บททั้งหมดของ Second Chance Vows : บทที่ 11 - บทที่ 20

MAYANathaniel's expression went dark at my words."Maya, that's enough. Divorce, divorce, it's all you say anymore. You need to understand this isn't a game.""You think I'm playing a game?" My gaze went glacial. "I have never been more serious about anything in my life.""Maya, know where you stand. Ever since your father died and the pack passed to me, you've kept the title of Luna and nothing else. What standing do you actually have outside what I've given you? If you take Caleb and walk, how do you plan to manage in the human world with no pack behind you? How will you raise our son? He's my blood, a member of the Cole line. I won't let you make a reckless choice like this.""The moment Mum decided on divorce, I stopped being anything of yours." Caleb said it with surprising steel, despite the casual set of his shoulders."You..." Nathaniel stared at his son, thrown by the conviction in a six-year-old's voice. When had he gotten this sharp-tongued? This much like me?Undoubtedly m

ADRIANThe mention of Cole Industries made something flicker behind my eyes. I turned instead to the window, to the city sliding past in the dark.Blackstorm's outer district was all glittering lights and glamour, the kind of place a person could lose themselves in if they weren't careful. Every time I found myself here lately, my mood clouded over faster than it should.I'd never once been ambushed like that in my life. The only exception, tonight, over some woman I still didn't have a proper name for.A cold glint crossed my eyes as I replayed the moment she'd looked straight at the private room. There had been a curtain between us. I was certain no one outside could see in. And yet I'd felt it, that uncanny sense of her gaze cutting straight through the fabric and landing directly on me.Sharp. Penetrating. As if she knew exactly where I stood.Or maybe it was only instinct. Either way, the thought that she might have known she was being watched the entire time settled somewhere I

NATHANIELNora stood frozen, completely stunned. She turned to me, voice trembling slightly. "Alpha, are you really going to throw out all of Luna Maya's things? Some of those pieces are worth...""If she said throw them out, throw them out," I cut in sharply, whatever composure I usually carried as Alpha entirely gone. "And make sure it's known. From today, Maya is forbidden from ever setting foot in this pack house again."I knew exactly what those things were. Every single piece had been bought by me, for her. In those days she'd been the ideal Luna, quiet, obedient, never once questioning my business or my absences.So compliant back then. Every year I'd had custom pieces made for her, jewellery worth more than most pack houses in the country. Altogether it added up to a fortune.And now she wanted the staff treating all of it like rubbish. A cold smirk crossed my face, disdain sharp behind my eyes.Playing hard to get? She was taking this too far.Wait and see, Maya. Don't come c

NATHANIELMaya arrived exactly on time. From the moment we'd collected the papers to now, half an hour had passed without a single word from her. She hadn't even taken off her sunglasses.I smirked, derision flashing behind my eyes.Having second thoughts now, is she?Come to beg forgiveness? Too late. It's signed. I'm not giving her another chance.Six years under Blackstorm's roof, and I'd shown her every ounce of patience I had in me. She should have learned some gratitude by now. Instead, here she was, stirring drama, demanding divorce over and over, pushing her luck right to the edge of what I'd tolerate.Were those sunglasses hiding eyes swollen from crying all night, once she realised how fast this could actually finish?Too ashamed to show her face, probably.The thought pulled a cold snort out of me."Thank you for your help." I stayed polite with the registrar's staff, gracious even, ignoring Maya standing right beside me the whole time.Compared to how visibly lifted my own

The hundred and eighty million had always been rightfully hers. The whole of her mother's inheritance, funds that belonged to her regardless of anything that happened afterward.When she mated Nathaniel, Edmund had needed exactly that sum to secure a territory acquisition for Blackstorm. She'd handed it over willingly at the time, and it had sat inside the pack's accounts ever since.Now, with the divorce, all she wanted back was what had always been hers to begin with."Nathaniel, you and Maya are divorced now. Your mother's waiting for you at home. Perhaps you should go speak with her," Elise suggested softly, watching him stare at the transfer documents.He ignored her. After a moment, he made the call without hesitating, instructing the treasurer to move the full sum into Maya's account immediately.Once the order went through, he shot a glare at the lawyer still standing there, patient as ever. "Satisfied?"Vincent offered a polished smile, leaning forward slightly before steppin