All Chapters of Breaking the Bond After Alpha Chooses Her: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

I stared at the blood trickling from Chris' fist—the mark left from his earlier strike against the stone wall. I felt my heart twisting with an inexplicable pain, making it difficult to draw breath. But I understood that once I had uttered such remarks, there was no going back. I drew a deep breath and forced myself to meet the pain in his eyes, my voice trembling while saying, "Your duty as the Alpha of the Southern Gray Wolf pack is to protect the whole pack and care for anyone in need, including Emily, who lost her mate and is carrying his pup. Emily truly needs your help, Chris."I, however, am a mere she-wolf. I can't bear to see my mate guarding another she-wolf while I am left all alone, regardless of whether it's your responsibility as the Alpha of the pack, Chris."I paused briefly as I looked at him. "I'm not doubting your compassion or your duty, Chris—I'm just utterly exhausted. "I spent every night waiting for you, terrified of what might happen during your patrols,

Chris barked, "I can't keep bending over backward to comfort you every single time, Selena! If I hadn't been present this time, Emily could have been in serious danger! How could you still keep this up when the truth is right in front of you?"I felt a momentary daze after hearing that, feeling as if I had become a lunatic throwing a baseless tantrum. I eventually pulled myself together and walked out the door, leaving him behind.I noticed a few of the pack's Betas hanging around the neighborhood once I had rented a place. I would have been protected while staying with the Alpha, especially given the pack's current instability. Moving out alone made things twice as dangerous.Chris kept insisting he wouldn't keep humoring my every whim when I left, but he still dispatched Betas to ensure my safety. He had told me before that he would lose his mind if I ever got hurt again on his account.I looked away with cold indifference and coordinated a time with the elders to dissolve the ma

Phoebe threw herself at me the moment Chris stopped talking. She grabbed my wrist with surprising strength for an old woman and pleaded, "Please give it a bit more time, Selena. Chris is just out of his mind right now. You've been together for so many years! You can't just throw that away!"Her tears splashed against my hand, their searing heat causing a wave of panic to rise within me.Jack stood nearby with bloodshot eyes. He looked as if he wanted to protest, but he eventually gave up and said, "It's over, so let's just leave it at this."Chris rose to his feet so quickly that he aggravated his injured shoulder. He grunted in pain but still grabbed his parents' arms and said, "You shouldn't try to talk me out of it anymore, Mom and Dad."He then spoke in a tone much lower than his everyday voice, devoid of any past warmth, with a harsh sense of certainty, "I'd like to sever our mate bond."I was stunned. I never would have thought that the Alpha, who was always so clingy and sw

I had a feeling that something was amiss, so I followed Emily stealthily. I pulled out my phone and started recording, pointing it toward her at the corner. I could hardly make out the faint voice from the other end of the call, but I did hear a familiar name—Emily's "deceased" Beta mate, Mike Fuller.I went over the unclear dialogue in the hallway surveillance footage multiple times before calling the Elders' Council administrator. I then said softly, "I need you to help me check on a werewolf named Mike Fuller—Emily Gibson's mate. I want to see the records of the mission where he supposedly sacrificed his life, as well as the recent activity on Emily's bank accounts."It was three days later when the information came through. In the mission where Mike hunted the Rogues, 9,650 Troy ounces of gold went missing, though it was eventually recovered. In the end, only a bloodied pack crest was found at the site, leading to the conclusion that Mike had been killed in action, though h

In the end, under the runic lights that burned through the night in the interrogation room, Emily and Mike reached their breaking point and gave a full account of every crime they had committed.It turned out that the "Mike" who had carried out the mission back then wasn't the real Mike at all. The real Mike had been brutally shoved off a cliff during another mission to hunt down the rogues, and his fate had remained unknown ever since. Seizing this golden opportunity in the chaos, David found an unidentified wolf's corpse, paired it with Mike’s pack badge, and faked the scene of Mike being killed in the attack and the gold being stolen. He made everyone in the pack firmly believe that Mike was dead, while he secretly seized all the gold for himself.That fake Mike was actually David Hound—Emily's first love.Emily had known the truth all along, yet for the lure of gold and her twisted notion of "love", she chose to shelter the impostor.She stayed close to Chris, posing as "the