Chapter 21

Even after dealing with Susan, it wasn’t enough. Anger ran like wildfire through Aron’s chest.With Julia gone, Ash Born was disordered. If Silver Claw had meddled, they would taste loss too.He started with their holdings.Before they realized it, Ashborn‑aligned investors were already buying Silver Claw stock. The quoted price is ridiculously low, yet it is highly sought after by the market. Soon, orders for Silver Claw sharply declined and the supply chain broke down. Those who had once fawned upon them turned away as fast as they could.When word spread, the industry snickered.Aron didn’t end it. He wanted them to watch it collapse.He had the news taken to the basement—where Susan was kept.Hearing of the ruin, Henry fainted. Lisa sagged to her knees.Half a lifetime’s work turned to grit.Susan only thought of herself.When she saw Aron, tears sprang. She crawled on her knees.“Aron, please let me out. I know I was wrong. I’m really terrified—bugs, rats— I can’t sleep.”Tears f

Chapter 22

For days, Aron barely left Ash Born’s borders.If he wasn’t tracking Julia’s trail, he was haunting the ruined house—the place he’d hidden when the pack cast him out.Rain bled through the roof’s cracks. The boards smelled damp and rusty.Still he stayed—Because her breath lingered there.It was where she walked him through the dark.She taught him the temperature of light, the layout of each chair and wall.Blind then, he mapped the world by her voice and scent.She’d said, “You’ll see someday. Make sure the first one you see is me.”He closed his eyes. He had lost her— after he saw again.His fingers pressed the crack in a clay cup when the call came.“Alpha,” the Beta said carefully, “we found word of Julia. She’s in Oslo— interviewing at a design firm.”Air froze; Aron exhaled slowly.“Book the soonest flight.”“You haven’t slept— perhaps rest—”“I won’t repeat myself.”He took the coat that still held her faint scent.The car slipped from the woods; night split the road in two.

Chapter 23

The rain stopped.Clouds broke apart, air wet and clear.Kane and I came back from the market with milk, eggs—and a bunch of sunflowers.He carried the bags one‑handed, the other in his pocket, stride unhurried.Everything felt easy.Until I saw the figure.I stopped.A man stood under the streetlamp by my building.Wind lifted his coat; black fabric clung to a rigid back.I knew that silhouette by heart.Aron.My breath caught.I hadn’t thought he’d truly find me.Kane followed my gaze and moved instinctively to stand in front of me, angling his body against the wind.Aron saw us.His eyes flickered, then darkened by degrees.When he looked at Kane, the shadow in them nearly cracked.He walked toward us—quick, steady.Kane took an easy step forward and blocked him.“Who are you?” Aron’s voice was very low.Kane tipped his chin. “I could ask you the same.”The air tightened. Their breaths were close enough to hear.“Kane,” I said.He shifted back half a step, but stayed nearby.Aron’s

Chapter 24

I never saw Aron again.He sold his Ash Born shares and left the north.Some said he vanished in a blizzard. Others that he exiled himself.No one knew where he went.I didn’t look.Silver Claw’s lands had long since changed hands.Henry and Lisa sent word asking me to return.I mailed back the blood‑severance deed—didn’t leave a trace of scent.As my pen touched the paper, ink smelled like burned bloodline.Saying it didn’t hurt would be a lie.But I’d learned to be silent inside pain.All the bonds of pack and fate ended in ash.—I am Julia.No one’s daughter. No one’s partner.A year later, I bought a derelict warehouse by a southern harbor.Sea‑salt had bleached the floorboards white; wind never stopped outside the windows.I opened my own studio there.A handful of like‑minded designers worked with me— all Betas.No bowing. No kneeling.That equality let me breathe for the first time.Work was hard—but every night I slept deep.No blood in my dreams. No orders.It was our first da

All Chapters of The Fake Luna He Married: Chapter 21 - Chapter 24

Chapter 21

Chapter 22

Chapter 23

Chapter 24