Snooze Veyra
When I turned eighteen, I awakened my wolf.
That was also when a strange System appeared in my mind.
It told me that if I won over Matthew Reed and survived his betrayal-and-groveling arc, I would receive $32 billion.
That was the only reason I agreed to keep our marriage secret.
But the night Matthew won Best Actor, he posted a photo on Instagram of himself feeding Hellfire Wings to his childhood sweetheart, Layla Bennett.
The caption read:
[After all this time, this is still the flavor I crave most.]
Immediately afterward, he exposed our secret marriage and posted evidence that I had paid him to mark me against his will.
The trending page crashed on the spot.
My hands shook as I reached for him through our mind-link, but Matthew didn't sound sorry at all.
"Layla's been diagnosed with terminal stomach cancer.
This is her last wish.
"She can't be labeled a homewrecker. You've had me for three years. Can't you show a little compassion for a dying woman?"
The entire internet called me a homewrecker who was destroying their true love.
Some of his fans even made black-and-white memorial photos of me and plastered them across my front door.
They demanded that I, the "vicious mate," break our bond and step aside for his true love.
I sat there in silence, tears running down my face, when the System suddenly roared inside my head:
[Hostile betrayal by target detected. Host bears no responsibility. Groveling Protocol disabled.]
[Mind-link backlash blocked. Switching to: Maximum Savage Comeback Mode!]
The moment the System fell silent, my head snapped up, every trace of tears gone.
I went live to the entire internet, grabbed a megaphone, and planted myself right outside Layla's VIP hospital room.
"Terminal stomach cancer, and she's still stuffing her face with Hellfire Wings? Is she trying to die even faster?"