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Damon Shadow was the strongest in the Shadow pack. He was the Alpha.However, he had a peculiar reaction whenever I came near. His muscles would stiffen, his breathing would become shallow, and he would sometimes retch.We had been to countless hospitals, but none of them could help.Finally, the High Priest of the Moon Goddess Temple, Jasper Lane, gave a diagnosis. According to him, it was a miswired fated mate bond.He said, "This happens once in ten thousand years. You're indeed a fated pair, but the bond had formed incorrectly. Damon's body instinctively rejects you, yet his wolf cannot leave you."Forcing a separation would strip Damon of his wolf within three months, possibly killing him. The only solution is to maintain the bond and let time slowly repair it.""How long will it take?" I asked.Jasper shook his head. "Maybe a year, maybe ten, or maybe a lifetime."At that moment, I should've understood that our marriage had been a curse from the start.Damon couldn't liv

The laughter in the private room died instantly, and every pair of eyes turned toward me.Damon frowned, but his expression faded quickly back into indifference. "Oh, you're here. Sit."He gestured toward a seat in the farthest corner, the one most distant from him.I walked over and sat down. One hand still rested protectively over my lower abdomen.The table was covered with food, but the smell alone made nausea rise in my throat.It was a typical symptom of pregnancy.I forced myself to look composed because I didn't want to ruin Ella's mood. However, the pain in my belly kept surging, wave after wave.My fingers dug into the armrest, and my knuckles were white."Selena, right?" Ella suddenly looked at me. Her smile was warm and gracious. "You've known Damon for a long time?"I managed a faint smile. "Six years.""Six years?" She cast Damon a meaningful glance before adding, "Then, you must know him very well."I shook my head. "No—I don't know him well."That was the tr

The storm outside the car window finally began to fade. I leaned back in my seat. I felt as though I had been thrown into a furnace.A molten, reddish-gold light surged from deep within my pupils, spreading through my veins, suffusing every inch of me. My bones shifted, tiny cracks echoing with each rearrangement. I bit down hard, and my nails dug into the seat's armrest, splintering the wood beneath.The driver flinched at the rearview mirror. "Ma'am… your eyes…""Don't worry about me."My voice was hoarse, low, and feral.Pain surged through me, sharper and deeper than anything I had felt during the miscarriage.However, this time, I could feel a long-dormant power stirring within me, breaking free of every chain that had bound it.For six years, I had thought myself fragile, but it had never been my own frailty. Something had been suppressing me all along.At three in the morning, the car stopped at the apartment I'd rented. I paid the driver and stumbled out.My phone buzz

I stood and pulled the tiny blood-stained sock from my bag. "Six weeks. Twins."My voice was calm and flat. "I had originally planned to tell him the good news. But at the headquarters of the Overseas Alliance, I saw him kneeling before another woman. He was helping her take off her boots."And then, at her birthday party, I miscarried. He sent me to the restroom to clean up with disdain in his eyes. He called my pain and suffering a pathetic act."Damon's face drained of color as his body swayed.Ella laughed suddenly. "Damon, you can't seriously believe her, can you?"She grabbed his arm and continued, "She's making it up! Who knows if those pups were even yours? A fragile little Omega like her could never carry an Alpha's pups."I looked at Ella, and my eyes blazed with molten gold. "What did you just say?"Ella was startled by the fire in my gaze and instinctively took a step back. However, she quickly recovered, lifting her chin defiantly. "Am I wrong? Damon hasn't even tou

"No! I didn't!" Ella screamed in denial, backing away with every word.From my sleeve, I pulled out a small, clear vial.Inside was a liquid extracted from the carpet residue in the lounge that day.I shook the vial. "The High Priest has already tested it. It's wolfsbane extract that was mixed into the drinks. Just a whiff of this is enough to cause severe hemorrhaging in a vulnerable pregnant body."The crowd erupted instantly."Monstrous!""Poisoning the offspring of a descendant of the red-gold bloodline!""Death penalty! She must die!"Ella collapsed completely to the ground.Damon, who had been dragged to the doorway, had heard it all. He struggled to lift his head. His eyes were fixed on Ella and almost bulging out. "It was you…"His voice cracked as he spat blood foam from his mouth. "You killed my pups?"Seeing that her scheme had been exposed, Ella stopped pretending. She rose from the floor and spat at Damon. "If it weren't for your useless indecision and refusal t