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Back home, looking at the red marks on my hands, I was filled with frustration.The silver cuts from gripping my dagger so tightly stung with every movement. But the physical pain was nothing compared to my emotional exhaustion.My wolf had lost its healing abilities because of Marcus. The trauma from losing our child had damaged something fundamental in me.When rogue wolves surrounded me causing my miscarriage, he was still by his childhood sweetheart's side, planning their future together.The memory hit me like a physical blow. While I was fighting for our baby's life, bleeding out on the forest floor, Marcus was choosing flowers for Rose.I'd already left them both, started a new life, found happiness with Ryan.Yet these two pieces of trash kept coming to harass me."Enough," I said aloud to my empty room. "This ends now."I decided it was time to fight back.Marcus had been groomed as Bloodclaw Pack's Alpha heir since childhood, but he'd forgotten one crucial thing.My family wa

"Why is it you? Where's Serena?"Ryan sat in the chair beside the bed, looking at Marcus with a mixture of pity and contempt.His posture was relaxed, confident, while Marcus looked broken and desperate."You saved my Serena. Mr. Cross said he doesn't want to see you, so he sent me to check on you instead."The possessive way Ryan said "my Serena" made Marcus's jaw clench.Marcus stared at Ryan with growing hostility. "Are you preventing Serena from coming to see me?""I'm not you, Marcus. I won't force Serena to do anything she doesn't want to do."Ryan's voice was calm but cutting.Marcus looked at Ryan's righteous appearance and let out a cold laugh."I saved Serena. Rose will never appear in our lives again. Serena and I were together for so many years, and we even had a child."His voice grew more agitated with each word."What gives you the right to compete with me? What have you done for her?"Ryan looked at Marcus, thinking this man was both pitiful and ridiculous.Here he was,

The hospital room door closed with a soft click. Serena had left.Marcus sat motionless on the bed, staring at the space where she had been just moments before.The silence was deafening. No more of her voice, no more of her presence, just the empty chair and the lingering scent of her perfume.He stared at the chair where Serena had sat for what felt like hours."I'm sorry."The words came out as a broken whisper, spoken to the empty room.Marcus removed the ring from his hand with trembling fingers.It was the ring from his mating ceremony with Serena. The gold band that had once symbolized their eternal bond now felt like a shackle of his own making.He turned it over in his palm, remembering the day he'd slipped it onto her finger. How happy she'd looked. How radiant.Marcus could no longer hold back his tears.They fell onto the ring, onto his hands, onto the hospital sheets. Great, wrenching sobs that came from the depths of his soul.All of this was his fault. Rose was right, Ry

"I, Ryan Cole of the Cursed Fang Pack, accept you, Serena Cross of the Gilded Maw Pack, as my mate."Ryan's voice was strong and clear, carrying across the gathered crowd of witnesses. His eyes never left mine as he spoke the ancient words."I, Serena Cross of the Gilded Maw Pack, accept you, Ryan Cole of the Cursed Fang Pack, as my mate."My own voice was steady, filled with certainty I'd never felt before. This was right. This was real.I was surrounded by my father and friends, their faces beaming with joy for my new beginning.Looking at Ryan whose eyes were full of love and devotion, I broke into a happy smile that felt like sunshine after a long winter.The golden afternoon light filtered through the trees, casting a warm glow over our small ceremony. My father had tears in his eyes, finally seeing his daughter truly happy.Ryan took my hand, his fingers intertwining with mine as if they belonged there.Amid everyone's cheers and congratulations, he lowered his voice to ask: "May