All Chapters of When the Moonmark Was Switched: Chapter 1 - Chapter 9

When Seth told me for the sixth time that he had failed to draw the Moonmarkagain and could not bond with me this year, asking me to wait another year, I only nodded calmly and whispered:“Alright.”Seth’s comforting words caught in his throat. He looked at me in astonishment.“Layla, are you angry?”He sighed and pulled me tightly into his arms.“Luck is unpredictable. Maybe next year I’ll get the Moonmark!”I buried my face in his chest, tears streaming down silently.“It doesn’t matter anymore.”If I hadn’t overheard his conversation with his Beta two hours earlier, I would still foolishly believe that failing to draw the Moonmarkfor six years was truly just bad luck.But now I finally knew it was all deliberate.For Ian, he had lied to me for six whole years.Six years ago, Seth brought Ian back to the Nightfang Packterritory and arranged the most comfortable dwelling for her himself.He said to me:“Ian’s father died fighting to save me. I owe him a debt of gratitude.”“She grew u

Seth froze for a moment, then let out a heavy sigh of relief and looked at me with a relaxed expression.“I knew you’d be sensible, Layla. Ian is still young—you must be more lenient with her.”With that, he turned and hurried out of the stone hall.“I’ll go ask the pack’s craftsmen to make you the rarest Moonglow Bone Pendant. I’ll get you the exact style you love most!”As soon as Seth left, Ian’s pitiful look vanished in an instant, replaced by cold indifference.She waved the leather pouch triumphantly and glanced at me with disdain.“See? Seth cares about me most now. Did you really think he failed to draw the Moonmark for six years straight because of bad luck?”“It wasn’t luck. Seth switched the lots for me. The one he wants to bond with is me, not you. He’s been waiting for me to grow up.”Even though I already knew the truth, Ian’s words still pierced my heart.Seeing my pale face, Ian smiled even more proudly. She leaned in and whispered in my ear:“Layla, what can you possib

A few days later, when Layla still had not come back on her own and had not sent even a single word of explanation, the unease in Seth’s chest grew heavier and heavier. In the end, he finally ordered his Beta to find out where she had gone.But the news his Beta brought back made his heart drop at once.Layla had already left Nightfang Pack.“Left?”Seth froze for a moment, then let out a cold laugh, disbelief and contempt filling his eyes.“Where could she possibly go? She’s just hiding on purpose, trying to force me to lower myself first.”His voice was firm, but something in his chest tightened all the same.That nameless irritation burned through him like wildfire, leaving him too restless to sit still.He got up and stepped out of the healing tent, wanting to clear his head.The evening wind swept over the stone steps, carrying the mixed scent of grass, herbs, and medicine.Not far away, two young maids returning from the main hall were holding baskets of herbs, whispering excited

After Seth was placed under confinement, Ian lost the only protection she had ever relied on.Back then, she had moved freely through Nightfang Pack on the strength of her father’s life debt to Seth. She lived in the finest courtyard, wore the finest dresses, and wherever she went, people gave her deference.She had grown used to being admired. The more she was indulged, the more arrogant she became, until she had long since offended nearly everyone from the barren borderland she originally came from.The elders of Nightfang Pack had always known what kind of person she was. Once Seth lost his standing, they unanimously decided to cast her out.So Ian returned in disgrace to the wasteland settlement where she had once lived.What awaited her there was not sympathy, but scorn from every side.Those who had envied her seized the chance to mock her. Those she had once slighted ridiculed her to her face. Even the nearby residents looked at her with open contempt.“Wasn’t she the one who sa

The moment the guard delivered the message, Silas’s brows drew together.He instinctively held our child closer, his other arm settling firmly around my shoulder.“Do you want to see him?”His voice was low, and he left the choice entirely to me.At first I shook my head. After a brief silence, I gave a small nod.“Some things are better said clearly.”I lifted my eyes and told the guard calmly,“Have him wait outside the iron gate by the garden.”It was through that tall, cold black gate that I saw Seth again.He had grown much thinner. His eyes were sunken, and the exhaustion on his face would not hide. There was something almost obsessive in the way he stood there, as though he had been held together by nothing but sheer refusal to let go.“Layla…”I looked at him quietly. “Seth. It’s been a long time.”“Don’t talk to me like that.” His fingers tightened hard around the bars. “Layla, I know I was wrong. I know it now—I truly do.”“For these past two years, there hasn’t been a single