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