.Just as it was about to touch me, a strong hand shot out and wrapped around my wrist.A sharp clatter echoed through the room as the knife slipped from my grasp, clattering against the far wall before falling to the floor.Lucas was breathing heavily, his chest rising and falling rapidly."Nia! How dare you do that before all of us! If you really wanted to die, you've had plenty of chances to do it quietly. Why do it now, when we're here? Who are you trying to fool?!"He roughly yanked his hand away as though I'd contaminated him."Knowing what kind of person you really are, I should've let you die in that accident. Would've saved us all from having to watch your pathetic performance!"My breath caught, and the pain of bone cancer is tormenting me, with his words pierced my heart deeply also.After Garrett had given up on me, I had pinned all my hopes on Lucas.Back then, he only saw Lidia as a sister who needed protection. Toward me, his sudden fian

Damine's hand holding the surgical needle trembled violently. Sweat beaded on his forehead despite the coolness of the operating room. He blinked rapidly, trying to steady his vision.`"I don't believe this," he muttered, more to himself than to anyone else. "This can't be happening.""What the hell are you talking about?!" he roared and his voice echoing in the sterile room. "That's impossible! I've reviewed her medical records—there's no history of major surgery! How could she be missing a kidney?!"The young assistant flinched at his outburst, his face paling further. "It's true, Healer Damine!" he insisted, his voice cracking. He pointed a shaking finger at the wildly alarming heart monitor next to the operating table. "Look! Her blood pressure is plummeting, her oxygen saturation is dropping rapidly! Her heart is almost stopping!"Around them, the operating room instantly descended into chaos.Damine's mind went blank. A high-pitched ringing filled his ears, drowning out the surr

Garrett was plunged into an ice-cold abyss, freezing him in his tracks. Damine's words — "She's dead." — pierced his heart like an ice pick, freezing him solid.Frozen at the doorway as well, was Lucas, who had rushed over after hearing the commotion.He had been uneasy, wanting to check on how Lidias surgery was going, but his feet had unconsciously led him in a different direction.He had just reached the door when he clearly heard Damine's light yet fatal words."Nia's dead?"Lucas repeated the words softly, his voice dry and gritty, as if being forced from his throat. The expression on his face shifted from initial confusion to utter, disbelieving horror.The next second, he charged into the room.He seized Damine by the collar of his gown, who was slumped on the floor, his spirit completely broken, and nearly lifted him off the ground.Lucas's voice trembled with utter terror and a sudden, rising rage, each word seeming to be torn from between his clenched teeth. "What the hell h

After realizing the truth, Garrett spiraled into a frenzy of investigation. He used every resource and connection he had, digging into every single event from the moment I was brought back to the Ironwood family. He pulled footage from every security camera in the mansion, hired private investigators to follow Lidia, and even recontacted the healer who had given me my initial medical exams.He saw countless moments he had previously ignored. On the security tapes, he saw Lidia "accidentally" spill red wine on her own dress as I walked by, then turning to him in tears and claiming I had pushed her. He saw Lidia secretly switching my medication with vitamins, then pretending to be a concerned friend as she rushed me to the hospital when my health failed. He saw her at family gatherings, deliberately saying things to cause misunderstandings, making everyone believe I was bullying her.Even more shocking, he uncovered the truth about Lucas's attack years ago. It wasn't, as Lidia had