Semua Bab I Broke Our Mate Bond and Went Home to Lead My Pack: Bab 1 - Bab 9

When I heard the moans coming from the bedroom, the gift slipped from my hands and hit the floor.The voices belonged to my husband, Elias, and Morwen.I pushed open the door. Morwen was wearing my nightgown, straddling Elias."What are you doing?"I stared at them in shock. It felt like a blade had been driven into my heart."Layla, it's not what you think." Elias froze, then scrambled to explain.Morwen smirked in triumph. "Layla, it's exactly what it looks like. I slept with your husband.""Don't be ridiculous, Morwen. Nothing happened! She just tripped and fell on me."Elias shoved Morwen off him, grabbed his clothes from the floor, and pulled them on any which way.Those two bastards had defiled the home we'd built together, and I couldn't stop the tears from streaming down my face.Then I saw the wolf-fang necklace around Morwen's neck, and it hit me that Elias had been acting strangely for a while.Morwen had worn that necklace to her coming-of-age ceremony a few days earlier.E

"Layla, don't do this to me. I was wrong, but you said I was the only one worth loving. You'll forgive me, won't you?"Elias tried to wrap his arms around me and hold me there.The only one worth loving? What a joke.As far as I was concerned, the man who had once deserved my love had died the moment he slept with Morwen.Three years ago, I'd had a falling-out with my father over an arranged marriage.He wanted me to marry into the Crimson Fang Pack to create an alliance that would strengthen our own pack.But I believed marriage shouldn't be a bargaining chip for power.So my father and I made a three-year bet.If I found a werewolf who didn't care about my background, my father would call off the marriage.On my first day away from the pack, I ran into a rogue.Just as I was about to strike, Elias appeared in front of me and killed it.After that, he worried that wolves from other packs might attack me again if I was alone, so he brought me back to his pack.He made me a cloak from t

When Morwen came to, Elias was staring at her anxiously. He demanded, "Morwen, where's Layla?"Seeing how anxious Elias was, Morwen taunted him. "Layla? She drank the wolfsbane, so she's probably dead by now."Elias grabbed Morwen by the throat. "Morwen, don't push me. If you don't tell me where Layla is right now, I'll snap your neck."Morwen struggled to pry his hand off. "L... Layla, she... she fooled all of us. She's way stronger than any of us thought!"While Elias was distracted, Morwen broke free. "Layla injured us and then left. Elias, Layla abandoned you."Elias glared at her. "You're lying! Layla would never leave me! As for you, you stole wolfsbane and tried to hurt a packmate. You'll be punished for this."Morwen shrank back in fear and ran off to find her father.Elias rushed home in a panic, but nothing seemed out of place. The herbs Layla had gathered were still in the storeroom, and her clothes and bags remained untouched. He relaxed at once.Yet the stabbing pain in hi

When I returned to the Iron Howl Pack, my father saw how weak I was and immediately sent for a witch to heal me.The lingering effects of forcing my way through the seal that bound my powers soon faded under the witch's care.My father's gentle care and my family's unwavering love slowly healed the pain inside me. I began to embrace my life again.Once I'd recovered, I formally began taking responsibility for the Iron Howl Pack's affairs as a female Alpha. I handled pack business, settled territorial disputes with other packs, and prevented one external conflict after another.The pack's confidence in me grew steadily.Slate Harlow, the son of one of the pack's elders, was the man my father had arranged for me to marry.Ever since I came back, he'd been by my side.He never fawned over me because of my status, nor was he intimidated by my strength.After I took charge of the pack, Slate stayed beside me while I learned the ropes.When I settled territorial disputes between packs in the

The battle ended with Gideon's death. In the chaos, his own Blood Pact wolves turned on him. By the time the fighting died down, the surrounding wilderness was devastated.After Elias's death, the Blood Pact Pack was eventually absorbed into the Iron Howl Pack.At the succession ceremony, the members of both packs gathered before the altar.Dressed in an Alpha's ceremonial robes, I climbed the dais one measured step at a time. The noisy crowd gradually fell silent.As my achievements were read aloud one by one, every eye turned to me. I saw recognition, awe, and respect on their faces.The elders stepped forward one after another to swear their loyalty to me.The same wolves who had once mocked me now greeted me with broad smiles. "Alpha, you were incredible. If you hadn't led the counterattack against the rogues, who knows how many more of our packmates would have died?"Now that our packs have united, we'll all be counting on your leadership."I just looked at them calmly.Once, thei