Piss Off, Alpha! You Lost Me Forever

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ainst my face, leaving it as numb as my heart. When the thermometer p

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bell hanging at the main gate was immed

here was no respect in their eyes for me, their Luna, only indifference a

r fertile window w

er, Mary, rushed out first, her tone sharp and hur

k like I was a surrogate mot

the

ime, it was like this: confirmed by the thermomete

because, as Luna, I had only given birth to a daughter in all these years, failing to produce a male heir for this pack. Even thou

f this pack. Without a male heir, Damian's position would be questioned, even challenged by other Alphas. And I, Damian's mate, forced upon him, standing in the way of him and hi

y step through the familiar yet alien hallway to Damian's door. This place I

me

ed to knock when the voic

he can always catch my scent, just as I can catch his. Only in mo

y the window, his back to me, broad shoulders etched in cold, hard lines by the

ts. Get on the bed

should be used to it-I still couldn't help but

uth, wanting t

first?" But before the words could

you prefer Mary

rs curle

a threat, he

I would never forget. So I clenched my jaw, walked to the bed, and began unbuttoning my clothes with trembling fingers. With each piece that fell,

t turning, about speaking, but then a tall,

o tenderness.

ving with rough,

shame int

to make a sound, only faint

counting i

wo, th

detach myself from this

inety-seven,

as o

e, he didn't speak a word, didn't look at me once. I pushed myself up, wra

.. can w

ed for a second, b

was icy. "About how you stil

bling despite my efforts to steady it. "Can Ashley com

seeing her." Damian cut me

expression unreadable, but h

and bear an heir. Until that's done, do

She's my daughter

dly. "She doesn't need a mo

ise and brutal. Without another g

l

ard, rattling t

blanket, like a discarded ghost. The wolf ins

l her pain,

tection, but Damian gave us only indifference and humiliation

spered to my wolf.

even believ

e her, to soothe myself. Even

and. My fingers moved mechanically, swiping and tapping open the

e, visible only to the pack, I had

path

social media to catch a glimpse

so, I kep

rcare. A hol

were meant for me, pretend that gentle Damian still existed, pretend I still mattered i

the flashbulbs. And the joy on Damian's

in hand, fingers laced, smilin

e between them. That kind of harmony, that chem

ffany, you're the one who truly suits

hia is so

ouldn't hurt me

hley isn't even

lies we

gala, Ashley clung to Tiffany the whole

er? Maybe the Alpha only let Sophia be t

nder she hasn't been able to

ds tre

know. They k

declared my condition critical. Since I was carrying a "useless" girl,

ter. Even if no one in this world welc

feeling it was all worth it. But now they said she might not b

tcase wheels and footsteps

ring caught

Damian. He was leaving

This was my only c

humiliation, the vicious words online. But I could not en

e for one hour each month. I grabbed the blanket from th

hurried down the stairs. Too fast. I slipped, nearly tumbling down

the dark stairwell, a familiar vo

you going

en, Damian

ely, I stopped, shrinking back

nning late. Tif

tenderness and urgen

wasn't disapproving, it was unders

amian cut her

hear my own heartbeat, l

ulating edge. "If you ask me, you shouldn't pin your ho

et tighter, nails di

amian sound

t at least say it was the Moon Goddess's will, or that it was for

fr

h

hought I'd

ords came again

dbirth is life-threatening. I

n. And it was my mate, sa

g my wolf down, silencing even my breath

approval. "You're right. Someone as p

Sophia is different. Best if she gives you a son and

on so horrifying, so vici

i

anted

place as Luna of this pack, as my

u

hear anything else they said. Then came the sound of the front do

e wall, holding still until

wave of na

irs barefoot, rushing into my room an

etching violently. My stomach was empty; a

he cold tile floor, back against

ye

hought if I was obedient enough, if I could j

y want

, broken sound that echoed i

ou

ears and pus

le, eyes swollen, but in those

t of res

r. I refuse to endure this humiliation. I r

d severed. I want to take Ashley

pack law forbids it. Even if it means stri