Semua Bab He Didn't Believe in Our Fated Mate Bond, so I Walked Away: Bab 1 - Bab 10

I push through my Gamma warrior training ahead of schedule just to get back to the pack sooner. All I want is to stand beside my Alpha, Kyle Faucher, and finally complete our mate-bonding ceremony.But when I step into our house, scarred and feeling hopeful, I see 100 old boarding passes to the Darkmoon pack littering the floor.That pack is only a mile from my training grounds. Kyle's been that close for two years, and still, he never came.I sprint to the place where we were supposed to have our mate-bonding ceremony, clinging to the desperate hope that there's an explanation. But the moment I burst through the doors, I stopped cold.Kyle is down on one knee, dressed in a tailored suit, his eyes locked on someone with a softness I've never seen in him before.Standing across from him, smiling through her tears, is my stepsister, Vivian Blackwell."Vivian, I haven't completed the mate-bonding ceremony with Serene. Say the word, and I'll reject her and mark you right now."At that mome

I clung to the doorframe, trying to hold back the trembling rage and sorrow building inside me.Kyle's face was a mask of impatience."Serene, can't you be reasonable for once? What happened to the compassion you're meant to have as the future Luna?" he chided.Was this man defending the woman who had ruined me truly the same Kyle who had once shielded me from every harm?Had my memories twisted things? Or had all that "protection" just been a delusion I'd clung to all along?Agony consumed me as I stressed out each word. "Unless Vivian dies right in front of me, I will never forgive her. Never."Kyle's temple pulsed with a throbbing vein. The air grew thick with his Alpha's oppressive presence, suffocating the room."Serene, we've only been apart for two years. How did you get so vicious? You won't forgive Vivian? Fine. Then at least apologize to her."I won't have the whole pack whispering behind your back, mocking their future Luna as some petty, bitter woman! Your mother ch

The Gamma Tactical R&D project had demanded so much from me, and I hadn't had a moment to think about how Kyle might be feeling right now.Perhaps he and Vivian had already exchanged vows in the ceremony they'd always dreamed of, surrounded by heartfelt blessings. But none of that mattered to me anymore.When I got off the plane, Elder Alan was already there, flanked by his two star students—Lena Burnett and Marcus Dunham. A giant screen above the terminal flashed a bold message."Welcome back, Warrior Serene!"It caught people's attention. They probably thought I was someone important."Elder Alan, this is too much," I said, managing a faint smile.He stepped forward and wrapped me in a warm, steady embrace. His voice, sounding kind and quietly strong, filled the air."Remember, Serene. From today, the Darkmoon pack is your home. We are your family, and we'll always support you."Since witnessing Kyle's proposal, I'd been fighting an internal battle, using a Gamma warrior's ir

What was Kyle hoping to explain to me?Was he expecting me to justify why I bailed at the last second on all the pack elders and loved ones gathered for our mate-bonding ceremony?Or was he expecting me to explain why I, his supposedly fated mate, remained silent while Vivian flaunted the moonstone necklace meant for me and humiliated me in front of everyone?While his pack crumbled due to internal strife, it was I who provided Mom's healing secrets and rare herbs to help him stabilize his leadership.Later, when his pack required power, I abandoned my comforts and submitted to intense training at Werewolf Academy, purely to become his most formidable ally.Kyle claimed he was too swamped with pack business to visit me, so I was the one who traveled thousands of miles, time and again, just to see him.While I was pushing through grueling training, he was barely a mile away, whispering sweet nothings to the woman I despised the most.He took Vivian to every place he'd once promis

Kyle's agonizing roar, thick with bitterness and a refusal to back down, made me wonder if jealousy had devoured him.The truth was, he never believed he was in the wrong. He betrayed me by cheating with Vivian, yet I wasn't allowed to walk away.So what was it? Had my absence ruined the spectacle of his and Vivian's mate-bonding ceremony? Or was it simply that he couldn't stand being outmaneuvered for the first time by a mate he'd never truly valued?Kyle played me for a fool for two years while I was at the academy, and it seemed he'd conveniently forgotten all about it.His repeated appearances in the Darkmoon pack were the gravest betrayal a fated mate could possibly commit.I had no interest left in debating right and wrong with him. The moment I rejected that mate-bonding ceremony, there was no turning back for us.I sighed. "Kyle, we need to move on. Just leave."But his grip on my arm tightened like a vice."Serene, everyone makes mistakes. Won't you just give me one