Semua Bab My Alpha Murdered Our Pup on the Day of Its Birth: Bab 1 - Bab 9

The first contraction hit me. But my mate, Alpha Alistair, responded by locking me in a silver cage. Its bars were carved with curse runes that sizzled against my skin. The first pup born would be the next Alpha."Help!"My voice echoed in the cellar.No one answered.The silver bars burned my palms. The runes etched into them flared, sending spikes of agony through my body.Just last night, Alistair had been stroking my belly."Our child will be a strong pup," he’d whispered, his eyes soft.The tenderness in them almost drowned me."Two more weeks. Have you picked a name for our baby? Here, drink your calming tea."I smiled and drank it all.For months, Alistair had made me a cup of that tea every day.I thought his love for me was growing. I thought he was excited for our future. I was a fool.But when my water broke at the same time as Livia's, the warmth in his eyes vanished."How is this possible?"He cornered me, his hand clamping around my neck."I had the alchemist drug your

"Without moonpetal, we can't save her."The healer's words were a death sentence.I lay on the operating table, drifting between worlds.The wolfsbane was eating me alive."Link the Alpha!" Marcus roared at the healer. "Tell him to send the moonpetal over!""I'll try," the healer said, his hands shaking as he activated the comms device.A few seconds later, Alistair's furious voice crackled through."She's acting again! Don't fall for it!""Alpha, please, you have to listen to me," the healer pleaded, his voice desperate. "Alpha, the dose in her system... it's enough to kill three grown warriors—""Enough!" Alistair cut him off. "She injected herself to get sympathy. You've all been fooled!"I wanted to laugh, but I didn't have the strength.Inject myself?Who would kill their own child just to put on a show?"Alpha, I'm begging you," the healer tried one last time. "Even one stalk of moonpetal—"Kira's voice cut in on the comms. "Healer, don't let her fool you. I've been taking care o

It was too late.I left Kira's desperate screams behind me.I didn't even glance at Livia or her child.That child… once my future, now just a monument to my sin.My mate was gone. Nothing else mattered.I returned to the hospital ruins and knelt before that cold pile of ash.For three full moons, I neither ate nor drank. I knelt in the ashes and prayed to the Moon Goddess.I wasn't praying for her to come back—I knew that was impossible.I was atoning. For my stupidity, my cruelty. For pushing my mate to her death.I prayed her soul would find peace. I prayed that wherever she was, she wouldn't hate me so much.On the ninety-ninth night, under the brightest full moon, just as I thought I would rot away with the ruins, a jolt shot through me.A flash of ice-cold resolve. And it wasn't mine.It was gone as quickly as it came, like a hallucination.I froze, thinking I was losing my mind.But a few days later, it came again.This time, it was a tidal wave of grief so deep it felt like

"Miss Nightshade, are you ready for the charity gala tonight?"I adjusted the cuff of my evening gown. "Of course."It was the most exclusive charity event in New York. The global business elite would all be there.Including the CEOs of the companies I planned to acquire."The car is ready," my assistant said respectfully.I nodded, grabbing my clutch. Tonight, I would announce the Moonfang Corporation's latest acquisition plan.The hotel ballroom was glittering. The moment I stepped inside, I felt hundreds of eyes on me."That's the new CEO of Moonfang Corp.""I heard she took over a dozen companies in a year.""The Ice Queen of the business world."I ignored the whispers.I was talking with a few investors when I felt it—an intense wave of Alpha dominance.A familiar scent.I froze.The crowd suddenly stirred."Move! Get out of my way!"A wild voice roared. I turned to see Alistair shoving people aside, storming toward me.He looked even worse than in the photos.Unshaven, eyes su

Alistair crumpled to the floor, trembling.The guests around him stared with contempt, their whispers cutting into his pride like knives."Seraphina, I was wrong." He looked up at me, his eyes filled with despair. "I really know I was wrong."I looked down at him. The once proud Alpha, now kneeling before me like a dog."I can't live without you," he choked out. "Please, forgive me. Let's start over."Start over?I walked down the steps, slowly, each step a crushing weight on his dignity."You're begging me now?" I knelt, meeting his gaze. "When I was in that cage, begging you, what did you say?"He opened his mouth, trying to find an excuse."You called my agony a game," I whispered, my voice a blade against his throat. "You called my desperation a trick.""I was wrong!" he shook his head desperately. "I was blinded! By pride, by jealousy!""Jealousy?" I laughed, a sound with no warmth. "What kind of jealousy lets you watch your own child die?"The room was silent, everyone listening