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Alpha Lucas’s granfather–Alpha Stuart, called, inviting me home for dinner. Alpha Lucas came to the Kim residence to pick me
- up.
Mom held me for a long time, her eyes brimming with tears.
Alpha Lucas joked lightly, “Auntie, I’m just borrowing your precious daughter for a meal. I promise I’ll bring her back right on time tonight.”
But Mom wasn’t in the mood for banter. She didn’t respond–just mumbled a quiet reminder for me to take care of myself.
Afraid Alpha Lucas would sense something was off, I sniffled deliberately and said,
“Eclipse pack has only one daughter–and she’s about to marry you. Of course my mom’s been feeling emotional these past few days.”
I made sure to emphasize the first sentence.
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I made sure to emphasize the first sentence.
Sure enough, a flicker of sarcasm flashed across Alpha Lucas’s eyes.
Alpha Lucas, are you feeling guilty that Claire isn’t accepted by Eclipse pack?
Is that why you want to wrap up this revenge plan so quickly?
Don’t worry. In less than three days, you’ll have the woman you truly love–and your child–back home.
At the Silver Claw Pack dinner table, the atmosphere was just as cold and stifling as I remembered.
At the main table, Alpha Stuart placed a piece of braised pork into my bowl with practiced warmth.
“Josephine, you’ve lost so much weight. Has this brat not been taking care of you? I’ll
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Alpha Lucas’s father–Alpha Winton scoffed and turned away from Alpha Lucas.
“He’d be doing well just not to hurt anyone.”
Alpha Lucas said nothing, his eyes dark as he stared across the table at his parents and younger brother.
I’d sensed it the first time I came here–this wasn’t a harmonious household.
Alpha Winton always looked at Alpha Lucas with undisguised disdain.
Luna Alfie and her son were clearly walking on eggshells.
Suppressing a wave of nausea, I forced a smile and took the pork.
“Don’t worry, grandpa. Lucas treats me very well. I’m happy every day that I’m with him.”
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As soon as I spoke, Alpha Lucas instinctively reached out and stroked my hair.
With great sincerity, he declared, “Josephine, I’ll love you even more from now on.”
But I couldn’t meet his eyes. I was afraid I’d blurt out the truth.
Alpha Lucas, you and I both know–we have no future. Isn’t that right?
After dinner, Alpha Stuart asked me to join him in his study.
He said gently,
“Josephine, ever since he’s been with you, Lucas’s temper has improved. Your love is helping him. I hope you’ll keep being patient with him in the future.”
And just like that, I understood the real reason for this conversation.
From Alpha Stuart Hearned the truth behind
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From Alpha Stuart, I learned the truth behind the Silver Claw Pack dynamic.
Luna Alfie was Alpha Lucas’s stepmother. Alpha Winton remarried just one year after his first wife passed.
As a child, Alpha Lucas viewed his
stepmother as the woman who ruined his family.
He became convinced that she had driven
his birth mother to her death.
In a desperate, childish attempt at revenge, he once tried to scare Luna Alfie–who was pregnant at the time–into miscarrying.
It worked. She lost the baby.
Alpha Winton, furious, sent Alpha Lucas abroad.
He grew up overseas, lonely and unloved, developing a volatile, defiant personality that
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only worsened when he returned.
Stuart sighed, gazing at an old, yellowed photo.
“Back then, Lucas had the clearest, brightest
eyes…”
I suddenly asked, “Grandpa, when you sent Lucas abroad fifteen years ago… did you pass through the Rogue’s Den?”
Stuart paused, thinking for a moment.
“I think so… He tried to run away. When I found him, he was in the hospital–covered in blood. They said he’d gotten into a fight protecting a little girl.”
My fingers gently brushed the innocent face in the photo. My tears dropped heavily onto the glass frame.
Seeing this, Stuart called out in alarm,
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“Lucas! Did you make Josephine cry?”
Alpha Lucas looked completely lost. He rushed over, fumbling as he tried to wipe my tears.
“I’m sorry, Josephine. Please don’t cry. It breaks my heart.”
And suddenly, I was reminded of that day three years ago.
I had wept uncontrollably after hearing a piece of music that moved me deeply.
Alpha Lucas had panicked and rushed to my side, eyes wide with concern.
“Josephine, please don’t cry. It’ll break my heart.”
I told him they were tears of joy.
And he had solemnly replied,
“Then from now on, I’ll never let you cry
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again. Not from sadness, not even from happiness.”
The truth was, for five years, I had lived inside a beautiful lie.
OA perfect illusion of love he had crafted just
for me.
Now that the dream had shattered, it was also Alpha Lucas who had gifted me every tear I’d shed.
I gazed at him with all the tenderness I still had, then rose on tiptoe and kissed him one final time.
“Lucas… thank you.”
Thank you-
to the eleven–year–old Alpha Lucas who once stood up for me,
and the twenty–six–year–old Alpha Lucas who taught me to let go.
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From now on, we’re even.
