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“Lucian,” I said, my voice steady yet cold, “I did have your pup.”
To Lucian, those words felt like claws raking through his chest, tearing into hist very soul.
“On the very day you brought her into our den, I wanted to tell you I was already carrying our child.”
His breath hitched, but I pressed on.
“But you forced me to reject our bond. You forced me to end the life growing inside me.”
His legs gave out, and he collapsed onto his knees, the weight of my words crushing him.
“From this moment on, Lucian, we are nothing to each other.”
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“Please, you can’t do this to me…” Lucian begged, his voice breaking, the desperation in his tone filling the hall.
I glanced at Vlanche, who stood to the side with tears streaming down her face. Her shoulders trembled as she tried to hold back her sobs.
“Why don’t you go and take care of her –” I began, but Lucian interrupted, grabbing my arm and pulling me closer.
“Keep your disgusting hands off my daughter!” my mother’s voice rang out, sharp and filled with fury. She stepped forward, her protective instincts blazing, but I raised a hand to stop her.
“Mother, I’ll handle this,” I said, my voice calm but firm.
Lucian s grip on my arm loosened slightly, his face crumbling as he stared at me. “I love you, Freya,” he said, his voice. trembling. “I always have. My mother
forced me to leave you because… because
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she thought you weren’t good enough, that you couldn’t bear my heir. But why didn’t you tell me the truth?” His voice cracked, desperation bleeding into his words. “If you had, I could have dropped everything for you. I could‘ ve stayed.”
I opened my mouth to respond, but before I could, a powerful voice echoed through
the hall.
“Well, I’m sorry, Alpha Lucian of the Crimson Moon Pack,” Alpha Darian said as he strode confidently into the room. “But you’re too late. Freya is mine to deal with now–and I’ll be her new
Alpha.”
Gasps rippled through the crowd, followed by a stunned silence.
My mother’s expression softened, a proud smile gracing her lips as Darian approached. She had always wanted me to be with someone as strong and capable as
him.
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“That’s right,” she said, her voice laced with satisfaction. “I always knew my daughter deserved someone whose
strength and power matched hers. Someone who could truly stand by her side.”
Lucian’s face darkened, his eyes flashing with unrestrained fury as Darian’s words. struck him like a thunderclap. He rose to his feet slowly, his chest heaving with the weight of his despair and rage.
“Freya…” Lucian’s voice was low, almost a growl, as his wolf threatened to surface. “You would choose him over me? After everything we’ve been through?”
“You will never replace me, Lucian growled, his voice trembling. “Freya belongs to me. She always has.”
I stepped forward, placing myself between the two alphas. “No one decides where I belong but me,” I said firmly, my voice. echoing in the hall. “And I choose to leave the past behind.”
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Lucian’s gaze softened, but his
desperation grew. “Freya, don‘ t do this,” he pleaded, stepping closer. “I‘ 11 fix everything. I’ll defy my mother, the pack–anything for you.”
I held up my hand, stopping him in his. tracks. “You already had that chance, Lucian. And you cheating on me was your choice. It wasn’t a mistake that you listened to her. You choose anyone but me.”
Alpha Darian stepped beside me, his presence calm but commanding. “The Luna deserves better than someone who doubted her strength,” he said, his words cutting like a blade. “And now, she‘ 11 have it.”
Lucian’s fists clenched, his jaw
tightening. “You think you can protect her? You think she’ll choose you over the bond we once shared?”
“I don’t need your bond,” I said, meeting Lucian‘ s tormented gaze. “I‘ ve
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learned to be stronger without it. Without you.”
Lucian looked shattered, his powerful demeanor crumbling before my eyes. I knew he was realizing what he’d lost, but it was too late for regrets.
“Let’s go,” I said firmly, turning to Alpha Darian without sparing Lucian another glance.
Darian’s eyes narrowed, his voice dripping with venom as he addressed Lucian. “If I see your face in this pack again. I will kill you. Consider this your final warning.”
At his command, the Stormhood warriors appeared once more, their swift movements capturing both Lucian and Vlanche.
“Let me go!” Vlanche screamed, her voice shrill and panicked. “Lucian, do something! They‘ ll harm our child!”
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glance at her. His eyes were locked on me, filled with a mixture of longing and despair.
“I will not leave you alone, Freya,” he said, his voice breaking as the warriors. dragged him away. “Not until you come back to me.”
