Semua Bab Moonbreak My Alpha Ex-Husband's Regret After I Left: Bab 11 - Bab 17

Ethan’s POVThe second I reached Aria's door, I couldn't wait another second and started pounding on it.My heart was hammering so hard I thought it might actually burst out of my chest, and each knock echoed through my entire body.The door swung open, and some wolf I'd never seen before stood there holding a paring knife and peeling an apple. When his eyes landed on me, something flickered in them—something I couldn't quite read."Can I help you?"I didn't have time for this. Finding Aria was the only thing that mattered right now, and I moved to push past him into the house."Move!" The word came out rougher than I meant it to, but desperation made me careless.His knife flipped in his hand with practiced ease, and suddenly the silver blade was right there, inches from my eye and blocking my path. The movement was smooth and controlled—this wolf clearly knew how to fight."This is private territory," he said, his voice still calm but his eyes hard with warning. "Force your way in, a

Ethan's POVI knew Lily had been outside all night. She'd been circling the house for hours, but she couldn't get in. The bond between us wouldn't let her cross the threshold—not anymore.The cold autumn air seemed to knock some sense into her, at least. By dawn, she was running a low fever, and her legs kept giving out. She wouldn't stop crying, and my phone kept lighting up with her pathetic messages begging me to let her in.I ignored every single one.The next day, the second I opened the door, Lily jolted awake—she'd barely been sleeping anyway. Her eyes flew open, and when she saw me heading for the car, she scrambled to her feet and grabbed my arm.Those eyes that used to get her whatever she wanted filled with tears again, and her voice came out all broken and pitiful. "Ethan, look at my face. Aria clawed me, and she said if I told you about it, she'd make it worse. Please, you have to—"I looked at her coldly, and my voice came out flat and hard—nothing like the way I used to

Aria's POV"The first time we met wasn't at that bar," Cameron said. "It was a month before that, at a pack gathering. You came with Ethan, but halfway through the night, he ditched you to dance with some she-wolf, and you sat alone in the corner drinking by yourself. Every wolf there was gossiping about you two through the pack link."His voice remained light, as if he were telling someone else's story.But I remembered that night clearly—it was the first time Ethan had humiliated me so publicly."I didn't really remember your name until you got drunk and smashed a bottle against Ethan's shoulder. The way you swung that bottle was so clean and decisive, and the things you said cut deep—you called him 'a waste of space who couldn't even measure up to a rogue Alpha.' Every wolf in the room went dead silent. You just ignored them all, grabbed your dress, and walked out like you owned the place. I couldn't forget that moment if I tried."Heat crept up my face. I barely remembered anything

Aria's POVThe small space went quiet for way too long.I stared at the silent man across from me, and I could feel my chest getting tighter by the second. If I stayed here much longer, I was going to suffocate.But I couldn't just run away, so I kept trying to pump myself up in my head, telling myself I could handle this.My hands were starting to go numb when Cameron finally showed up.He took one look at the scene and knew exactly what was happening. His eyebrow shot up, and he stepped right in front of me, putting himself between us."Damien, I already told you about me and Aria. Why are you scaring her?"He'd told him already?I looked up at Cameron without thinking.When their eyes met, Damien's tone softened a bit."That was just your side of the story. This is an important mate bond we're talking about, so I needed to verify things for myself."He paused and looked at me. "My brother said you're the bravest she-wolf he's ever met, and I can see he wasn't lying."I could tell th