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“We’ve been bound for five years. Don’t take it out on her.”
With those words, Ethan turned away, his voice firm, carrying the weight of an Alpha’s command–final, undeniable.
Maven’s fingers latched onto his arm, nails digging into his skin, her scent thick with desperation.
“What the hell are you doing?” Her voice wavered between rage and panic. “I gave you everything for five years, and now you’re tossing me aside?”
Ethan’s shoulders tensed. His golden eyes darkened, unreadable. Was that pain? Hesitation? Or something else entirely?
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Maven’s grip tightened.
“You’d better keep your mouth shut,” she whispered, her breath shaky but sharp. “Because if you expose me, I’ll make sure you regret it.”
Ethan’s wolf stirred beneath his skin, letting out a low, rumbling growl–a warning.
Then, with a sharp motion, he tore her hands off him and stepped back.
He didn’t look at her again.
Maven crumpled where she stood, her breath coming in uneven sobs–more frustration than sorrow.
I stood by the packhouse’s towering windows, the chilled glass pressed against
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my fingertips as I watched Ethan disappear into the night.
His steps were slower than usual, his gait unsteady, shoulders weighed down as though something invisible was pulling him under.
For the first time, Ethan looked lost.
He had let go.
He was ready to break the bond.
And yet… something in me knew he still had a chance.
I changed into my nightclothes before he returned, exhaustion sinking deep into my bones. My body felt hollow, my thoughts distant.
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The mate bond pulsed weakly–not in longing, not in pain, just as a dull echo of something that used to burn.
Ethan changed. His touch was lighter, his voice softer. The usual harshness in his words faded, the absence of cruelty leaving an unfamiliar quiet between us.
A thread still connected us. Thin. Fragile.
I gave him an ultimatum.
He didn’t sign it.
I gave him one last chance.
“Be careful, Dario warned.
I nodded.
Then I left.
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The black SUV idled in the driveway. The leather seats were cold beneath my palms, the air inside thick with unspoken goodbyes.
My phone vibrated.
“I’m here.”
“I got you something.”
“It’s going to be okay. Just hang on.”
It would be.
Once I was gone.
The weight of the pack, the expectations, the suffocating ache of always coming second- I was done.
Ethan would be alone.
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Ethan reached the healer’s ward, his heartbeat slamming against his ribs.
The sharp tang of antiseptic and blood hit him all at once.
His legs moved before his mind caught up. He ran.
But I was already gone.
A single release form sat on the table, ink still fresh.
Dario stood beside it, arms crossed, expression unreadable.
Ethan’s wolf snarled, pacing beneath his skin.
“Where is she?” His voice came out raw,
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more growl than words.
Dario didn’t answer.
Ethan’s hands clenched into fists.
He stormed out and went straight to the Council, reporting my absence–as if he could somehow drag me back before I slipped too far away.
But it was too late.
The truth spread like wildfire.
The great Alpha who discarded his Luna. The mate who let another woman take what wasn’t hers.
Maven shattered the last of his reputation with her own hands.
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The internet tore him apart.
The Pack turned their backs.
And Ethan-
Ethan became nothing.
The world caved in on itself.
Ethan stood in the wreckage of his own making, watching everything he had built collapse around him.
He was furious.
But anger couldn’t undo what was already gone.
He wired me a settlement. More than I had asked for. More than I could ever need.
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And yet, it didn’t matter.
His rank slipped through his fingers like sand. His influence faded.
One by one, his packmates distanced themselves, their whispers trailing behind him like ghosts.
I had seen it coming.
I knew this was his only path now.
He had no other options left.
And when he lost everything-
I was no longer the same.
The End
Book 5:
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Two years of marriage, I stood by Alpha Noah’s side, carried his child-
I truly believed happiness was finally coming.
Until that day, he sat behind his desk, looked at me with cold indifference, and said:
“Let’s get a divorce.”
But I’m pregnant.
He and his white moonlight just scoffed, stood up, and looked down at me:
“Then get rid of it.”
I thought that was the end.
But it wasn’t.
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My child and I survived.
And their good days-
are just beginning to end.
You threw me away back then.
Now you’re not even worthy of seeing me in your dreams.
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