Chapter 1

To prove my love for my mate, Liam, I swore an oath to fulfill sixty-six of his favors, no matter what.For years, he had never misused that privilege.That was until my stepsister, Isabella Davenport, returned.Suddenly, he burned through sixty-four of them. Once he used the last two, that was when I’d leave him for good.…“Happy anniversary, sweetheart!” My friends gave me hugs and cheek kisses.Today marked seven years since Liam Blackwood, Alpha of the Rolling Stone Pack, and I bonded. Wolves from neighboring packs, friends, and family all gathered to celebrate.I’d just returned from the battlefield with a serious wound, but as the Luna of our pack, I had to host the event myself. The gash on my side was a badge of honor. Today should’ve been about love, commitment, and strength. So why did I feel so uneasy?I found myself scanning the crowd for Liam when I heard a sudden commotion.As I turned toward the sound, my stomach dropped.Liam was with Isabella.Apparently,

Chapter 2

My mate, Liam, left our seventh anniversary party with another woman in front of everyone.The weight of their stares pressed down on me from all sides with pity, shock, and gleeful anticipation.There was no denying it now.Scarlett Davenport, Luna of the Rolling Stone Pack, was a pathetic joke.Once I dragged my aching body back home, the first thing I did was call the Pack Elders.By pack law, all mate bonds, whether formed or broken, had to go through them.“Scarlett?” came an Elder’s wise, familiar voice on the other end.I closed my eyes, my voice hoarse with exhaustion as I said, “I want to know the procedure for dissolving a mate bond.”“Oh, heavens…” the Elder sounded stunned. “I must’ve misheard. You want to break your bond with Liam?”Everyone knew about Liam and I’s whirlwind past. People believed we were made for each other, destined till death did us part.Once upon a time, I believed that too.However, when a third person wedges herself between a relationship,

Chapter 3

Liam didn’t come home that night.I wasn’t surprised. Deep down, I knew his heart no longer belonged to me but to someone else.That night, I had a dream about the days when Liam first started pursuing me. He was bleeding out, badly injured from saving me. Lying in a pool of blood, he clutched my hand tightly and begged, his voice faint and desperate. “Scarlett… just give me one more chance… I’ll love you…”I jolted awake, drenched in sweat. The scent of blood from the dream still lingered in my nose, and the look in his eyes clung to my chest.Fine, I’ll give him one last chance.I reached out to Liam through the mind link. “Liam, today’s my birthday. You’ll be home for dinner, right?”I was a lone wolf, abandoned as a pup. So, I didn’t even know when my real birthday was.After I married Liam, I chose the day after our anniversary to be my birthday.There was a long pause before he responded. “Of course. I’ll be home to celebrate with you.”A flicker of hope lit in my ches

Chapter 4

Not long after I sent the message, Liam lost it.He called, texted, and tried to contact me through our mind link, bombarding me from every direction.“Scarlett! What do you mean my favors are gone? I still have sixty-something left!”“Breaking our mate bond? Are you out of your mind? How dare you!”“Scarlett, answer me!”“Scarlett! This isn’t funny! You’ll regret this!”“Scarlett!!!”I watched as his tone shifted from disbelief to mockery, then full-blown rage. Finally, he panicked.However, I didn’t reply and calmly blocked him completely.Soon after, Liam sent his men to confirm I was gone.“No way!” He jumped to his feet and bolted toward the door, determined to check for himself.Isabella quickly grabbed his arm. “Liam! Where are you going? You promised to stay with me tonight!”“Let go!” he shook her off and shifted into a blur of silver, racing home.He burst through the front door.The house was silent, cold, and empty.He took a deep breath, then saw the table c

Chapter 5

Julian threw down those words and walked off with his son without looking back.“Liam, please, you have to believe me. It was all a misunderstanding…” Isabella rushed forward and clung to his leg, sobbing.This trick had always worked before. She believed that playing the victim and showing weakness was her greatest weapon.However, this time, Liam yanked his leg back and stared coldly down at her. “You’re saying Julian’s heir scratched himself with silver?”Isabella was at a loss for words.Liam just shook his head, disappointment etched all over his face. He turned around and left, abandoning her there.That night, he drank himself into a stupor.Under the deep haze of alcohol, a thought struck him: Why had he ever let Isabella get close to begin with?Deep down, he always felt inferior to me.He never expected that I would be born with the strength and instincts that rivaled any alpha. I was brave, resilient, and fiercely independent. I never backed down from a challenge.

Chapter 6

After that, Liam still wouldn’t stop pestering me.Fortunately, Gabriel was always in the way. Liam couldn’t get past him, no matter how hard he tried.Because Liam refused to cooperate, the process of dissolving our mate bond dragged on for a long time.In the end, I had no choice but to initiate a forced severance.The moment it took effect, Liam doubled over in pain, as if a thunderclap had exploded inside his body and split him in two.His wolf soul howled from within, condemning him for hurting me, telling him this was all his own doing.However, that was only the beginning of his troubles.These days, he’d been running to the border near the Red Maple Leaf Pack, completely ignoring his own pack. His people were already filled with resentment.Just as he returned to his territory one day, he was caught off guard by none other than Isabella, who had been banished long ago. She blocked his path, with tears streaming down her face.“Liam! I’m pregnant! It’s your pup!”Liam