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After He Let Our Pup Die, I Rejected The Gamma Commander Episode Dark Romance, Werewolves, Revenge, Betrayal
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00:00The first thing the PAC doctor told me when I woke up was that my pup was gone.
00:06The second was that my mate, Zane, our PAC's formidable Gamma Commander,
00:10was too busy comforting another woman to answer the hospital's frantic mind links.
00:15When Zane finally burst through the clinic doors, he brought the freezing stench of the storm with him.
00:20His eyes were bloodshot, but he didn't look at me with grief. He looked at me with pure, unadulterated fury.
00:30A fucking life, Serena! How could you make a decision like that without a single word?
00:37I slipped in the mud, trying to board up our roof during the storm. I called out for you through
00:43our bond.
00:43He lunged forward, his large calloused hand gripping my chin, forcing me to meet his furious gaze.
00:49The doctor said you miscarried, but I know you, Serena. You were furious that I gave the sanctuary pass to
00:58Quinn.
01:00Did you take Wolfsame? Did you kill our pup just to spine me?
01:06I slapped his hand away.
01:09You gave her the pass to the human safe zone.
01:11You left me to weather the storm alone while you fixed her roof because she's scared of thunder.
01:16If the pup survived, we wouldn't have the resources to feed it anyway.
01:22Zane growled, pacing the room like a caged beast.
01:27If you just learned to budget properly, my gamma stipends is more than enough to feed you and a pup!
01:34Oh really? But how would that work, Zane? You have to save half your stiffage to support Quinn.
01:46Quinn's an Omega. She's fragile and she's my dead captain's widow. He died saving my life on the battlefield.
01:55It is my sworn duty to take care of her. Why are you always so fucking jell a grieving widow?
02:04I stared down at my flat, aching stomach. The phantom weight of my pup was a gaping hole in my
02:09soul.
02:10Ever since I got pregnant, Quinn had been crying every single day. She would show up at our porch, tears
02:16spilling
02:16over her huge, innocent eyes, sobbing about how she was barren. How she would never be blessed with a pup.
02:22It didn't take long for Zane to lose his patience. He started scolding me in front of the entire pack,
02:27calling me an insensitive bitch for rubbing my pregnancy in Quinn's face.
02:32Believe whatever helps you sleep at night, Commander. The pup is gone. You win.
02:39Before Zane could snap back, the heavy hospital door creaked open.
02:42Serena, did you really, did you really kill the pup?
02:48Her face as pale as snow, she gasped out. It's my fault. My body is so weak and Zane
02:55worries about me too much. If you were angry, you should have punished me. Why would you hurt an
03:00innocent pup? Zane rushed to her side, wrapping his strong arms around her waist, catching her before
03:08she could fall. His eyes were filled with nothing but raw, tender panic. Even an outsider you can
03:14see how monstrous this is. You murdered your own flesh and blood, and now you're taking it out on
03:18Quinn? Zane, don't yell at her. It's my fault. I'm just a burden. His large hand rubbing circles on her
03:25back. So gentle, so practiced. I watched them. The agonizing cramps in my uterus flared, but the pain in my
03:32chest had entirely disappeared. There was nothing left but ice. Serena, Quinn is having a panic attack.
03:39I'm taking her back to the pack house. You need to cool off and think about what you've done.
03:45He scooped the delicate omega up in his arms and strode out of the room without a backward glance.
03:50Silence swallowed the room. Silence swallowed the room. A nurse hurried in. Where did the gamma go?
03:58Your surgery bill is still short of 20 silver coins. I laughed. A dry, scraping sound.
04:07I'm discharging myself, I said, ripping the IV out of my arm. I'm discharging myself.
04:14Are you crazy? You just had a DCU to clean out the miscarriage. You're still bleeding. You could die.
04:22I'm hard to kill.
04:27I was done. I didn't want him, and I didn't want this bond anymore.
04:33Zayn looked at the papers I slapped onto the cheap, rotting wood of my slum apartment table.
04:38He burst into a harsh, grating laugh that vibrated with his gamma dominance.
04:45A formal mate rejection? Are you out of your fucking mind, Serena? You're throwing away our bond over a
04:51sanctuary pass? A bond with you is worse than having no bond at all.
04:55I am done watching Quinn's pathetic act. I am done being stepped on so you can play the tragic,
05:01honorable hero. Then go do your duty. Just leave me out of it.
05:07Sign the paper. I, Serena, reject you, Zayn.
05:17I know your hormones are everywhere because of the miscarriage. You're emotional. I get it.
05:24I'm gonna try and be patient with you. He stepped around the table, reaching out to pull me into his
05:30chest. Serena, stop this. Pack your bags. Come back to the pack house. We can talk about the
05:36rejection later. That is your house, not mine. Get out. If you don't sign it, I'll petition the alpha to
05:44forcibly sever the bond. Zayn rubbed his temples, looking exhausted. You don't have a job here. You
05:51don't have a clan backing you. How do you plan to survive without me, Serena? You'll starve in this
05:59neutral. Don't worry about me, Commander. I just secured a permit to open an epithetary stall in
06:08the dirt market. Gathering herbs in the mud is a filthy job, but it'll keep me fed. Serena,
06:16how could you do manual labor like that? It's all my fault. I shouldn't have taken the path to the
06:21human zone. You can beat me. You can curse me, Serena, but please don't humiliate Zayn like this.
06:28Working in the dirt market ruins his reputation as a gamma.
06:36Look at her, Serena. Look at how selfless Quinn is, and look at yourself. When did you become such a
06:41cold-blooded, spiteful bitch? You'd rather dig in the mud and drag my name through the dirt than come
06:47home and act like a proper mate. You are unbelievable. Take your pathetic stray and get the
06:51fuck out of my house, Zayn. You're dirtying my floor. Good. If you want to act tough, then stay
06:55here. Let's see how long your pride lasts when you're freezing to death. He wrapped a protective
06:58arm around the sobbing Quinn and stormed out, slamming the rotting door so hard the hinges screamed.
07:05Leave her be, Quinn. She's just throwing a tantrum. I walked slowly to the door and slid the heavy
07:10iron deadbolt into place. Crawl back to you? I'd rather let the rogues tear my throat out. The neutral
07:17zone market smelled of sweat, raw meat, and desperation. I rented the cheapest open-air
07:22spot by the gutters and set up my apothecary stall. I woke up before dawn to forage in the
07:27dangerous outskirts and stayed up late brewing healing salves and stamina potions. Because my
07:33potions were potent and my prices fair, my stall quickly became the busiest in the market.
07:38In this harsh world, hard work was my only currency. Gossip trickled down from the human safe zone.
07:44I heard that Quinn had used my sanctuary pass to get a cushy job in the human textile factory.
07:49She wore a brand new cashmere coat bought by Zane. But she was too fragile. She complained about the
07:55cotton dust hurting her throat, whined about the lad machines, took sick leave constantly,
08:00and ruined a massive batch of expensive dyed fabric. The human boss wanted to fire her,
08:06but Zane used his gamma influence to protect her. I just smirked, handed a fresh bottle of
08:11wolfbane antidote to a mercenary, and felt absolutely nothing. One evening, as I was packing up my
08:18crates, the heavy stomping of combat boots made the ground vibrate. Several heavily armed market
08:24enforcers blocked my stall. Zane's personal beta guard, Jax, was among them, pacing anxiously, avoiding
08:30my eyes. My stomach dropped. Before I could speak, the enforcer captain, wearing a red armband, stepped up.
08:38Serena, we received a tip. You're accused of smuggling lethal contraband into packed territory.
08:44You must have the wrong person. I sell healing herbs. What contraband?
08:49Search it!
08:51Four wolves tore my stall apart. Less than two minutes later, an enforcer dragged two heavy wooden
08:56crates from under my table and smashed them on the ground. The wood splintered. Dozens of pure
09:03silver daggers coated in refined, weaponized wolf's vein spilled out onto the cobblestones.
09:21I stared at the silver daggers, my blood turning to ice. Those crates weren't mine. I had been framed.
09:29The crowd parted, and Quinn shrank forward. Serena, how could you be so stupid?
09:35But her eyes gleamed maliciously as they swept over me. She cried, making sure her voice carried to everyone.
09:41I told you to stop doing illegal things, but you called me a nosy bitch.
09:49She pulled a crumpled piece of paper from her pocket, waving it as if it burned her fingers.
09:54You said, you said because you lost the pup you wanted to make fast money to buy your way into
09:59the safe zone.
09:59It was the most absurd, sickening lie I had ever heard. Zane pushed his way to the front. When his
10:05eyes landed on the wolf's vein coated silver, his face turned the color of ash. He looked at me.
10:14Serena, if you needed money, why didn't you come to me? Why would you shame me in the pack by
10:19doing this?
10:20Zane, don't blame her. She lost her mind after the miscarriage. I tried to stop her, but she said
10:25I didn't understand what it's like to be poor. He turned to the enforcer captain.
10:32Captain, she has committed a crime. I am a gamma of this pack. I will not shield a criminal, but
10:38please,
10:42considering she recently suffered a miscarriage and is mentally unstable,
10:49show her mercy. I will take her punishment. I will beg the Alpha.
10:57I'll give up my rank to pay off her sins. Just don't let them execute her.
11:05In my past life, I would have begged for this kind of protection. Now, hearing it, knowing he said it
11:11only
11:11because he completely bought Quinn's bullshit made me want to vomit. He didn't even ask me if I did it.
11:18He just instantly condemned me, playing the righteous hero who still loved his broken, wicked mate.
11:24Four years as mate, Zane, and you genuinely think I'm the kind of
11:28bitch who would smuggle wolf-lice coated silver just for a quick buck? I spat, my voice laced with venom.
11:34Zane flinched. His eyes were completely bloodshot, filled with that sickening, patronizing disappointment.
11:42The contraband is literally sitting in front of you. Do you want to be executed, Serena?
11:48Is it so fucking hard to just admit you made a mistake? He grabbed my shoulders,
11:52his grip bruising my skin. Just plead guilty. Pay the fine. I'll handle the Alpha. I will strip
11:58myself of my Gamma title to save you from the silver block, but you need to submit!
12:04This was Zane, always intoxicating himself with his own profound, sacrificial love,
12:10while physically shoving me into a fucking abyss. I didn't do it!
12:15I snarled, shoving his chest so hard he stumbled back.
12:21I'd rather let them tear my throat out than confess to a lie!
12:26Suddenly, old Madam Clara, the human woman who rented me the stall space, charged forward. She
12:32was brandishing a heavy iron soup ladle like a weapon. Who the hell are you calling a smuggler?
12:37This girl works herself to the bone before the sun even rises. She doesn't have time to deal with
12:44rogue scum! Then, Clara paused, her eyes widening. Wait a damn minute. I saw you!
12:50You were sneaking around Serena's crates last night. I thought you were just a jealous friend
12:57snooping around. You planted this shit!
13:03Quinn's face lost every drop of color. She immediately swayed on her feet, clutching her
13:08chest as if she had been shot. And just like that, the crowd's sympathy swung right back to the frail,
13:16trembling Omega. Weakness was always a weapon. Zane's expression turned utterly lethal.
13:23Blind you shelving t'history. Are you, you sign-tid you people,
13:27Stott's been spotting the Xurid to Gowen and his belongs in a night to Ghent?
13:32Are you trying to give her a fatal heart attack just to escape punishment?
13:39Put the cuffs on her! Now!
13:43The Enforcer Captain didn't hesitate. He pulled out a pair of heavy, pure silver handcuffs that burned
13:49a werewolf's skin on contact. Zane turned away, shielding Quinn from the sight, playing the heartbroken
13:55mate to perfection. Take her to the cells. I'll come down to sort it out. Before the silver could touch
14:05my
14:05wrists, the deafening screech of heavy tires ripped through the market.
14:12The air instantly grew impossibly thick. Everyone present immediately dropped to their knees,
14:18bearing their necks in submission. The pure, terrifying dominance of an Alpha aura washed
14:23over the street. Alpha Jackson stepped out of the vehicle, his boots hitting the pavement like thunder.
14:32What in the goddess name is happening to the wolf who just saved our entire pack from a smuggling ring?
14:37Alpha Jackson was the absolute law. A ruthless, fair leader who valued strength over all else.
14:43Zane scrambled to his feet, instantly snapping a salute, his face coated in cold sweat.
14:49Alpha! It's an internal dispute. Serena was caught smuggling silver daggers,
14:54and I am enforcing the law. Smuggling?
15:00Are you a fucking idiot, Zane? Serena is the one who tipped my personal guard off to this shipment.
15:08Zane blinked, completely, utterly stunned.
15:15She tipped you off? But there's an eyewitness who saw her- Gamma, Zane.
15:20Zane, if you lack even the basic investigated instincts to see a blatant frame-up, you're not fit to lead
15:26my warriors.
15:29Alpha! I'm trying to hurt her!
15:31Get the medic!
15:32Alpha! My heart! My heart! My heart!
15:41Zane reached for her purely on instinct, but Jackson's massive hands squatted him away like a fly.
15:48He nodded to the man's, the pack doctor. The doctor knelt, gripping Quinn's wrist with brutal efficiency.
15:55He pried open her eyelids as she thrashed and shrieked in panic.
15:59Her pulse is perfectly strong. Pupils dilating normally. Her heart is healthier than mine!
16:05This Omega is entirely faking it! It's a pathetic theatrical performance!
16:11Zane looked as if he had been struck by lightning. He turned slowly, staring down at Quinn, his mind fracturing
16:18in real time.
16:19Quinn? You told me you had a congenital heart defect. You told me you were done-
16:23Quinn's lips trembled.
16:24Zane! I was just scared! The doctor is wrong!
16:29Alpha Jackson scoffed. He snapped his fingers.
16:49Zane snatched the rogue by the throat, smelling the indisputable proof. The faint,
16:54sickeningly sweet scent of Quinn's Omega pheromones coated the contraband daggers.
16:59His entire spine seemed to snap. He dropped the rogue and stared at his hands.
17:05Why? I gave you the sanctuary pass. I let my own pup die to take care of you.
17:16Why would you frame Serena?
17:20Realizing she was trapped, Quinn dropped the fragile act.
17:25Because I hate her! Why does she get to have you? Why does she get a pup while I'm stuck
17:31as a useless widow?
17:32And don't act like a fucking saint, Zane! If you actually trusted her, you wouldn't have condemned her without a
17:39single question! You handed her to the wolves yourself! You're just a stupid, gullible fool!
17:46Every word was a razor blade slicing straight across Zane's throat.
17:50Take her to the dungeons. Strip her of her widow benefits.
18:00Quinn was dragged away, kicking and screaming obscenities into the night sky.
18:05Then, Alpha Jackson walked right up to Zane.
18:10You are suspended indefinitely, Zane. Until you figure out how to use your fucking brain, don't let me see you
18:16in uniform.
18:22Jackson turned to me, giving me a nod of deep respect, before driving off into the night.
18:27I stood there, feeling the biting winter wind against my cheeks.
18:31I knew everything beforehand. I knew Quinn would try to frame me, so I tipped the Alpha off hours ago.
18:38It was a trap, and they both walked right into it.
18:46The crowd dispersed into the shadows, leaving nothing but broken crates, scattered silver daggers, and a shattered man standing in
18:53the mud.
18:54Zane seemed to finally wake from a nightmare.
19:05His dirty hands grasped empty air.
19:10I was blinded. I thought I was protecting you from execution by making you confess.
19:16You are con-snow. You don't mow be the saunty, and I'm much tought the way.
19:21Come have to meet me, of protection as friends.
19:34Don't touch me, Zane. You disgust me.
19:43Take it. Take everything. We can start over. I'll make it right. I'll go to the Alpha tomorrow and beg
19:49for your sanctuary pass back.
19:50We can have another pup, Serena. I swear on my life!
19:55I stared at the crumpled money in his desperate, shaking hands.
19:59Do you remember what you were doing the afternoon I lost the pup, Zane?
20:05I... I was fixing Quinn's roof because of the storm.
20:10He froze, his mouth opening and closing.
20:17Yes. You were fixing another woman's roof.
20:20I spat, leaning down so my face was inches from his.
20:24Can this money buy back my blood? Can it buy back the heartbeat of my pup?
20:29I don't hate your sense of honor, Zane.
20:32I just pity your fucking stupidity. Our bond means less than dirt to me now.
20:36I turned away and walked toward the pack's public notice board in the center of the market.
20:41With a silver dagger, I carved my blood onto the wood, declaring a permanent, spiritual mate rejection.
20:48The magic flared red, then snapped.
20:51The searing pain of a broken bond hit me, but it felt like glorious freedom.
20:56I left Zane kneeling in the dirt, wailing into the night like a dying animal.
21:01The great Gamma Commander, stripped of his rank, stripped of his mate,
21:06left with absolutely nothing but the ashes of his own arrogance.
21:10Two years pass like a blur of blood, sweat, and gold.
21:13Riding the wave of the expanding neutral zone, I transform my humble apothecary stall into a massive trade guild.
21:19I don't fear the exhaustion, and I don't fear the rogue-infested borders.
21:24Whatever rare herbs or enchanted weapons the market demands, my caravans deliver.
21:28Now, I am the undisputed empress of the borderlands.
21:32I wear tailored suits instead of blood-stained jeans,
21:35and alphas from neighboring packs request meetings with me just to secure supply lines.
21:39It is during the grand opening of my newest flagship store that I hear news of Zane again.
21:45I stand behind the floor-to-ceiling glass of my office, directing my staff,
21:49when a shadow catches my eye across the street.
21:52It is a man in a battered, stripped military jacket.
21:55His face is hidden behind a wild, unkempt beard, and his broad shoulders are completely hunched.
22:01He looks absolutely nothing like the arrogant, formidable Gamma Commander he once was.
22:05He doesn't dare to cross the street.
22:07He just stands in the freezing rain, staring greedily through the glass at my figure.
22:12He looks like a starved, abandoned stray dog, desperate, broken, and pathetic.
22:17I just stand there, meeting his gaze with absolute, chilling indifference.
22:24After a long minute, as if my lack of emotion physically burns him,
22:28he flinches, pulls up his collar, and limps away into the alley.
22:35The next morning, my beta assistant hands me a wrapped package left at the storefront.
22:40Inside sits a crudely carved wooden statue of a wolf pup.
22:44The wood is polished smooth, clearly rubbed by callous thumbs a thousand times over.
22:49Beneath it lies a bank transfer receipt directed to an orphanage under my name,
22:53and a heavily blood-stained letter.
22:55The handwriting is violent, shaky, desperate.
22:58Serena, I join the border suicide squad.
23:01I hunt the most rabid rogues now.
23:04It's a death sentence, but every time I clear a rogue camp or dismantle a silver trap,
23:08I tell myself I am building karma for the pup we lost.
23:11Quinn confessed to everything to get a lighter sentence.
23:14She admitted she set up the wolf's bane and silver daggers because she was jealous of your
23:18pregnancy.
23:19I sat outside the dungeon all night and vomited blood from the regret.
23:23I know you don't want to see me.
23:25I know my redemption means nothing to you.
23:27I carved this pup for the pup we lost.
23:30Throw it away if my scent disgusts you.
23:32I will never disturb you again.
23:34I finish reading the letter.
23:35My heart is a stagnant pool of water, not a single ripple.
23:39This self-indulgent guilt trip means absolutely nothing to me.
23:43Even if he gets his throat ripped out by a rogue tomorrow, it won't bring back the pup he let
23:47die.
23:48Nor will it erase the trauma he carved into my soul.
23:51Without a second thought, I drop the wooden pup and the bloody letter straight into the incinerator bin.
23:56I wipe my hands and walk back out to the trading floor.
23:59Zane's profound love is far too late and entirely too cheap.
24:03Five years later, the pack territory suffers a devastating earthquake, collapsing entire
24:09sectors of the safe zone.
24:10I sit in the front row of the disaster relief commendation ceremony, honored as the top civilian
24:16sponsor and guild leader.
24:18The crowd erupts into deafening applause when the alpha calls the name of the final recipient.
24:23Rogue hunter and rescue hero, Zane.
24:26The heavy velvet curtains part. A nurse pushes a wheelchair onto the stage. It is Zane.
24:32He wears a spotless, unranked military uniform, his chest heavy with metals.
24:38But beneath his waist, his pant legs are completely empty.
24:42Zane, what sustained you for 10 hours as you held up the steel beam to save the pregnant Omega,
24:48and in doing so, you lost both your legs. Because I have a debt to pay.
24:57I once murdered my own pup with my ignorance. This time, I had to save someone else's pup.
25:02The goddess gave me a chance to pay back the life I owe. That's all.
25:05After the ceremony, Zane's former beta, Jax, intercepts me in the VIP hallway.
25:10Jax has red, swollen eyes. He holds out a small velvet box with trembling hands.
25:18Guildmaster Serena, Zane asked me to give this to you.
25:25A dark, rusted stain of his own blood mars the golden surface.
25:32He says he has no right to see you. This was the gift he promised your pup years ago. It's
25:37the
25:37only valuable thing he has left in this world. He also told me to tell you, Quinn was released
25:42in prison last month. She froze to death on the streets outside the safe zone.
25:49Zane says it's karma.
25:52Their karma finally caught up.
25:54I look at the blood-stained metal. It cost him his legs. It cost him half his life.
26:03Tell him I don't hate him anymore. Hating him is a waste of my energy.
26:10I pull a silver pen from my blazer and scribble a quick line on the back of my business card,
26:15dropping it onto the box.
26:17I turn on my stiletto heels, my steps echoing sharply against the marble floor.
26:26Zane traded his legs for that pregnant wolf's life. That repays her. It repays himself. But
26:33regarding me, I have already moved on and I never look back. The golden scissors slice cleanly through
26:39the red silk ribbon outside my newly built Guild headquarters. I smile flawlessly, waving at the pack
26:45leaders and human merchants who have gathered to celebrate. Madam Serena, the Alpha's office just
26:51sent word. Zane passed away this morning.
26:58My hand holding the scissors pauses, exactly one second, completely ignoring the whisper.
27:05Excellent turnout today.
27:07I hand the scissors to an assistant and walk gracefully into the warm, brilliantly lit banquet hall.
27:13I do not attend his funeral. A week later, an enforcer delivers a heavy iron lockbox to my
27:19penthouse. They tell me it is Zane's dying wish. I miss you so much, I can't breathe. Serena,
27:26I dreamt of our pup. He called me dad, but when I reached out, my hands were covered in his
27:30blood.
27:31Serena, if only I hadn't given her that pass. If only you were still by my-
27:35I look at the pile of letters. There is no grief in my chest. Only a profound,
27:40liberating exhalation of relief. It's finally over. The flames roar to life,
27:47greedily devouring the paper. The firelight reflects in my calm, dry eyes. Ash drifts up into
27:53the cold night sky, disappearing into the falling snow, leaving absolutely no trace behind.
27:59The following spring, I visit the border orphanage and adopt a wolf pup who lost his parents in a rogue
28:05attack. His eyes are as clear as a mountain spring. I name him Nova. Not to remember the past,
28:11but to celebrate a supernova of new life. He will inherit my empire, not a legacy of sorrow.
28:27I have wealth, absolute power, and a son who adores me. A sudden blizzard begins to howl around the
28:34glass, looking exactly like the storm from that afternoon when I lost my first pup and nearly
28:39bled out alone. Back then, I thought the sky was falling. Now, I know it was just the brutal birth
28:45of
28:45my freedom.
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