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Chapter 1 — A Dying Wolf
Yvette
“Luna Yvette… the results are back. Your wolf is fading.”
The pack healer’s voice was unusually gentle, which instantly made my stomach tighten.
Of course, he didn’t know how to deliver the news… but I already knew what he was going to say.
I sat across from him in the small medical wing of the Moonridge Packhouse, staring at the parchment in his hands. Outside, the afternoon sun filtered through the tall windows, but the room suddenly felt cold.
“You have not truly mated with the Alpha. Once your wolf completely fades away, your life will come to an end as well.” The healer continued.
“How long?” I asked and his eyes softened with pity.
I hated it whenever people gave me that look. Like they felt sorry for me and that I was the most pathetic thing ever. Maybe I was, but I didn’t need to see it in their eyes every time they looked at me.
“Three months. Perhaps less.”
Silence filled the room.
Three months.
Three years of marriage to Alpha Kael Draven… and this was how it ended.
“Do not tell the Alpha.” I reached out calmly and took the report from his hands.
I folded the parchment neatly and slipped it into my bag.
I walked out of the medical wing feeling the gust of hot summer wind blowing gently against my face. Everywhere was bustling with life and everything seemed normal.
Except that nothing was normal. Nothing was normal in my life anymore; I was living a pitiable lifestyle, even though I was the Luna of this pack.
My wolf was dying, and I have only three months left.
But this wasn’t my reality years back. Until three years ago when I decided to accept Alpha Kael’s proposal to be his wife and Luna.
We had found out exactly four months before our wedding that we were fated mates and we were elated. I mean how could we not?
Fate literally smiled on us and the moon goddess had blessed us herself… or at least, so I had believed. Because what are the odds that the man I was in love with for years turned out to be my fated mate?
I had met him after my parents’ messy separation after my father brought in his mistress whom he claimed to be the love of his life into our home.
I had moved out with my mom, and life was somewhat difficult for us because people couldn’t understand why my mom had to leave such a powerful man.
My father was the Beta of the pack at that time after all…
I had no friends and the only person who stood by me every single time was Kael. As time passed, we gradually fell in love and he swore to protect me for a lifetime.
He promised that my rank did not matter. He loved me simply for who I was.
But now??
He had broken that promise.
My mate was sleeping with another she-wolf… and now my wolf was dying.
I let out a quiet laugh.
“What a ridiculous story.”
After a moment, I got into my car and drove toward the pack’s main tower where Alpha Kael worked.
Even if my wolf only had three months left… I still had responsibilities to fulfill.
Inside the tower, familiar pack members greeted me respectfully.
“Good afternoon, Luna.” I nodded politely and walked to my office.
A stack of documents sat on my desk, reports from the pack’s border patrol, supply logs, and medical approvals. I gathered the ones that required the Alpha’s signature.
Then I took the elevator up to the seventeenth floor.
Alpha territory.
His office door stood tall at the end of the hallway.
I knocked.
“Come in.” His deep voice carried through the door and I pushed it open.
There he was… sitting behind his massive desk, his broad shoulders straight, dark hair slightly messy as if he had been running his hands through it.
Even after three years, he still had the kind of presence that could silence an entire room. Sharp jawline, cold gray eyes, the authority of an Alpha born to rule.
Anyone looking at him would think he was perfect…But I knew better.
“What is it?” he asked without much interest.
I walked over and placed the documents on his desk.
“These are the reports from last week’s territory inspection. They need your approval.”
He rubbed his forehead as if irritated.
“Next time, handle small matters yourself. Don’t bring everything to me.”
“Understood,” I replied, uncapped the pen, and placed it in his hand.
Without even glancing at the documents, he signed them quickly. What he didn’t know was that there was a document he would later wish he hadn’t signed in it.
I smiled as I watched him sign it and when he finished, I gathered the papers quietly.
“Anything else?” he asked.
“No,” I responded and turned to leave, but as I did, something caught my eye.
Under the wide oak desk… a piece of fabric peeked out. One that I recognized very well. It belonged to my stepsister, Lyra Nightshade.
Slowly, I lowered my gaze, hiding the cold smile forming on my lips. Of course, she was here to fuck him in his office. Low down dirty dogs.
No wonder his office was locked earlier today.
I said nothing.
Instead, I walked calmly toward the door and stepped outside.
A few seconds later…
Click.
The door locked behind me and I paused in the hallway. They really were so eager to tear each other's clothes.
For a moment, my wolf stirred faintly inside me, letting out a weak, broken whimper and I placed a hand over my chest.
“It’s alright,” I whispered softly.
After all…
A mate who never wanted me in the first place…
Wasn’t worth dying for.
Chapter 2 — In Twenty-one Days
Yvette
My mind wandered as I walked down the hallway. My stepsister, Lyra, had spent her life treating my world like a clearance rack.
First, it was my childhood dresses, then it was my father’s affection.
And now? Now she had set her sights on my mate.
But that was fine. If they wanted to play chess, I didn’t mind playing checkers.
That was why a month ago, I quietly initiated a Legal Pack Separation through the High Council.
I did this because I knew Kael well enough to know that he would never reject me. His pride wouldn’t allow it.
To the Alpha of Moonridge Pack, rejecting a “weak” Luna like me would look like weakness.
And for some weird reason I didn’t seem to understand, he wanted me by his side even though he had long-lost feelings for me.
So I filled the request under “irreconcilable bond instability”.
And the most ironic part?
His own mother had been my silent accomplice.
Yes, you heard that right. His mother was the one gunning for our separation even though he wasn’t aware. She felt like Lyra was the better choice.
The favoured daughter of the former Beta of the pack and her friend's daughter.
She had never been in support of our union. But now I realized that might have been the one good thing in this entire mess, because she was going to be my ticket to leaving her son for good.
If I only had three months left to live, I refused to spend them chained to a cheating mate.
The High Council had already approved the separation request days ago. All that remained was Kael’s signature on the official pack separation agreement.
And earlier today…
I had placed the separation document inside a thick stack of routine pack reports…border patrol summaries, supply requisitions, and patrol schedules, he signed them all without a second glance.
To him, they were just boring administrative matters.
But hidden in the middle of that pile was the one document that mattered.
The Legal Pack Separation Agreement.
In the eyes of pack law, his signature was enough to trigger the High Council’s ritual that would dissolve our mate bond once the mandatory cooling period expired.
My wolf Isla, stirred weakly again but not in pain this time. Instead, she felt somewhat relieved and I couldn’t deny the fact that I did too.
“Just three more months,” I whispered.
Three months to my death and 21 days until the High Council finalized the separation once the signed document was officially filed.
This was my life now and I was going to make the best of those three months before I was gone. Not a second of it will be wasted crying over a man who was worth nothing.
I finally entered my office and sank into my chair. After that, I picked up my phone and snapped a clear photo of the signed document. I checked to make sure Kael's signature was very visible on it.
Perfect.
I sent the photo to Mrs. Draven. She should be happy by now, after all this is what she’s always wanted all along.
My phone vibrated almost instantly.
Mrs. Draven: Good. I knew you could do it.
Then almost a second later, another message popped up.
Mrs. Draven: Once the cooling period is over, the fifty million will be transferred.
Fifty million dollars.
To a dying woman, it was meaningless.
But to my mother…the woman who had been cast out by her mate and left to struggle alone, it meant peace and security at least.
A future where she would never have to beg anyone for survival again. So even though I wouldn’t live long enough to see her spend it, I would die knowing the Dravens had funded her peace.
I leaned back in my chair, letting out a quiet breath. My wolf Isla shifted weakly inside me again.
She had been silent for most of the day, but now I could feel a faint sense of peace coming from her.
And strangely…
It felt like breathing after being suffocated for years.
A soft knock sounded on the door.
“Come in,” I said.
My assistant, Mira, stepped inside with a tablet in her hands.
“Luna, Alpha Kael asked me to inform you that he will not be returning to the office this afternoon.”
“Oh?” I raised an eyebrow slightly.
“He… left with Miss Nightshade.” She finally said after hesitating for some time.
Of course he did.
Kael had never bothered hiding his affairs. The entire pack knew he had cheated on me countless times…first with strangers, and now with my own stepsister.
“Alright. You can go back to your work.” I ordered.
“Yes, Luna.” She bowed slightly before leaving.
The door closed again, leaving me alone in the quiet office.
I picked up the legal separation document again and looked at Kael’s signature at the bottom.
He had really signed it without reading a single word.
Typical Kael.
For a man who controlled an entire pack, he was surprisingly careless when it came to things involving me.
My fingers traced over the signature slowly.
Twenty-one days.
That was all the time left before the High Council finalized the separation.
After that…
The bond would be completely severed and I would no longer be Luna of Moonridge Pack.
I would no longer be Kael Draven’s mate.
And by then… I might already be dead…or perhaps alive, if the moon goddess was gracious enough to me.
My phone vibrated again but this time it was a message from Lyra.
A picture appeared on the screen.
Kael sat across from her in a restaurant booth, his suit jacket draped over the chair beside him. Lyra leaned close to him, smiling brightly at the camera, her head resting lightly against his shoulder.
The caption read:
“Dinner with the Alpha. Some people should really learn when to step aside.”
I stared at the image for a long moment, then I chuckled softly.
“Don’t worry… I already have.” I murmured.
I locked my phone and placed it back on the desk.
For the first time in three years, my heart felt strangely light.
Kael and Lyra could have whatever they wanted.
Because in twenty-one days…
The Luna they both despised would be gone from their lives forever.
Chapter 3 — Hello Princess
Yvette
After finishing up at the office I went back home and immediately I stepped inside, before I could say jack my phone started ringing again.
Oh my dayssss. How I wanted to scream my ass off.
Did I suddenly get popular overnight for my phone to have been ringing nonstop since morning? I begrudgingly picked the phone up from the table and glanced down at the screen.
Jaxon Vale.
Oh, that was a surprise. My cousin was calling.
“Jaxon?” I answered in a calm voice. He was always pleasant to talk to… I mean most of the time.
“Yvette, are you off work now? Are you busy?” He asked slightly hesitantly.
I glanced at the slice of apple in my hand and leaned back against the sofa.
“No, I just got home, what’s up?” I asked and he paused briefly before speaking again, sounding unusually excited.
“I just got promoted today and guess what?? I got a raise too…. AHHHHHHH” he screamed so loudly I had to take the phone out of my ears for some time so he wouldn't end up making me deaf.
Jaxon was very dramatic like that.
“I’m sorry… I’m really sorry, I’m just too excited.” He apologized and I nodded as if he could see me. “It’s fine,” I replied with a small smile.
“My parents said they haven't seen you in a while and wanted to invite you to dinner with us tonight.” He finally spit out the reason he was calling and a small smile touched my lips.
Jaxon’s parents had always treated me kindly.
Back when my mother left the pack after her divorce and we had almost nothing, it was my uncle Philip and his wife who quietly helped us survive those difficult years.
They had never had a daughter of their own, so they treated me like one.
“Alright, I’ll come,” I said softly.
“Great, I’ll come pick you up.” He replied quickly.
After the call ended, I stood up from the couch and one of the maids who had been tidying the living room, looked at me curiously.
“I’m going out for dinner,” I told her and she nodded, but I noticed the way she studied my face carefully.
Gina had worked for the Draven household for years. She knew me better than most people.
And she knew one thing very well.
I wasn’t someone who simply endured things quietly.
If I stayed silent…
It meant I was planning something and right now? Maybe I was planning something. It was up to her to think whatever she wanted anyway.
I grabbed my bag and left the villa.
The evening air outside was so cool and refreshing that I felt like stripping off my clothes and going for a run but I shook the thought off my head.
Tonight I was going to have dinner with Jaxon and his family and I would make the best time out of it.
As I walked toward the entrance gate, my phone buzzed again. It was a message from Jaxon.
Jaxon: My car just ran out of gas, wait there for a minute.
“Okay.” I texted back immediately.
Jaxon was three years older than me and already twenty-seven this year. My uncle and aunt were always worried about him settling down, but he never seemed interested in finding a mate.
So even though I didn’t interact much with the main Vale family anymore, I still visited my uncle’s home often.
To me, they were more family than the Dravens ever were.
I had only been waiting outside the neighborhood for a few minutes when my phone rang again.
“Yvette,” Jaxon said quickly, “it’s rush hour and I’m stuck far away. I asked a friend nearby to pick you up instead.”
Just as he finished speaking, a sleek black car pulled up in front of me.
Before I could react, the tinted window rolled down slowly and my breath caught.
I knew him… the person he had sent to pick me up was someone familiar… someone I hadn’t seen in years.
“I think… I see him.” I murmured, clutching my phone tightly.
The man sitting in the driver’s seat had sharp, defined features that were impossible to forget.
He wore a black shirt with the sleeves rolled up, exposing his strong, tanned forearms.
But what struck me most wasn’t his appearance, it was the powerful aura surrounding him.
The unmistakable presence of a high-ranking Alpha.
Alpha Soren Blackwood, leader of the Blackwood Pack and one of the most powerful packs in the northern territories.
Nine years ago, when I visited my uncle in a remote mountain town, my uncle had rescued an injured traveler who had fallen down a cliff.
That traveler had been Soren.
Back then, I was still young and curious. I used to follow him around with a book in my hands, pestering him with endless questions while he recovered.
I didn’t learn his true identity as the heir of the Blackwood Pack until later on.
And now that he was driving so closely towards me, his window rolled down, he looked…even more imposing than before, and dare I say more handsome?
His dark eyes lifted slowly to meet mine and for a brief moment, something unreadable flickered in them.
Perhaps he was remembering the past too, the little girl who used to trail after him endlessly.
But that girl was gone.
Tonight I wore a fitted smoke-purple dress, my hair pulled back into a high ponytail. I wasn’t that little bubbly girl anymore… I was now a drained miserable Luna who hated her life but was willing to make the very best of her last days.
Soren’s gaze darkened slightly as he studied me, then his lips parted.
“Get in.”
I ended the call with Jaxon and walked toward the car.
Once inside, I sat in the back seat instinctively, placing my hands neatly on my knees.
The silence inside the car was thick.
Soren didn’t speak.
But his presence was making me somewhat uncomfortable.. When did he have this aura? Or was this because he was an Alpha now?
I chuckled at the thought and laughed at my silliness.
“What’s funny Yvette?” He asked in that deep voice of his and I felt my tongue tie..
Oh oh… did that slip out? “Ummm, nothing is funny,” I replied, swallowing down nothing and this time it was his turn to chuckle.
“Hello, Princess.” He said and I froze.
Princess… that was the nickname he had for me. So he hadn’t forgotten that name since all these years?
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