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PROLOGUE

“Excuse me Doctor Lily, your attention is needed at the manager director’s office.”“Ok. I will be with him shortly” I replied as I scrambled prescriptions on a sheet of paper for the patient staring at me wide eyed and I smiled at her and said, “Don’t be frightened dear, you don’t need many drugs…just lictogen, then you will be good as new.”Then I turned to the nurse standing silently beside me and asked, “are we good?”“Yes Doctor Lily” she replied, then I handed her the paper for the patient and left the ward, leaving the patient in her care.As I approached the managing directors office, my wolf, Nyla, sniffed out the scent of not only the MD, but my other bosses and I squared my shoulders immediately and wondered what might be the issue for them to gather like this within a short notice, which is rare.“Oh come in…come in Doctor Lillian” my manger said, ushering me in with a wave of his hand and I entered anxiously and bowed courteously at the men seated with their legs crossed

CHAPTER 1

LILLIAN’S POV The automated voice chimed, “Welcome to Luxembourg” as if the city had been waiting. The city’s name alone tasted like rusted metal in my mouth, a reminder of everything I had fled. I clenched my jaw. Ten years. It’s been ten years since I had fled this place, with my heart shattered and my cheeks still wet from all my crying, embarrassed out of my mind due to one silly love confession—one moment of foolish hope where I had thought Drake Blackwood might see me as more than the scholarship kid….the maids daughter. Which was a blundering mistake! My phone buzzed. Josh. “At arrivals. Look for the idiot in green….PS: She made me wear it.” I shoved through the sliding doors. The humid air clung to me like an outer skin, thick with the scent of jet fuel and something unnervingly familiar…wild bergamot from the pack gardens. They still grew it then. But every other thing was different, the gleaming floors, towering glass walls and standardized equipments that weren

CHAPTER 2

LILLIAN’S POV The cottage door creaked open before I could knock. Mum stood there, her apron dusted with flour, her grey streaked braids flying around at the ends. For an heartbeat, we just stared. Then her hands flew to her mouth. “Lillian” She gasped breathlessly. My name cracked in her throat like a bone. She lurched forward, crushing me against her chest. The scent of cinnamon and yeast…home, flooded my lungs. “I am sorry mum,” I whispered into her hair, my eyes wet with tears. “I am so sorry I stayed away—” She gripped my shoulders, her calloused thumbs digging in as she placed me at arms length, as her eyes roved around my body. “Look at you.” Her voice trembled. “My girl. All grown up and….” Her eyes flicked to my designer blazer, my manicured nails and muttered, “Different.” I flinched. Different. Not the tear stained, heartbroken girl who had fled Luxembourg in a hand-me-down coat. Inside, the cottage had not changed one bit. Same faded quilt on the sofa. Same

CHAPTER 3

DRAKE POV The sleek glass doors of my opulent office reflected the city lights as I leaned against my desk, arm crossed, listening to Andre’s latest escapade. Lucas, ever the composed one, rolled his eyes while sipping his coffee. “So then she said, ‘if you are the Alpha, why don’t you command me to stay” Andre smirked, wiggling his eyebrows. “….and I told her I do not need orders—my charm does the work for me.” I scoffed and lifted my glass mockingly at Andre. “One day, that charm of yours is going to land you in a den of angry she-wolfs with claws.” Lucas chuckled. “At least Andre here, tries to be smooth. You? You just glare until people…including she wolfs, submit.” Before I could retort, my phone buzzed. The screen flashed ‘Sharon’ in bold letters. I ignored it, sipping my drink, but the call persisted. I exhaled sharply, but I answered. “Yeah?” “Drake, baby, where are you?” Her voice was syrup sweet, laced with the tiniest edge of demand….like a bomb waiti

CHAPTER 4

LILLIAN POVMy head pounded like a war drum.I groaned and peeled my face from the pillow, wincing as sunlight stabbed through the crack in the hotel curtains. “Goddess, why did I drink so much last night?”Then it struck me—the conference.My stomach twisted, and I barely had time to roll over before I was gagging, my body convulsing as I dry heaved over the side of the bed. Nothing came up—just bile and regret.I collapsed back against the sheets, my breath coming in short, shaky gasps. The memories of last night flooded back in jagged pieces—the manor, the garden path, the snap of a twig, and then him.Drake.“Lillian?” “You look…good?”“He asked about you every year”Who? Drake?The same Drake who never noticed me when we were kids? The same Drake who had organized the whole school to mock me? Yeah right.I forced myself to sit up, my head spinning and dragged myself to the bathroom, my legs unsteady. The mirror showed a stranger—pale skin, dark circles under her eyes, her hair

CHAPTER 5

LILLIAN POV Sharon’s stiletto heels clicked against the marble floor like a countdown as she waltzed forward, her designer dress clinging to every curve. The moment her fingers curled possessively around Drake’s arm, the air turned to ice. “Well…well,” She purred, her voice dripping poison, her manicured nails digging into his sleeve. “If it isn’t Lily Stewart…..though I hear you go by Doctor Stewart now.” She laughed, the sound like shattering glass. The way she said my name, like it was something filthy, sent a tremor down my spine. “Tell me, did they give you that title out of pity too? Or did you sleep with the entire review board?” The crowd gasped. My cheeks burned, but I refused to flinch. Drake’s muscles tensed under her grip. “I told you not to come.” Sharon’s smile turned razor sharp. Her laugh was all teeth. “And miss this little reunion? Good thing I did. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have caught this low life—” she flicked her gaze over me, “—still trying to climb abov

CHAPTER 6

DRAKE POV The moment Lucas called my name, I turned—and my breath hitched. Lillian stood beside Salome, her dark eyes wide, lips slightly parted, her complexion pale. The conference hall lights caught the gold flecks in her eyes, making them glow bright like embers. She looked….stunning, beautiful. My wolf, Kael, stirred restlessly in my chest, a low growl rumbling through me. She was here. Lillian was here. But before I could take a step towards her, she appeared. Sharon. Her sickly sweet perfume invaded my senses as she draped herself over my arm, her long nails digging into my biceps like claws. “Drake, darling,” she purred, her voice laced with venom. “You didn’t tell me ‘Lily’ would be here.” Lillian flinched at the sound of her name, for it sounded as poison. “Drop it Sharon,” I snarled, my gaze never leaving Lillian. Lucas stepped forward, his usual easygoing demeanor gone. “Yeah, drop it,” he echoed, his voice loud and sharp. “You are embarrassing

CHAPTER 7

LILLIAN POVThe hotel door slammed behind me, the sound like a prison gate locking shut. My hands trembled violently as I tore through the room, yanking drawers open and throwing clothes into my suitcase with no care for folding. Silk blouses wrinkled, shoes tumbled disorderly—none of it mattered.The letter was leaked.The whole city knew.They would know everything now.My breath came in sharp, uneven gasps, my vision blurring with unshed tears as I gripped the edge of the dresser. Ten years. Ten damn years of carefully constructing a new life, a career, an identity—gone in an instant. Because of Drake’s broken promise.“Your secret is safe. Consider this gone.”A liar. A deceiver.I choked back a sob, my fingers fumbling with the zipper of my bag. It didn’t matter that Sharon had been the one to leak it. He had sworn to destroy it. And yet, here I was, running again—just like I had at sixteen, with my tail between my legs and my heart in tatters.My phone buzzed violently on the ni

CHAPTER 8

DRAKE POVThe alcohol in my glass swirled like my thoughts—dark and unsettling.I drank the contents in one gulp, the searing burn doing nothing to erase the image etched into my skull…Lillian’s face when Andre had called her “mate.” The way her breath hitched. The way her fingers trembled and her lips slightly parted.Mine. Kael snarled inside me, claws raking my ribs. Ours.“She isn’t ours Kael,” I whispered. “She is Andre’s.”No!I crushed the glass in my fist and sent the shards flying in all directions.“Easy, Alpha.” Lucas leaned against my office desk with his arms crossed and brow raised skeptically. “That is the third one this hour.”I didn’t answer. I just shrugged it off and placed what remained of the glass back on the table. The shards but into my palm, with blood dripping onto the polished mahogany. The pain was a distraction. A weak one.Lucas sighed. “Okay. Talk to me. Is this about the letter? Or….” He hesitated and leaned in. “Lillian?”My jaw locked instantly and I

CHAPTER 9

LILLIAN’S POVThe moment Andre stepped closer, the air between us crackled with an electric charge. His fingers brushed against mine as he pressed the flash drive into my palm and a jolt of heat shot instantly up my arm. Mate. Nyla stirred restlessly inside me, drawn to him despite my protests.I jerked back, but the damage was done. My skin burned where he had touched me, my pulse a frantic drumbeat against my ribs.Andre’s amber eyes glowed and his smirk deepened. “You feel it too.” He said croakily.Damn him.I clenched the flash drive he had given me, it’s edges biting into my palm and replied defiantly, You expect me to thank you, after what you and Drake—” I shook my head and muttered, “this changes nothing.”His laugh was low and rough. “It changes everything Doc.”Behind me, Josh’s voice crackled from the phone. “Lily?! What is happening? Who is there?”Andre glanced at the device on my hand and ordered, “Hang up.”“No.” I raised the phone stubbornly to my ear. “Josh. I will

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