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“Adele, the doctor said your IVF was successful. You shouldn’t see blood–it might scare the pup.”
He coaxed me gently, his eyes full of concern without a hint of pretense.
I almost wanted to applaud his impeccable acting.
Sensing my off mood, Alpha Dwayne noticed the wine glass in front of me. He squeezed my palm and asked cautiously, “Adele, how long have you been here? Why didn’t you come upstairs to find me?”
His tone was laced with careful probing.
I lowered my eyes and said indifferently, “You
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men were discussing business upstairs, with all that smoke and heat. I don’t like it.”
Relief washed over his face. He stroked my hair as if I were some fragile porcelain doll, then gestured to the maid. “Bring Luna some hangover tea.”
The maid nodded and disappeared for a moment, returning with a steaming cup.
The moment she placed the tray on the table – crack!
My entire world slowed.
Thud. Thud.
In an instant, the maid’s head separated from her body. Her wide, unblinking eyes rolled across the floor, stopping at my feet with a dull sound that made my ears ring.
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The metallic scent of blood filled the air. Warm droplets splattered across my face. Then, like a puppet with its strings cut, the maid collapsed, lifeless.
For a moment, I couldn’t even comprehend what had just happened.
Alpha Dwayne pulled a handkerchief from his suit pocket and carefully wiped the blood from my face. My stomach twisted violently.
One of his hands remained in its wolf form, claws dripping with fresh blood. The casual gentleness in his movements sent chills down my spine.
He lifted the cup to my lips. “Drink.”
My hands trembled so hard that I couldn’t even hold the cup. He tilted it slightly, letting
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the warm liquid slip down my throat.
I swallowed mechanically. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Beta Byron signal for the body to be removed. Two enforcers dragged the maid’s body and head away, leaving two long streak of blood across the floor.
I barely managed to whisper, “why…”
“If she couldn’t even stop my Luna from drinking while pregnant, he said, his tone disturbingly calm, “then she was harming my pup. She didn’t deserve to live.”
I stared into his cruel, merciless eyes. My stomach churned violently.Alpha Dwayne gently caressed my face. “It’s all my fault for letting you suffer so much. Now that we finally have a pup, you must not touch alcohol anymore.”
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“This pup must be born healthy, no matter what. Understand?”
I took several deep breaths before forcing a weak smile. “Okay”
But my heart was freezing over.
In three years of marriage, I had been pregnant six times–each one ending in miscarriage for no reason.
After so many, it became habitual.
Six months ago, the doctor declared that I could never conceive again.
Alpha Dwayne had held me tenderly, saying he didn’t care if we had children as long as I was happy and healthy.
I had never stopped blaming myself for not
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being able to give him a child. Desperate, I chose the painful path of IVF.
My stomach was riddled with needle marks, my body stuffed with hormone pills.
I endured all that suffering–only to realize it was all for Jessica’s sake.
Just because she said she was afraid of pain, I was forced to give up my right to be a mother and reduced to a breeding machine.
“What’s wrong? You look pale. Are you feeling unwell? I’ll call the doctor right away”
“I’m fine, just a little morning sickness.”
Alpha Dwayne’s eyes turned red with distress. He gently stroked my face. “Adele, you’ve suffered. I just wish I could bear it for you. Our wedding was rushed, so I ordered
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your favorite wedding gown to be flown in. Before your belly grows, I’ll take you to try it on tomorrow.”
I stared at him–such deep, affectionate
eyes.
How many times had he fooled me like this?
If he knew I had no intention of giving birth to this child, I would probably end up just like that maid.
I curled my lips slightly. “I’ll rest in my room. You guys talk.”
As soon as I entered the bedroom, I rushed to the bathroom, vomiting until my stomach twisted into knots.
Tears streamed down my face. The physical pain was nothing compared to the agony in
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my heart.
It took me a long time to recover. When I walked out, I noticed Alpha Dwayne’s phone left on the coffee table.
As if possessed, I picked it up and entered Jessica’s birthday as the password.
It unlocked instantly.
The wallpaper was a photo of Jessica leaning against his shoulder, smiling brightly.
I scrolled through the gallery.
Over 1,000 photos. In every single one, Jessica was there.
Each documenting a different phase of her life. The name’s on the folders: “My beloved.”
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In their chat history, I found that Alpha Dwayne had once risked his life to hijack the Alpha King’s Luna crown overnight.
I suddenly recalled that day–he and his rogue wolf pack had been surrounded by the Alpha King’s army.
It was only because I gave up my mother’s only keepsake, a priceless ancestral ruby necklace, that I managed to get him back.
And the reason?
Jessica had casually mentioned wanting to feel like an Alpha Luna on her 23th birthday.
Tears dripped onto the screen, my heart wrenching in pain.
Not because of years of deception.
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But because I had sacrificed the only thing my mother left me–for a devil who had ruined my life.
Through my blurred vision, I noticed something on Jessica’s right shoulder–a crescent moon birthmark.
My eyes widened in shock.
I had the exact same birthmark on the same spot.
I remembered when I first met Jessica–she didn’t have it.
It was only after I told her a story about rescuing a rogue covered in blood while volunteering as a doctor in the rogue den that she started to distance herself from me.
Not long after, she became Alpha Dwayne’s
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adopted sister. Alpha Dwayne had once saidid Jessica had saved his life.
But Jessica was selfish and cowardly. Shene would never step foot in a war–torn rogue e den–she despised and ridiculed them.
My cold fingertips curled into my palm as a a ridiculous yet homifying thought took shape in my mind.
So that’s how it is….
I collapsed onto the floor, laughing and crying at the same time.
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