Chapter 1

At the age of twenty, I mated to my father's best friend, Lucian, the Alpha of Silverfang Pack despite our age difference.

He was eight years older than me and was known in the pack as the cold-hearted King of Hell. He was ruthless in the pack and never got close to any she-wolves, but he was extremely gentle and sweet towards me.

He would buy me the priceless Fangborn necklace the next day just because I casually said, "It looks good."

When I curled up in bed in pain during my period, he would put aside Alpha councils and personally make pain suppressant for me, coaxing me to drink spoonful by spoonful.

He would hug me tight when we mated, calling me "sweetheart" in a low and hoarse voice. He claimed I was so alluring that my body had him utterly addicted as if every curve were a narcotic he couldn't quit.

He even named his most valuable antique Stormwolf Armour "For Elise".

For years, I had believed it was to commemorate the melody I had played at the piano on our first encounter—the very tune that had sparked our love story.

Until that day, I found an old photo album in his study.

The album was full of photos of the same she-wolf. You wouldn’t believe this, but we looked like twin sisters! The she-wolf in one of the photos was playing the piano and smiling brightly.

The back of the photo said,

"For Elise."

After discovering the truth, I immediately drafted a severance agreement to sever our mate bond.

Since Lucian only cared about Elise, no way in hell I would be your Luna Alice anymore.

...

I mindlinked Lucian.

No matter how busy he was, he would answer my mindlinks in seconds and then ask in a gentle mental voice, "What's wrong with my Luna?"

But that time, I made a total of twenty-three mindlinks before he answered my call.

There was a noise on the other side, followed by his friends' teasing:

"Just look at the impact of first love! As soon as Elise came to our pack, Alpha Lucian directly left his pregnant Luna Alice at the den."

"Who made Luna Alice just a substitute? Don't you see how much Alpha Lucian loved Elise back then?"

"He almost lost his life when she rejected him, and after all these years, he still can't forget her—her wolf's scent is tattooed on his nasal glands, stronger than any moon curse. See! he even had Luna Alice to be a substitute."

"Luna Alice is still kept in the dark and remained desperately in love with Alpha Lucian. If I had this delicate and cute little she-wolf at the den, I would have forgotten about Elise long ago."

"Alpha Lucian looks cold, but in fact, he is loyal and dedicated in relationships. You see, just as Elise casually said she felt uncomfortable, he would bring her to the Temple of the Moon soonest..."

I froze and tears silently streamed down my face.

At that moment, it suddenly got quiet on the other side.

"Who interfers my call?" Lucian's voice suddenly came through.

"We don't know, maybe we accidentally connect it to..."

There was a sound of footsteps on the other side, and soon the background restored quiet.

As I made another call, Lucian answered at once and there came his gentle tone, "What's wrong with my dear Luna? Can't you fall asleep for the thunder?"

"I am in a pack council meeting and will come back soon to accompany you and the pup, ok?"

I took a deep breath and answered, "I was planning to sever our..."

Before I finished the mindlink, a she-wolf's voice came over, "Lucian, I feel uncomfortable..."

He fell silent for a moment, then hurriedly answered to me, "Be good and go to sleep early. I will come back later. Love you."

The mindlink snapped shut.

I smiled, wiped away all my tears, and looked at the table.

There was a gift box for Lucian, and there was my severance agreement inside.

Those who betrayed true loyalty would be punished by the Moon Goddness seriously.

I was younger than him but I wasn't silly and wouldn't withstand such deception.

I wouldn't continue the mateship with the one who deceived me. I could mark it or reject it.

I didn't know how long I had been sitting, but I finally got up and put the gift box in the fridge.

Just then, there was a sound coming from the entrance of the den and that was Lucian coming back.

"My Luna, why haven't you slept yet? "Lucian took off his suit and walked over,

"What are you looking for from the fridge? Are you hungry?"

I didn't answer, and just watched him quietly.

He felt a little uncomfortable with my coldness and took out an exquisite food box and said gently, "I bought it from the pack market. Haven't you been fond of this lately?"

He put out all kinds of wolfheart cakes, which were my favorite food during pregnancy and vomiting in recent months.

If it were before, I would have hugged and kissed him long ago.

But now, I only felt ironic.

"Why are you standing still without saying anything? Did the pup in your belly make trouble again?"

As he spoke, his hand was about to caress my lower abdomen.

I blocked his hand and handed over the severance agreement, "sign it."

He froze for a moment and was about to read it when suddenly there was a call entered.

I knew it was Elise.

I didn't know what they had talked about through the call. His expression changed slightly, and after the mindlink, he didn't even look at the severance agreement and quickly signed it.

Then pick up the car keys and leave.

"Alice, there is something urgent happened in the pack and I need to be there as soon as possible. Go to bed early, my sweetheart."

Walking to the door, he gently added, "You can get whatever you want without asking me to sign any papers in the future. We are mates, and mine is yours."

I clenched the severance agreement in hand that he had already signed and smiled bitterly.

"Lucian, we will be no longer mates soon."