All Chapters of Until My Last Breath: Chapter 1 - Chapter 8

I'd barely made it back to my room and settled into bed under my mother's care when the door slammed open, hard enough to rattle the frame.Leon's mother strode in, her ceremonial robes immaculate, her face twisted with disgust. She grabbed my arm without a word, fingers digging in like claws. The decayed wound underneath screamed. I sucked in a sharp breath, cold sweat breaking out across my skin."You have the nerve to come back? I told you to disappear!"Her cold stare told me everything. Same play. Same script. Five years ago, it was exactly like this.I'd been ambushed by hunters. The silver bullet had burned through my insides, poison eating me alive. While I writhed on the floor in agony, she walked in like she owned the place."Don't blame me for being cruel, Sophia. Leon is meant to be Alpha. His mate must be the strongest she-wolf in the pack. And you? You're a dying waste. You can't even produce a healthy heir. For the pack's future, I'm ordering you to reject him. Now."I d

The next few days, Diana—my best friend—came to see me after hearing I was back. We talked for a long time.She shared all kinds of funny stories from the past five years, but every time her eyes met mine, she couldn't hold back the tears. She didn't blame me for leaving without a word. She understood. She ached for me. I apologized, and she said nothing—just pulled me into a tight hug.Time flew by. And soon, it was the day Leon had said he'd come.He'd said three in the afternoon. I was so nervous that I made my mother wheel me downstairs by one, just to wait.But five o'clock came and went. The sun was starting to dip. They never showed. I even called him—he hung up.The sun was brutal, and my coat was heavy. Sweat from the silver poison soaked through my undershirt. My mother told me to go inside more than once. I refused. This trip had already drained me too much. After today, I probably wouldn't be able to leave the house again.Thankfully, half an hour later, Leon called back a

Leon's POVFor some reason, ever since Leon carried Shelly away, his chest felt hollow. A strange dread gnawed at him.Especially whenever he closed his eyes. Sophia's face, lying in that pool of blood, the way she'd looked at him one last time—so much love, so much goodbye, so much emptiness. It haunted him like a nightmare.Even when the healer told him Shelly's baby was fine, he felt nothing. No relief. No joy.After Shelly fell asleep, he paced out of the room, restless, and pulled out his phone. He called Sophia, desperate.Deep down, he knew. With Sophia's body as broken as it was, there was no way she could have pushed Shelly.For the past five years, he'd been grinding through trials to become a worthy Alpha. Shelly had been by his side through all of it. He agreed to bond with her out of gratitude, and because he needed to secure his position as Alpha.But his heart had never left that girl who disappeared five years ago.He'd wrapped himself in ice and distance, terrified tha

Leon's POVLeon banished her from the pack, leaving her to fend for herself in the freezing snow.His mother was crumpled on the ground, trembling.Leon only looked at her, calm and empty. "The only thing you ever cared about was the power and glory. So I'll make sure you watch while I crush it under my feet."From that day on, Leon became ruthless. He stripped his mother of all her privileges and locked her in a cold, dark chamber. Day after day of torture and despair finally broke her. She took her own life in that cell.All his enemies got what they deserved.But Leon's heart could never be filled again.One year after Sophia died, on a snowy winter night, Leon couldn't take it anymore. He stood on the edge of a cliff, ready to jump and join his Sophia.That's when Sophia's mother appeared."Leon, I'd love to push you off myself." Her voice shook, her eyes red. "But you can't die.""Do you know why Sophia endured five years of that poison? Because she wanted you to live. She wanted