All Chapters of He Stole My Memories, but He Couldn't Steal My Fate: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

The banquet ended in bitter silence. I returned to my room alone. I had barely sat down by the fire when a magical raven sent by Lyla from the camp landed on the windowsill.The raven spat out a memory crystal and a sheet of parchment.The crystal immediately projected an image.Inside a cabin, Silas held Lyla as he gently applied healing herbs, stopping now and then to kiss her swollen belly.Lyla leaned against his chest with a sweet, taunting smile.The tenderness in the image cut through my chest like a dull blade."For the rest of my life, you're the only one I'll ever love. I'll never betray you."He had once whispered those words into my ear. Now they were a poisoned thorn, driving deeper every time I remembered them.I curled my hands into fists so tight that even my fingertips trembled.I couldn't tell where the pain came from: the jealousy of losing the man I loved or the bitterness of learning that our five years together had been a lie.I waved the image away, and my eyes l

Silas realized at once that something was wrong. He raced along the riverbank and ordered the pack to seal every possible exit downstream.The current had carried me a few miles downstream into the shallows, and my body was numb from the freezing water. Before I could regain consciousness, Silas tracked what remained of my scent and found me.I survived. But the pup in Lyla's belly didn't.The force of the rapids had torn away the bargaining chip she loved to flaunt.Two weeks later, a small stone cairn stood among the pines on the hill behind the pack's territory.Lyla knelt in the mud, her eyes red and swollen, her hair a wild mess."She has to kneel!"Lyla screamed, her voice raw and ragged. "She killed your heir! I want her on her knees in front of this cairn, begging my baby's forgiveness!"The pack elders chimed in too. "Harming an unborn pup is one of the pack's gravest taboos. She has to pay for what she did!""If we let a crime like this slide, who's going to respect pack law

A deep engine roar rolled through the night as an SUV sped up to the gates and stopped.The dark-gold crest of the Northern royal house gleamed coldly on its side beneath the moonlight.The door opened. A tall, stern man stepped out, every movement controlled.It was Elias. He wore a perfectly cut black coat, and the sheer Alpha power radiating from him made the air feel thin.The pack guards who had just struggled upright collapsed again beneath that power, bowing so low they did not dare lift their heads.Elias ignored them like they were insects and walked straight toward me.He stopped before me, and his eyes held a tenderness so raw it hurt to see.He slowly reached out with a black-gloved hand and carefully smoothed my windblown hair."You've been through so much, my Luna."His rough voice carried five years of madness and obsession, along with the fierce reverence of a man who had found what he thought he had lost forever.I said nothing. I simply placed my hand in his warm palm

The Northern capital held a lavish coronation banquet in its palace of ice and snow.Under a huge crystal dome, nobles from every pack raised their glasses to Elias on his throne, all dressed in their finest.I sat beside Elias, wearing the Moon Goddess's crown as a symbol of supreme power, and looked over the hall below.At the height of the banquet, a burst of raw power blew the heavy oak doors inward.Silas staggered in like a crazed lone wolf.His clothes were in rags, and he was covered in dark, dried blood from the long journey and his reopened wounds.Under the disgusted stares of every noble in the North, he stumbled down the long red carpet like a beggar pleading for mercy.At the foot of the throne steps, he collapsed onto the cold marble floor."Seraphina..."His scarred hands trembled as he raised the recovered gems and bone carvings above his head, his voice stripped of every trace of pride. "I got them back for you."Please, will you forgive me? Come home with me."The ha

A few days later, the Alpha King's Court convened at the Supreme Tribunal of the North.Under the soaring dome, the air was heavy with tension.Backed by Elias's absolute royal authority, I could finally cut this filthy past out of my life for good.I stood on the dais above Silas, who knelt below in pure silver chains.The silver hissed as it burned his wrists, suppressing every trace of his wolf's strength.He knelt there, red-eyed, his gaze locked on me."No... Seraphina, please don't do this."At last, he felt real fear.I ignored his begging, lifted my head, and looked the chief judge straight in the eye."I, Seraphina Ashcroft, ask this court to confirm the following:"The document dissolving our bond, signed by both Silas and me, is fully valid. The false mate bond he forced on me through kidnapping, drugging, and lies has been void since the day the document was signed."And today, before this court, I state it again. I reject the mark Silas forced onto my neck. I reject his sc