Without alpha Elijah!

EMMA

"What a pathetic woman you are. Because of you, the Alpha has been destroyed. You've trapped him with your beauty," he spat at me. I let out a bitter laugh, laced with pain. He looked at the Alpha's shirt in my hand with disgust.

His disgust won't change my love for Elijah.

"Are you sure it's the Alpha who's been destroyed?" I asked, my voice tinged with hurt. He glared at me, his anger palpable.

"You’re an idiot. I’m the one who’s lost everything. I lost my sister's trust, her love... while Elijah still has everything—his wife, his pack. In time, he’ll have a child of his own, and Violet will start trusting him again. But what do I have?" he asked, his voice full of pain.

Everyone sees me as a home-wrecker, but no one understands my agony. I didn’t choose to fall in love with the wrong man, but how can you stop your heart from falling? My heart isn't in my control—it longs for Elijah, to just have him look at me with love in his eyes.

"You've captured his heart, and he’ll never be able to love Luna. There will be no future heir because the Alpha won’t touch his Luna," he said, but I didn’t understand his words. Violet is his mate. He will have physical relations with her in the future.

"Didn't you see it in Elijah's eyes? He won’t touch any woman but you. Do you really think I’ve done nothing to make you two separate?" he asked, and I braced myself to hear what he'd done.

"I hired a beautiful she-wolf for Elijah, hoping he’d lose interest in you. I tried to create misunderstandings so he'd leave you, but nothing worked. What kind of love is this that destroys lives?" he said, frustration in his voice. Now it all made sense.

I remember seeing Elijah with a naked woman once, but it was all part of his plan to hurt me.

"Love is complicated, and in our world, we only understand the bond of mates, not love," I replied sarcastically.

"It's all nonsense. The great Moon Goddess has paired us with mates, and everything else is fake," he said, dismissing my feelings. He didn't understand my love.

"Have you ever seen Violet, Luna, crying alone because Elijah no longer has interest in her? But I’m sure you ignored your sister’s pain," he added. It stung because it was true.

Violet had confided in me, not knowing I was the one destroying her home by taking the love of her life.

I didn’t ignore her pain, but every time Elijah touched me, my heart betrayed me. I couldn’t keep my distance from him, and I couldn’t control the feelings that came with his touch.

"I didn’t betray my sister; my heart did," I said, my voice breaking. "I can't control my heart or my body. My heart only understands Elijah."

"You’re an ungrateful sister. Forget about Luna. Have you thought about your mate, the one who was meant to be with you?" he asked, his words cutting me deeper. I laughed bitterly.

"I have no mate. The Moon Goddess played a cruel joke on me by not giving me one. She only gave me a heart that yearns for Elijah," I said, my voice full of resignation. I may be out of Elijah’s life, but no one can stop me from loving him. He will always live in my heart.

"This is what you deserve. Now you’ll suffer and live without a mate. Find someone else to satisfy your needs, but don’t ever come back to Alpha. If you do, I’ll be the first to destroy you," he warned, his words sharp.

"I won’t come back, but don’t mock my love for Elijah. I didn’t use him. I love him, and no matter what you say, you’ll never understand the deep connection we share," I said, frustrated that he could never see the truth.

"I don’t want to understand this nonsense. Alpha sent me to take you back to your home," he said, clearly annoyed that Elijah had given me his heart.

Elijah chose Violet, and so did I—her happiness over mine. But leaving him behind means leaving a love that will never fade.

My wolf is weak, so shifting is difficult, but Mason shifts into his large brown wolf, holding his clothes in his mouth. I climb onto his back, and he speeds me out of the pack's territory, stopping a little away from the airport.

He shifts back into his human form and gets dressed, then faces me.

"Goodbye, Emma. I hope I never see you again, you whore," he sneered, trying to hurt me, but I only smiled at him, turning toward my destination.

I'm going home to my father in Italy. He’ll be happy to see me, but can I hide the pain in my eyes from his watchful gaze?

I walk into the airport, check in, and sit by the window, waiting for my flight. I want to leave the pain behind, but how can I forget that it’s now a part of me?

The plane takes off, and a sharp pain pierces my heart. I’ll never see Elijah again, and Violet will hate me forever.

Goodbye, Alpha Elijah. I love you.

Goodbye, Violet. I’m sorry for breaking you to the point of attempting suicide.

I’m sorry, my heart, for leaving without Elijah.