บททั้งหมดของ Unbroken Regret: บทที่ 1 - บทที่ 9

I was too young then. I had no idea what to do.All I knew was that my heart hurt so badly it had gone numb.Afraid Adrian would misunderstand me again, I could not bring myself to use his card.In the end, one of his friends "lent" me the three hundred thousand on the condition that I drink with him for one night.They forced so much alcohol down my throat at the club that my stomach began to bleed.When Adrian came to get me in the middle of the night, his face was livid.He did not say a word during the drive. Only after we reached home did he finally explode."Do you have any idea what would have happened if I'd arrived a few minutes later?""Is money truly that important to you?""Were you willing to get yourself killed just so you could pay me back?"I shrank into my seat, too ashamed to lift my head.My stomach burned, but the cold in my heart was worse.Yet after he finished shouting, he dropped to one knee in front of me and wiped the blood from the corner of my mouth.He summ

My face went even paler.Not long ago, the damage left by the silver poison had cost me our pup.The pup's own father had never believed it existed.On the day I miscarried, I called him again and again until my voice broke.He decided I was staging another crisis to squeeze money from him. He sent eight hundred and eighty-eight dollars, silenced my calls, and stayed beside Selene instead.That was the day I decided to leave him.Before I could petition the elders to dissolve our bond, the healer diagnosed me with wolf-soul degeneration.By the time I returned home, grief and sickness had hollowed me out. I smashed everything in the room and tore our mate-bond certificate in half."Why won't you answer me? Why do you keep sending money? What is this supposed to mean?"Struggle and pain filled Adrian's eyes, but the words he forced out were still merciless."Isn't this what you wanted? Or was the transfer not enough?"I clawed at my hair until pain tore across my scalp. "If you truly ha

Adrian stared at his phone, his Beta's report still roaring in his ears.I have been diagnosed with wolf-soul degeneration, just like my father. The healer says I have seven days at most.A high, relentless ringing filled his head.Suddenly, he remembered exactly what had happened the day she sent that message.He had been at Selene's house. She had picked up his phone and smiled."Elara is asking you for money again. I'll transfer it for you."And then...There had been nothing else.He had never even looked closely enough to see what Elara had written.Could she truly have wolf-soul degeneration?But Selene had investigated her.His parents had also told him again and again that Elara was a drifter who made a living by conning wealthy men.He had refused to believe them at first.But how could the timing have been so perfect? The moment their mating ceremony ended, Elara claimed she had been poisoned with silver and urgently needed three hundred thousand dollars for treatment.Pain s

Selene was arrested the morning after Adrian submitted the complete evidence.Her family's lawyers secured her release before trial. She immediately tried to flee pack territory under a false name, but Adrian's Beta intercepted her at the border within days.At trial, the ceremonial footage, recovered messages, account logs, and the clinic clerk's testimony left her nowhere to hide.She was convicted of poisoning, fraud, evidence tampering, and misappropriation of funds. Her attempt to flee added another two years to the sentence, and her apartment was liquidated to repay what she had taken.Only when the handcuffs closed around her wrists after the verdict did she understand that Adrian would never save her again.His parents avoided the poisoning charge because there was no proof they knew about the silver, but the council expelled them for financing the false dossier and obstructing the inquiry. Their public confession cleared Elara's name before the entire pack.Adrian did not atte