Hyacinth
The night I accidentally ended up in bed with my adoptive brother, Adrian, he had just broken his engagement to his childhood sweetheart, Ivy.
Adrian was the Alpha of Blackwood Pack. Ivy was the late Beta's daughter, and the woman he had always intended to make his Luna.
To protect my reputation and preserve his authority as Alpha, he was forced to complete a mate bond with me.
Everyone said he treated me well.
But every year on Ivy's birthday, he sat alone in his study until dawn.
In the third year of our marriage, Ivy died of wolf-spirit failure. Only then did Adrian learn from the letter she left behind that she had seen us together that morning. The sight had haunted her for the rest of her life.
He decided I had destroyed her.
He severed our mate bond, drove me from the pack, and used his influence to close every road that might have kept me alive.
Before I died, he sent me only four words.
"You deserve to die."
When I opened my eyes again, I had returned to the night his wolf lost control.
This time, I tore myself out of his arms, knocked on Ivy's door, and placed him in her hands myself.
I smiled at the shock on his face.
“Adrian, I won’t love you anymore.”