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Lucy.The bond-breaking ritual was supposed to set me free. Everyone kept saying that. You’ll feel better after, they said. It’s painful, but it gets easier, they promised.They lied.I had never known agony like that. It wasn’t just the physical tearing — though that had felt like someone had reached inside and ripped my soul out through my chest — it was the hollowness that followed. When I woke up in that bed, slick with sweat, throat raw from screaming, I honestly wished I hadn’t woken up at all.Elizabeth had been there, eyes red-rimmed, holding a cool cloth to my forehead, whispering soft things I barely registered. Alpha Ellison stood by the door, arms crossed, jaw clenched like he’d take the pain for me if he could. “It's very painful.” I whispered once, my voice cracking like glass.Elizabeth had just taken my hand. “I promise you, with time it would all go away.”It didn’t make sense, but it helped.Days passed like water through my fingers. I couldn’t grasp anything — tim

Lucy.I tried not to let the memory play over and over in my head, but it clung to me regardless. I couldn't believe Ethan would say such a thing to Derek..But more than that, what haunted me… was Alpha Ellison.He barely looked at me these days. Not since the night he stormed out with Ivy trailing behind him like a smug little shadow. Every time I caught a glimpse of him in the halls or at court meetings, he was either too preoccupied or deliberately looking the other way. And always with her.At first, I told myself I was being dramatic. I told myself I didn’t care, that I had no right to care, but even now, brushing my hair in front of the mirror, I felt that ache in my chest. “Don’t frown,” Elizabeth’s voice chimed in from behind me, her fingers deftly fastening the delicate clasp of my necklace. “You wouldn't want Derek seeing you like this.”I met her eyes in the mirror, offering a half-smile. “I’m not frowning.”“You’re brooding,” she corrected with a knowing smirk. “But don’

Lucy.I should have stayed in bed. Pretended I never heard anything. Pretended the whispered conspiracies between Luna Dowager and her porcelain-faced daughter weren’t echoing in my head like a chant. But I couldn’t, not when I knew what they planned for Alpha Ellison.The idea of Aurora luring him into her bed, of drugging him into it, made my stomach churn. And even though Ellison had made it perfectly clear that I should not interfere in his business, I couldn’t stand the thought of him being tricked. Used.So I watched.For two days, I kept close to the Dowager and Aurora, hovering at the edges of their shadows, learning how they moved, how they spoke when they thought no one was listening. The vial Aurora kept hidden beneath the folds of her sleeve.This morning, I woke up with a weight in my chest and my wolf restless beneath my skin. i didn't know what bothered me more, the fact that Alpha Ellison and his brother were having a fight or what Luna dowager wanted her daughter to d

Alpha Ellison.My company’s headquarters in Northridge was a sleek, modern tower of glass and steel, and yet the people inside acted like we were stuck in a crumbling village hut awaiting a plague. They were lined up at the table—suits and stiff ties, eyes flicking toward each other wondering why I had decided to visit them today.I didn’t say a word as I took my seat at the head. My Beta, stood just behind me, arms folded. Silent and watchful.The regional director, a mouse of a man named Trennon, cleared his throat nervously and passed me a thick folder. “Alpha Ellison… this quarter’s proposal for the Western logistics merger. We’ve—uh—already submitted this to the city council and other bidders but… we’ve been denied. Again.”I flipped the folder open. The proposal was sound. Financial projections sharp, legal documents clean, timelines realistic. I scanned page after page, already doing the math in my head. It should have been a sure thing.“So why,” I said slowly, “have you faile

Lucy."I said, where the hell are you coming from?!"His voice was like thunder crashing through the corridors. I froze at the top of the marble steps, my fingers trembling where they clutched the edge of my shawl. His eyes were wild, his chest rising and falling beneath his tunic like he’d been pacing, waiting.I just stood there, staring at him.Tired. Hollow.I honestly didn't have the strength for the drama unfolding before me. I hate this part of the alpha. This possessive, self absorbed part of him that doesn't think about anything else but himself.I honestly wished the ground would open and I'd be swallowed whole, because I just couldn't stand this. I'm still trying to recover from what I heard earlier about my mother's health.The words I’d just heard from the doctor still echoed through my skull: “She’s slipping, Lucy. Her vitals are weaker every day. If there’s anything she’s holding on for, she needs it soon.”I hadn’t even had the strength to cry. Not then. And I sure as