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8 Bab

Chapter 1

The lights in the room were blinding.I calmly folded the last of my shirts to pack into the luggage when the door opened. Jonah Gregor’s tall figure appeared, and his hand paused halfway through loosening his tie when he saw the luggage on the floor.“You are home early. Have you eaten?” Jonah sounded natural, as if he had not thrown our mate ring into another woman’s hands only hours earlier.I felt tears rising, but I held them back and continued packing.Jonah was doing it again. He pretended nothing had happened, the same way he did after every argument. Each time, he coaxed me gently, bought me gifts, or held me from behind at night, and I always gave in. I always let the argument fade away.I felt too exhausted tonight. I no longer had the strength to fight for us. “Did your wonderful secretary, Sapphire Kane, tell you what I said?” I did not look at him.Jonah’s face darkened. “You brought Sapphire into the Werewolf Council, Jade, and now you act like she is the enemy. Wh

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Chapter 2

I hardly slept that night.My flight home to Sovereign Moon Territory was the next morning, and I still had unfinished business. I had spent a great deal of effort on this building, and even if I planned to leave, I still needed to hand over my responsibilities.When I stepped outside, an assistant from the Council ran toward me with a pale face. “We are in trouble, Jade. Sapphire signed a purchase contract yesterday for a batch of medicine without prior approval.”I stopped walking. The Council rules stated that any contract worth more than one hundred thousand dollars needed approval from the chairman and the finance department before it could take effect. Sapphire had signed it anyway because she believed Jonah would protect her.“What is the update?”Her voice trembled. “We lost contact with the company after the deposit was paid. The finance department found an anomaly this morning. Eight hundred thousand dollars were transferred, but no medicine was delivered.“Law enforcem

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Chapter 3

That afternoon, my best friend, Layla, dragged me out for a farewell drink. As she raised her glass to congratulate me for finally leaving a rotten relationship, my phone vibrated. It was a call from the Council’s assistant.“You need to get back to the office, Jade. Right now.”I grabbed my coat and placed a stack of cash on the table. Layla did not ask anything. She only held my arm for a moment before saying, “Go ahead.”When I arrived at the Council, I saw many entry‑level employees crowding the corridor outside my office. They stepped aside to let me through, and their silence felt like a funeral procession.Sapphire stood at the door giving loud instructions. My files, which held years of research, negotiation results, and contracts I had worked hard on, were scattered across the floor like trash. Two muscled men struggled to move my office table toward the elevator.“Stop.” I walked quickly toward the door and stared at Sapphire. “Who gave you the authority to touch my thin

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Chapter 4

Jonah’s dignity might have been hurt from having his orders ignored, or he might have grown tired of pretending. He began taking Sapphire’s side more openly than before.Sapphire became his preferred date for commercial dinner events, and he even gave her the bonus that should have been awarded to me for my hard work.Jonah’s constant protection fed Sapphire’s arrogance, which grew rapidly at work. She started ordering department heads around and approving documents she had no authority to approve. She even barged into a high‑level meeting once while claiming she was Jonah’s mate.The assistant came to me often to vent her frustrations, but I always gave her the same answer. “Do not worry.”I meant it because I would be on a plane in a few days.My indifference to everything only fueled Sapphire’s anger.One afternoon, she finally snapped. She slammed my office door open. “Jonah already told you to go home and reflect on what happened.” Her shrill voice hurt my ears and made her

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Chapter 5

Jonah and Sapphire started laughing wildly, as if they had heard a great joke.Sapphire waved my resignation letter in my face with pride, as if she wanted to remind me that I had handed over my core duties and walked away with nothing. She acted as if I were still living in a dream.Jonah looked at me with a mix of pity and annoyance. “There should be a limit to your actions, Jade. If word gets out, how can you still be my legitimate mate?”He still believed I was throwing a tantrum. He spoke as if I would become a weak, lone female wolf after losing my position in the Werewolf Council, and I would come crawling back to him to become his personal side piece.I was never meant to be anyone’s side piece. I was an orphan of the Sovereign Moon Pack, raised by my grandmother, who spoon‑fed me milk in the snowy forest deep in the North.When I was ten, I hunted low‑level prey in the snow. I skinned them for fur and sold the fur at the market to earn a small income for our household. La

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Chapter 6

Jonah looked at my calm expression, and a flicker of panic crossed his eyes. He quickly hid it. “Stop being stubborn, Jade.” His tone softened. “I know you are upset. You should return to your pack to calm down. I will come for you after I finish my work, and we will continue our mate bond ceremony. After that, we will let everything go.”I sat quietly and watched him. “Why are you so sure I will allow you to order me around, Jonah?”He frowned, and his voice turned sharp. “Do you not know how to reflect on your behavior? If you were as obedient as Sapphire, I would not have used this method to teach you a lesson. A woman should not act like a shrew. You will only lose.”The office door flew open with a violent kick. “Keep your disgusting, misogynistic words to yourself, Jonah Gregor.”Layla’s heels clicked across the floor as she entered with several bodyguards behind her. She was the leader of another powerful organization in Central City and my closest friend. Layla sneered and

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Chapter 7

My plane landed safely on the borders of Sovereign Moon Pack. I had applied to work from home, and I spotted the werewolf the Alpha sent to pick me up the moment I stepped outside. It was Fenton Luvan.Fenton and I grew up together. We were the only two werewolves from our pack who earned places in Central City schools. We learned to hunt together in the snow when we were young, and when we started school far from home, he always walked ahead with a flashlight to guide the way. We eventually lost touch after attending schools in different districts.We had now returned to the pack after facing many challenges, and it felt like we were children again.Fenton looked sharp in a windbreaker, and he waved the moment he saw me. I did not hold back as I pushed my heavy luggage into his hands. “Are you back because you are also of age for the Moonpick Ceremony?”He took my luggage with ease and dodged my fist when I tried to punch his shoulder. “I have to be here. My dad would run to Centr

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Chapter 8

A year later, Sovereign Moon Pack went through a complete change.Fenton and I planned to recruit popular influencers to promote our pack and attract more werewolves to trade or settle here.When I went to welcome visitors at the border, I saw Jonah. His clothes were rumpled, and he looked exhausted. I had not seen him in a year, but I knew what happened to him and Sapphire because Layla often joked about them over the phone.After Jonah was removed as chairman, Sapphire tried to run away because he had lost his power and money. Jonah caught her and vented all his anger on her. He yelled at her for being a liar who ruined his life.Sapphire did not hold back. She taunted him. “You were the one who wanted to act like the good guy and take my side. Why blame me when you wanted to flaunt your power?”They broke up after a huge argument and never saw each other again.The last news about Sapphire was that she found a job in a large company in the city. She made a major mistake within

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