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Chapter 1

After my mother posted that message in the family group chat, she waited a long time. No reply ever came.Ella leaned on her mother Selena's shoulder and bit her lip."Mom, is my sister still mad at me?"Selena patted her hand gently, her voice soft. "This has nothing to do with you, sweetheart.""Ivy's been like this since she was little. The minute she's unhappy, she ignores everybody until the whole family comes running to coax her."Ethan, her brother, couldn't help scoffing."She's eighteen. And she's still pulling the silent treatment?""Last week she got cornered by two rogues at the border. She didn't even mind-link me. She called the patrol instead.""Mom, whatever you do, don't reach out first. Or she'll think she's got us wrapped around her finger again."On the other side of the living room, Victor, their father, sat on the sofa. In front of him was the notice the Sharing Hall had just sent.[All listed feelings have been shared in full.]He glanced at it, and his tight bro

Chapter 2

The welcome banquet was held at the most expensive five-star hotel in pack territory.Early that morning, Selena went over herself to oversee the setup. She had the staff redo the whole ballroom in white roses, Ella's favorite.The misty gold tablecloths that had been custom-made to my taste were all taken down.An assistant held up the seating chart and asked carefully:"Ma'am, we haven't placed Miss Ivy yet. Where would you like her to sit?"Only then did Selena notice that the head table was already full.Her, Victor, Ethan, Ella, and Arthur. Five people, filling the table exactly.The seat that used to be mine had long since been taken by Ella.Selena thought about it for only a moment, then waved a hand."Just add a chair on the side. Don't bother moving anyone else."Ella stood up at once, looking torn."Maybe I should sit on the side? When my sister gets here, she should be in the middle, with her family."Ethan grabbed her wrist and pulled her back down."Every guest tonight is

Chapter 3

At seven o'clock sharp, the welcome banquet began.It wasn't just our own pack. Wolves from the neighboring pack had been invited too.Everyone knew the Alpha had found the daughter he had lost eighteen years ago.They also knew Ivy had gone to the Sharing Hall and given some of her feelings to her sister to make it up to her.One guest held a glass of champagne and asked Victor quietly:"Giving away feelings like that. It won't leave any lasting problems, will it?"Victor waved it off. "Young people love to make anything new sound scary.""The Empath just lends a feeling out. It grows back. It's not like they're cutting her heart out.""And whatever Ivy shared, I'm sure it was nothing that mattered."Ethan jumped in."She used to hold a grudge over everything.""If the cook saved her one less piece of roast after training, she'd still be complaining about it a year later.""Let her give some of that away? Honestly, she'll be easier to live with."Laughter broke out around them.Selena

Chapter 4

By nine o'clock, the welcome banquet was nearly over. I still hadn't shown up.The guests didn't say anything to the family's faces, but more and more of them were stealing curious looks at Victor's table.Someone leaned toward a friend and whispered:"I heard she sat with the Empath for three days straight. That can't all be little stuff.""Aren't they even a little curious what Ivy gave up?"The person beside them lowered their voice fast."That's the Alpha's private business. Better not ask."The whispers reached Selena's ears, and she could hardly sit still.It wasn't that she was worried about me. She just thought the whole night looked terrible.She had invited all these people from other packs on purpose, so they could see the family whole again.Now the one person who was supposed to show up was nowhere to be found, and it was making outsiders think the family had something to hide."Cut Ivy's part of the program."Victor finally spoke.The Elder froze."Mr. Victor, there's sti

Chapter 5

The whole ballroom went silent.Ethan looked down at his empty hand like it belonged to somebody else.His voice cracked."Ivy... you're backing away from me?"Selena's smile had frozen on her face."Ivy, stop this."She reached for me again. I moved back before she could touch me.That one small step hit her like a slap. The color left her cheeks.It used to be that no matter how hurt I was, the moment she opened her arms, I would run straight into them.Now there was nothing in my eyes but caution."Luna Selena, please don't."Her hand stopped in midair."What did you just call me?""Luna Selena."I said it politely. The way any wolf in the pack would."That's your title, isn't it?"Ethan snapped out of it first."Ivy, are you done with the act?"He placed the hunting knife in my palm."Look at this.""Your sixteenth birthday. I gave you this knife after you begged me for years to teach you how to hunt. Remember how you used to follow me into the woods every morning?"I looked down a

Chapter 6

Selena tore the pages out of her hands."No.""She only shared a few little things.""She's smart. There's no way she'd really stop loving us."The Empath didn't argue. She just turned to the first page."First share. Mother and daughter.""The relief she felt the first time she heard her mother's voice through the mind-link. Age four.""Shared in full. Permanent."The blood drained from Selena's face.She looked down the page.At three, I was sick, and she held me all night and wouldn't let go.At five, I danced at my first Moon Festival, and she sat in the front row and clapped the loudest.At seven, my wolf broke loose for the first time, and she kissed my forehead and promised she would never leave me behind.And three thousand four hundred and twenty-one mornings, brushing out my hair and braiding a vine circlet into it before training.A red stamp sat beside every single line.Selena's tears fell onto the paper."Ivy, how could you give these away?""I only wanted you to grow up

Chapter 7

After the banquet, the whole family rushed to the Sharing Hall that same night.Victor slammed the record down on the counter."Reverse it.""Give it back to her."The head Empath glanced at the clock."Alpha Victor, we told you more than once. Core bonds can't be reversed.""Then I'll pay double.""Ten times. Name it.""This family has plenty of money."The head Empath shook her head."This isn't about money.""A shared feeling settles into whoever receives it. It roots itself in their own memories. It stops being Ivy's.""If Ella gave it back, Ivy would only feel Ella's love for you. Not her own.""And right now, there's nothing left in Ivy's heart for it to hold on to."Selena gripped the edge of the counter. She could barely stand."Then I'll remind her.""I'll tell her every single day. Sooner or later, she'll feel something again.""You can build new feelings with her."The head Empath paused."But the old ones are never coming back."Selena finally broke. She covered her face an

Chapter 8

The next morning, I had the pack's law Elder draw up three documents.The first was a formal end to my engagement.The second, a sworn release giving up my share of the pack trust fund.The third, a notice that I was cutting all financial ties with the Alpha's family.Arthur showed up just as I finished signing the first one.He slapped his hand down on the paper."I don't agree to this.""This engagement isn't just about you.""It's an agreement between two families."The Elder spoke up."Under pack law, a bond has to be freely chosen by both sides.""If Miss Ivy says no, there's no engagement."Arthur didn't even look at him.He set our engagement photo down in front of me."You told me your biggest dream was marrying me.""You started planning our wedding when you were fourteen.""The venue, the dress, the invitations. You picked out every single thing."I glanced at the photo."Do you remember why the girl in this picture had been crying?"His face froze.That photo was taken the d

Chapter 9

Ella found me three days later.She sat down across from me and didn't touch her coffee."Every night, I lie in bed and I feel it.""Your love for Mom and Dad. It's like wearing somebody else's coat.""I'll go back to the Hall. I'll give all of it back to you."I shook my head."The Empath already told you. It's yours now.""But it came from you.""Dad said it was to make it up to me. That's the only reason I took it.""I didn't know they'd really push you to give up everything."Her shoulders were shaking."I just wanted to stay in that house.""I was scared that once they had both of us, they'd think I wasn't as good as you.""So I told them you didn't like me. I brought up the trust fund on purpose. I played pitiful in front of Arthur.""And that message in the group chat. About wanting to be closer to Mom and Dad.""I sent it because I knew you'd see it.""I didn't think it would turn into this."I looked at her.Maybe she hadn't planned the test.But she had enjoyed every single t

Chapter 10

Half a year later, I left pack territory.The Sharing Hall asked me to join a new program to protect people like me.I used my own case to push for changes. Family members now had to go through a separate review. Core bonds came with a waiting period before any share. And every donor had to hear the risks, out loud, before signing anything.The head Empath asked me if I regretted it.I thought about it for a long time."If someone had stopped me back then, I would have thanked them.""But it happened. I don't want to spend the rest of my life waiting for something that can't come back."Starting over wasn't as hard as I thought it would be.I made new friends. I learned a new job. I started writing down a little of every day.On the first page of my journal, I wrote one line.Love that's really mine will never ask me to prove it by giving myself away.The family still sent me messages.Selena said good morning and good night, every single day.Victor moved all his shares into a trust a

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