บททั้งหมดของ Pushed to the Edge of Life: บทที่ 1 - บทที่ 9

Right after I submitted my application to dissolve my mate bond with Tobias Grafton, the pack healer, William Beaumont, called me."Luna, your body has already been worn down by silver poisoning. If you don't start treatment immediately, your life will be in danger. Are you sure you're not coming to the infirmary?"I was quiet for a moment before answering honestly, "I'm dissolving my mate bond with Alpha Tobias. I'll be leaving the Moonshadow pack soon, so I won't be staying for treatment."William sighed and offered a few words of sympathy before continuing, "We obtained a stalk of aurelune grass a few days ago. The antidote will be ready in two days. I've already reserved a dose for you. Are you sure you don't want to stay and wait?"A flicker of hope stirred in my chest.Aurelune grass was exceedingly rare. If I left the Moonshadow pack, there was no way I'd ever get my hands on the antidote on my own. I'd already resigned myself to dying, but if there was even a small chance

My mind went blank. Ignoring the dizziness, I propped myself upright, my breathing uneven."Tobias, I'm already in the terminal stage of silver poisoning. If I don't take the antidote, I'll hemorrhage and die."His expression stiffened.Before he could respond, Nicholas suddenly burst into the room, his face contorted with anger. "Mommy, you hurt Aunt Whitney, and now you want to take her antidote too?"He began to cry, tears of indignation rolling down his cheeks as he turned to Tobias. "Mommy was fine before, and now she suddenly says she's poisoned… You always tell me kids shouldn't lie, so why is Mommy lying?"I leaned weakly against the bed."I'm not lying… Nicholas, I got injured by silver while trying to save you two years ago. You remember that, don't you?""That was just a tiny injury. You could've just dealt with it. You always bring it up, and I'm sick of hearing it!"The cruel, careless words ripped from his mouth, each cutting deeply.Tobias' face darkened, and fo

"Stefan! Where is Luna Cordelia?"Tobias' voice rang out sharply, though there was a trace of unease beneath it.His butler, Stefan Goddard, hurried over, his tone flustered. "Alpha, Luna hasn't returned these past few days you were away. Wasn't she admitted to the infirmary? Two days ago, the pack healer burst into the mansion and took her away. She was unconscious at the time, and she looked seriously ill."Tobias' expression shifted, and even Nicholas looked unsettled.Whitney stepped forward immediately, her voice heavily laced with insinuation as she addressed Stefan. "That can't be right. When she chased me with a dagger, I couldn't even get away from her, and she still managed to hurt me."How did she suddenly collapse right after I was hospitalized? Isn't that a little too much of a coincidence?"Her words landed exactly where she wanted them to.Tobias' face darkened, and Nicholas said with certainty, "Mommy even took me out to buy barbecue ribs. She's definitely not si

Tobias froze. "What did you just say? That's impossible. Cordelia has always been healthy. How could she possibly be in the terminal stage of silver poisoning? How much money did she pay you to help her spin such an outrageous lie?"The panic in his chest pushed him to say things without thinking.William was enraged. "Alpha, even if I'm punished for this, I won't lie against my conscience. The pack infirmary didn't have the means to treat it, so her condition deteriorated until it reached the terminal stage. "She fought so hard just to hold on until that antidote was finally ready, and you took away her only chance to survive. How could you do that?"His words cut deep, leaving Tobias gasping for air. "Is that really true? No… that can't be. If it were, why didn't she tell me…"He trailed off abruptly.He recalled how strongly I had refused when he asked for that antidote. I told him that I would die without it, but what did he do in response?He didn't believe me. He even all

When Tobias woke up in the pack infirmary, Matthew was right by his bedside. "Alpha, you're finally awake."Tobias stared at him for a moment before asking, "What did you use to calm me down?"At the very last moment, he had thought he caught my scent.Matthew told him that it was something I had prepared ahead of time, an item carrying my scent. Our wolves had chosen each other, and only my scent could calm him whenever he lost control."Cordelia…"Tobias' voice was laced with agony.He finally learned of my death from Matthew.Without the antidote, I had died of silver poisoning when I hemorrhaged.Whitney had people dump my body in a dark forest. It took Matthew a long time to recover what remained of me and bury me.Tobias looked like he was about to lose it.He couldn't accept that he and Nicholas had a hand in causing my death, so he placed all the blame on Whitney.If she hadn't taken my antidote, I wouldn't have died.When he ordered people to drive Whitney out of t