Chapter 11

"Sir! You can't go in there!!"Airport security guards shouted, their voices echoing through the international terminal.Colton ignored them, charging straight toward the check-in desk."Rae!!"His eyes were bloodshot. He grabbed the desk clerk, his voice a desperate roar. "Give me the passenger list! Is Rae Sterling on it?! Answer me!!""Sir! That's protected by privacy laws! You have no right—""I am the Alpha of the Silver Crest Pack! Check it now!!" Colton slammed his fist through the shatterproof glass, blood coating his knuckles.Seeing the terrified, helpless faces around him, the truth finally crushed him. Rae wasn't playing around. There was no flight number under her name. He couldn't even track down what city she flew to.Late that night, the enforcement team escorted him back to the mansion. They treated him politely out of respect for his Alpha rank, but every look felt like a slap in the face.They were all mocking him. An Alpha who couldn't even keep his own Luna.Empty

Chapter 12

Colton stumbled back a step. His face turned pale, his body shaking violently, unable to utter a single word.Chloe took a step closer, her eyes cold as a corpse."Colton, are you frantically chasing her because you suddenly love her? Or are you just used to her serving you, and now that she's gone, you can't handle it?"Chloe glared at Colton, her eyes filled with pure, unfiltered disgust."Before Rae left, she told me her wolf went completely dormant. She said she doesn't even have the energy to hate you anymore.""Doesn't even have the energy to hate me..."The words hit Colton like lightning. He swayed violently, almost collapsing onto the ground.He would rather she hate him, beat him, or rip him apart. But no hate meant he was just a dead man to her, completely irrelevant.Then, a sudden panic seized him. "Wait, what happened to her wolf?""Get lost! Stop bothering me!" Chloe pushed past him, refusing to give him another look.Colton didn't even remember how he got back to the ma

Chapter 13

Seeing those words, Colton completely lost it. He slammed the journal against his chest, sank to his knees on the cold floor, and let out a shattered, agonizing sob!"Argh—!!"Eight years! Eight damn years!She endured all his coldness, neglect, and abuse, giving him her purest, most humble love, only for him to drag her straight into hell!The dead grey mark on his chest exploded with searing pain once again!It was the ultimate backlash of a broken soul and dying body.Colton spat a mouthful of dark blood right onto the journal, drowned whole by endless regret and despair.A faded medical report slipped out from between the back pages of the journal, landing right on the bloody floor.Colton's shaking fingers picked it up, his eyes locking onto the final diagnosis—[Diagnosis: Fetal heartbeat absent. Fetal development stopped. Severe mental trauma has crippled the mother's wolf, forcing it into complete dormancy.]Below the official report, Rae's neat handwriting sat like a small, ra

Chapter 14

"Sir, please show some self-respect."Rae's voice was sharp as an ice blade.She didn't even look at Colton's reaching hand. Her eyes were cold, distant, treating him like empty air."Rae... Please don't call me that!" Colton's eyes burned bright red. He pulled a glowing wolf-fang pendant from his pocket—the pledge he placed on her when they mated. "Look, I still carry this! I know I was wrong! I was a bastard about the baby, but I'm not asking for instant forgiveness. Just come home with me! I'll give you everything!"Rae stopped and turned her head to face him.Her lips twisted into a purely mocking smirk."Home? Back to the mansion where you left me bleeding out and losing our baby for Tessa?" Rae's voice was terrifyingly calm, every word razor-sharp. "Colton, seeing you beg like a pathetic dog makes me sick.""I'm not begging! I love you! I can't live without you!!" Colton panicked completely, his voice torn and raspy."Love?" Rae looked at him like he was the joke of the century.

Chapter 15

"Stop letting them send stuff in. Throw these out and return the rest. It's in the way," Rae coldly instructed her assistant, pointing at the limited-edition black roses flown in earlier and a pile of luxury gift boxes on her desk.Her assistant didn't hesitate, scooping up the bouquet and dumping it straight into the trash.Outside the building, Colton leaned heavily on a crutch, his face deathly pale. His broken leg hadn't healed, yet he refused to stay in the hospital, dragging his shattered body to wait downstairs every single day.Seeing a staff member walk out with a package, Colton rushed forward desperately. "Did Rae get the watch I sent? I bought it at an auction for the highest price—she used to want it so badly...""Sir, please stop harassing our Chief Actuary," the assistant shoved the gift box back into his arms with pure contempt. "Rae said to return it untouched."Colton held the cold box, his voice trembling hard. "Did... did she leave any message for me?""Actually, ye

Chapter 16

Slam!The heavy door cut through the dark night.Colton slumped into the cold water, his heart ripped into bloody shreds.Nobody knew how much time passed. The rain finally stopped, and dawn was breaking.Colton dragged his broken body up from the freezing puddles.He stared at the locked door one last time, his eyes totally dead. He knew Rae would never turn back. He didn't even have the right to die in front of her."Since you want me to vanish..." he choked out in a raspy whisper, "I'll clean up the filth first."Three days later. Silver Crest Pack Mansion, North America.The tension in the boardroom was suffocating.Colton wore a pitch-black custom suit. His eyes were sunken and his face deathly pale, but his Alpha pressure flared like a rogue beast."Colton! Are you insane?!" The head of the Vane family slammed his hand on the table, glaring at him. "Sending Tessa to the Werewolf Tribunal over some low-rank female?! Our packs are allies!"Slam!A thick folder hit the table hard."