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00:04I was suffering through a difficult labor, but my husband Marcus Cain, the Alpha of the Cain Dominion,
00:09was standing guard outside the delivery room of his late brother's widow, Amelia.
00:13It wasn't until Amelia and her pup were pronounced safe that he finally remembered I existed.
00:17The nurse stared at him in disbelief.
00:19Alpha Cain, what took you so long?
00:21What do you mean? Weren't you the ones who called me seven times saying she was in a complicated labor?
00:24Just as the nurse was about to speak, Marcus cut her off.
00:28My brother's widow was also in labor. I had to make sure she was taken care of first.
00:33Anyway, how is my mate doing?
00:35You're too late. Your mate was moved to another healer's facility by her parents ten hours ago.
00:40Marcus stood rooted to the spot, his wolf going utterly still inside him.
00:44Before my parents wheeled me into the operating room, I signed two documents.
00:49One was the surgical consent form.
00:52The other was the mate bond desolation.
00:55One week before my due date, I called parents I hadn't spoken to in five years.
01:01Ever since I went against their wishes and became Cain's mate, my parents haven't spoken to me at all.
01:06My mother's voice trembled with emotion when she picked up.
01:11Didn't you choose Marcus Cain?
01:13Didn't you say you were severing ties with this family for good?
01:20I gripped the phone, tears sliding silently down my cheeks.
01:23Mom, I'm sorry. I was wrong. All these years, I was so wrong.
01:28Marcus's elder brother Daniel sacrificed himself to save Marcus during a territorial war.
01:32Since then, Daniel's widow, Amelia Cain, had become the center of Marcus's universe.
01:37He said Amelia was the she-wolf his brother had given his life to protect.
01:41He owed it to Daniel to look after her.
01:43So no matter how busy he was with pack affairs, he went to Amelia's den every single night to have
01:48dinner with her.
01:49And I would sit alone at our cold, empty dining table, reheating the untouched dishes again and again.
01:57For Amelia's birthday, he bid on a rare moonstone pendant worth a fortune.
02:02He personally clasped it around Amelia's neck.
02:04For our bonding anniversary, I gave him a watch I'd saved up for months to afford.
02:08He didn't even glance at it before tossing it straight into the trash.
02:11Something like this, how could I possibly wear it?
02:13It's beneath the status of a wolf king.
02:19It wasn't just on birthday that Marcus treated us differently.
02:22Even when I was struggling through a difficult labor, he disregarded my life and safety,
02:26choosing only to stand guard outside Amelia's delivery room.
02:29Five years of a mate bond, and I had never been more wrong about anything in my life.
02:33On the other end of the line, my mother's voice was raw with the heartache she could no longer hide.
02:37So you chose the Ralfa, is that any reason to cry?
02:39Your father and I will be there as soon as we can.
02:41Once the pup is delivered safely, we're all going home together.
02:45The moment I hung up, the front door swung open.
02:49Marcus returned from outside.
02:51In the past, I would have already been at the door to greet him.
02:54Asking if his pack duties had been tiring, my omega instinct desperately seeking his alpha scent.
02:59But this time, I simply sat on the couch in silence.
03:02Marcus stared down at his phone, a smile playing at the corner of his lips.
03:06I'll come see you soon. Don't be impatient.
03:10His voice was incredibly gentle, and he didn't notice a thing out of the ordinary about me.
03:16Didn't even scent the distress breeding from my pheromones.
03:19I pulled my eyes away from him and looked up up at our bonding portrait hanging on the wall.
03:23Even in that frozen supposedly perfect moment, his expression was stern and rigid.
03:27So much so that the entire photograph seemed to radiate a chill.
03:30It struck me then with sudden and painful clarity.
03:32Marcus had never once, in all our years of bonding, expressed any kind of affection towards me.
03:38His wolf had never truly recognized me as his mate.
03:41I had always told myself that he just wasn't good at showing his feelings.
03:45That was what I believed, right up until six months ago.
03:49It wasn't until Marcus began caring for Amelia that I realized this cold, unfeeling alpha
03:54was capable of gentle affection for someone else as well.
04:01He noticed I hadn't said a single word.
04:03The warmth in his eyes was completely gone when he looked at me,
04:07replaced by that near-imperative alpha tone he always used with me.
04:10Why are all the lights off? Is dinner ready?
04:14Even though I had easing made up mind to leave,
04:17the voice in his coldness still mated my hands' jeans involuntarily.
04:21I drew a deep breath and forced my voice to stay steady.
04:24You've been eating at Amelia's den every night.
04:26I didn't bother making dinner.
04:27Amelia's almost at her due date.
04:29How could I ask her to cook for me?
04:30Marcus' brow fremoed with a flicker of irritation.
04:32Forget it. I'll grab something outside.
04:34I've got pack affairs to handle tonight, so I won't be back.
04:36Then, without missing a beat, he shifted topics.
04:39Amelia's health has always been fragile.
04:41A postpartum nurse might not be able to care for her properly.
04:44I don't feel comfortable with her being alone,
04:46so I'm having her move into our den until she delivers.
04:52Take good care of her these next few days.
04:55She loves shrimp.
04:56Make sure you prepare some for her every day.
04:59The bitter ache in my chest sharpened.
05:01He could rattle off Amelia's favorite food without a second thought,
05:04but he had completely forgotten that I was deathly allergic to shrimp.
05:08I couldn't even touch it.
05:10I was carrying his pup inside me, an alpha heir.
05:13Yet he had never once mentioned hiring anyone to help take care of me.
05:17Instead, he was ordering me to wait on another she-wolf,
05:21completely oblivious to the fact that I, too,
05:23was in the final stretch of my own pregnancy.
05:25I couldn't hold back any longer.
05:27Marcus, I'm carrying your pup!
05:28Marcus blinked, then glanced down toward my belly
05:31as though the fact had only just occurred to him.
05:33Oh, right. You're pregnant, too.
05:35A brief flicker of embarrassment crossed his face.
05:37Then he composed himself into his usual dispassional alpha expression.
05:40You must be, what, five or six months along by now?
05:42The pup's stable at that stage.
05:43Cooking a few meals won't hurt you.
05:45Once Amelia has her pup, she's delicate and weak, not as strong as you.
05:47She needs you to help her look after the cub.
05:49You can rest once you've given birth.
05:53Listening to the words coming out of his mouth,
05:55I suddenly felt the overwhelming urge to laugh.
05:58I had never expected him to treat me the way he treated Amelia.
06:01But even I hadn't imagined he wouldn't even know how many months pregnant I was.
06:05I was carrying his own bloodline, the heir to the Cain Dominion,
06:08and he had never once truly held it in his heart.
06:12Forget it.
06:13I let out a hollow, self-mocking laugh.
06:16Marcus, however, took it as me refusing to help.
06:19His voice hardened with displeasure.
06:21Don't tell me you're planning on making Amelia,
06:24a new mother in recovery, turn around and take care of you?
06:27She'll barely have the strength to look after her own pup, let alone wait on you.
06:30The thing my brother worried about most, right before he died in that battle,
06:33was Amelia and the pup.
06:35I have to make sure they're taken care of.
06:36As my bonded mate, your heart and your thoughts should be aligned with mine.
06:40Before I could utter another word, his phone buzzed again.
06:44Marcus had exhausted what little patience he'd had for me.
06:47He grabbed his jacket and rushed out the door.
06:53The door slammed shut behind him,
06:56and silence reclaimed the den.
06:59I don't know how much time passed before the den's lock chimed.
07:03Amelia walked in, one hand braced against her lower back.
07:06Behind her, hauling her luggage, was Marcus's most trusted bea subordinate.
07:10The one Marcus valued above all others in the pack.
07:13All those times in the past when I'd asked that beta for the smallest favor.
07:16Marcus had accused me of abusing his position as Alpha's mate.
07:19But now he dispatched his most valued pack members entirely to Amelia's side.
07:22Flanked by his personal staff,
07:24Amelia swept into the den and surveyed the lavish surroundings.
07:26Then she turned to me with a smile.
07:29Sophie, I'm so sorry to impose on you like this over the coming days.
07:33The beta subordinate hovered close behind her,
07:36eyeing me with undisguised warriness.
07:38I lowered my gaze and kept my voice even.
07:40It's fine, come in.
07:42Then I turned and walked into the kitchen.
07:44With my heavy belly leading the way,
07:45I made a bowl of pasta for Amelia.
07:48By the time I came back out,
07:49she was directing the pack staff as they reapprained the furniture.
07:55Sophie, Marcus insisted they swap out all the furniture for pieces without sharp corners.
07:59He even made sure there were no chemical odors.
08:01He said he couldn't risk anything making me uncomfortable.
08:04She glanced down at my belly.
08:06Come to think of it, you're carrying too.
08:08You really should be taking these same precautions.
08:10I answered flatly.
08:11Mmm.
08:12She pivoted seamlessly,
08:14her voice taking on a coy, almost chatting sweetness.
08:17He really is something, isn't he?
08:19Keeping something as big as your pregnancy from me all this time.
08:22He didn't even give me a chance to get you a gift.
08:25Her voice was soft as silk,
08:28yet every word cut sharper than any claw,
08:30drawing blood no one could see.
08:33But she carried on as though my feelings were completely invisible to her.
08:38Sophie, thank you for being so tolerant and understanding these past six months.
08:43After Marcus's brother fell in battle,
08:45it felt like the sky had come crashing down on top of me.
08:47There were so many nights I thought about taking the pup
08:49and just going to join him in the afterlife.
08:51Marcus was terrified I might do something drastic.
08:56He lay on the floor beside my bed every single night.
09:00The Wolf King himself, sleeping on cold stone for me.
09:03He didn't dare leave me alone for even a moment.
09:05My morning sickness was brutal.
09:07Marcus made me warm soup by hand.
09:09He fed me my medicine himself.
09:11He tracked down every healer across the territory to try and ease my symptoms.
09:15If it weren't for him,
09:16I honestly don't know how I would have survived.
09:19She smiled.
09:21Even when his brother was still alive,
09:23he never took care of me the way Marcus has.
09:25I bit down so hard on my lip that I tasted copper,
09:27barely managing to hold my composure.
09:29Amelia and I had been caring at almost exactly the same time.
09:32When her morning sickness was at its worst,
09:34I was suffering just as miserably,
09:36utterly debilitated by my own symptoms.
09:39Back then, I couldn't keep anything down.
09:41In less than two weeks, I lost over 20 pounds,
09:44physically wrecked and emotionally shattered.
09:47I missed Marcus with every fiber of my beaving.
09:49But he was too busy taking care of another she-wolf,
09:53so busy he couldn't spare even a single phone call for me.
09:59All I could do was curl up alone in our bed,
10:02clutching his shirt to my chest,
10:03desperate for any trace of his scent,
10:06staring wide-eyed through one endless lonely night after another.
10:09He's always been very responsible.
10:12My voice came out harny.
10:14Ever since I got pregnant,
10:16Marcus has come to every single one of my prenatal appointments.
10:19All the healers and nurses assumed he was my mate.
10:21I had to correct them so many times I lost count.
10:23about prenatal appointments.
10:25Every time I had asked Marcus to come with me to one of mine,
10:29he'd brushed me off.
10:30He even called me fragile and spoiled,
10:33said that an Omega about to become a mother should have more grit.
10:36Then one day, I happened to run into them at that very healer's facility.
10:41There he was, accompanying Amelia to her prenatal appointment.
10:44His face lit up with a tenderness I had never once seen directed at me.
10:48His voice was soft and gentle as he pested the healer
10:51with question after question about her health.
10:53Even the healer couldn't help but tease them.
10:55In all my years,
10:56I don't think I've ever seen an Alpha drolled on his mate this much.
10:59You're a very fortunate she-wolf.
11:04A flicker of awkwardness passed between Amelia and Marcus.
11:09But neither of them corrected the healer.
11:12I stood frozen outside the room door,
11:14my entire body going cold,
11:16the edges of my vision blurring as I nearly collapsed.
11:21But in the end, I said nothing.
11:24I dragged my nearly unconscious body back to the den alone.
11:27That night, I ran a fever of 104 degrees.
11:31Drifting in and out of delirium,
11:33I called Marcus ten times through the pack mind link.
11:36He didn't answer once.
11:37The sharp ring of a phone shattered the memory.
11:40The caller ID read,
11:42Marcus.
11:42How is Amelia?
11:44Are you taking good care of her?
11:45He was calling my phone,
11:47but every question was about her.
11:48I lowered my eyes and kept my voice completely level.
11:51She's fine.
11:53Marcus's tone finally relaxed a degree.
11:55Amelia is due any day now.
11:57It could happen overnight at any moment.
11:59I'm dealing with a territorial dispute at the border
12:01and can't make it back tonight.
12:03I need you to sleep on the floor in her room
12:05so someone's there if she needs help in the middle of the night.
12:10Perhaps even he realized how cold his words sounded
12:12because his voice softened, just barely.
12:14I know this is hard on you.
12:16Once Amelia's finished with her recovery,
12:18I'll come home and be with you for your delivery.
12:20The very last flicker of hope in my heart
12:21finally, quietly went dark.
12:24All right.
12:25Maybe the emotional upheaval was too much.
12:28That very night,
12:30my water broke without warning.
12:31I collapsed to the floor,
12:33curled into myself, trembling with fear.
12:35My omega pheromones spiked wildly with panic and pain.
12:38My cries of pain woked Amelia.
12:40She startled, instantly moving to climb out of bed,
12:42but her body was too heavy and unhandable.
12:44She lost her footing.
12:45Her foot came down hard on my stomach.
12:47She toppled over with a cry.
12:50By then, the pain had nearly stripped me of consciousness.
12:55I couldn't process whether Amelia's misstep
12:57had been an accident or something else.
13:00With the last shred of strength I had,
13:03I grabbed my phone and dialed Marcus.
13:06I also tried the pack mind link.
13:08Once.
13:09Twice.
13:10Three times.
13:12No answer.
13:13At the same moment,
13:14Amelia had gotten her hands on her own phone.
13:17She dialed,
13:18and the call connected almost instantly.
13:20Amelia?
13:21What's wrong?
13:25The moment Marcus's worried voice poured through the speaker,
13:28Amelia burst into tears.
13:29Marcus, I fell.
13:31It hurts so much.
13:32Marcus's voice instantly pitched into panic.
13:34How could Sophie let this happen?
13:36How could she let you fall?
13:38Amelia, don't be scared.
13:39I'm coming home right now.
13:40Less than ten minutes later,
13:42the front door was thrown open.
13:44Marcus stormed inside,
13:45his alpha aura flooding the den,
13:47seeing both Amelia and me collapsed on the floor.
13:50His expression darkened sharply.
13:53Sophie, you...
13:54He never finished.
13:56Amelia's cries of pain cut him off.
13:58Marcus, it hurts so much.
14:01Please, help me.
14:03Marcus rushed over and scooped Amelia into his arms,
14:06already pivoting instinctively toward the door.
14:10Perhaps he remembered,
14:11in that split second,
14:13that I was still lying on the floor.
14:15His stride hitted,
14:16and his voice came out stiff and wooden.
14:19Amelia's about to give birth.
14:21It's an emergency.
14:21I have to get her to the healer's facility first.
14:23I've called the pack medics.
14:25They'll be here soon.
14:25Just hold on and wait at the den for a little while.
14:27He looked like he wanted to say more,
14:29but Amelia moaned again in his arms.
14:33Marcus, am I dying?
14:34It hurts so much.
14:38Marcus turned and strode away,
14:40still holding her.
14:42His voice drifted back through the doorway.
14:44Amelia, don't be scared.
14:46Marcus is right here with you.
14:48As long as I'm here,
14:49nothing bad is going to happen to you.
14:51I swear it on my wolf.
14:55Bang.
14:56The door slammed shut.
14:58The den was empty once more,
14:59and I was alone.
15:01I don't know where I found the strength,
15:02but with violently shaking hands,
15:04I picked up my phone again.
15:06I dialed my mother.
15:08Mom, I'm in labor.
15:11Tears streamed silently down my face.
15:15As the darkness swallowed my consciousness,
15:18I whispered to myself,
15:20I want to sever the mate bond.
15:24When I woke again,
15:26I was lying on a healer's bed.
15:28Through the fog of semi-consciousness,
15:31I heard the healer's urgent voice.
15:34Abdominal trauma from external impact
15:36is causing a complicated labor.
15:37Her blood pressure is still dropping.
15:38The situation is critical.
15:41We need to operate immediately.
15:44Have you reached your family?
15:46The nurse paused,
15:47and when she spoke,
15:48her voice was tinged with disbelief and exhaustion.
15:50I called seven times.
15:52The family member said
15:52he's currently accompanying someone more important
15:54who's also in labor.
15:56I doesn't have time to come.
15:58Hiausoid,
15:59his mate,
16:00is only five or six months pregnant.
16:02So a complicated labor is impossible.
16:10He accused us of making things up to harass him.
16:14I stared up at the stark white ceiling
16:15of the emergency room.
16:16I felt nothing but a vast, hollow irony.
16:19Even now, at this moment,
16:20he still believed I was only five or six months along.
16:22All those years of devotion,
16:23they had been nothing but a joke.
16:25A complete and utter joke.
16:26The nurse urged me to try reaching Marcus again
16:29through the pack mind link.
16:31But I gathered what little strength I had and spoke.
16:34There's no need.
16:36I'll sign the consent form myself.
16:39Fighting through the pain,
16:40I said to the nurse,
16:41Please,
16:42print out a copy of a mate-bond severance petition
16:45for me as well.
16:47The nurse froze for a beat,
16:49then nodded.
16:50Within moments,
16:51both the surgical consent form
16:53and the mate-bond severance petition
16:55were laid out before me.
16:58With the absolute last reserves of my strength,
17:01I signed my name.
17:03The surgery went relatively smoothly.
17:06My parents,
17:08having received my call,
17:09rushed to the healer's facility.
17:12Once they confirmed I was out of danger,
17:14they immediately arranged for my transfer
17:17to another healer's facility
17:18in a different territory.
17:23They repeatedly implored the healers and nurses
17:26not to contact Marcus again.
17:28They also asked the staff
17:30to deliver the signed papers to him.
17:32Five hours later,
17:34I was lying in the top-tier private suite
17:37of a healer's facility
17:38in a completely different city.
17:40at that very same moment
17:42as anesthesia was wearing off.
17:47Marcus,
17:48the pup,
17:49she gazed up at him,
17:51her eyes weak
17:52but unable to conceal
17:53the adoration shining through.
17:55For some reason,
17:56the image of me collapsed on the floor,
17:57my face drained of all color,
17:58suddenly surfaced in Marcus Kane's mind.
18:01His wolf stirred restlessly.
18:02The look in my eyes back then
18:03sent a sharp jad through his chest.
18:05He found he couldn't meet Amelia's gaze.
18:07He quickly grabbed the pup
18:08as an excuse to look away.
18:09The pup is perfectly healthy.
18:10You're still very weak.
18:11Get some rest and don't worry about anything.
18:13He brought the pup close so she could see,
18:15his voice gentle.
18:16Amelia tried to speak again.
18:17Her body was simply too exhausted.
18:19After Marcus helped her drink a little water,
18:21she slipped back into a deep sleep.
18:26Only then did Marcus hand the pup off to the nurse.
18:29He strode out of the room
18:31and hurried towards the surgical wing.
18:33A nurse was just emerging through the doors.
18:35He stopped her immediately.
18:37Excuse me,
18:38is Sophie Lane in surgery here?
18:39I'm her alpha,
18:40her bonded mate.
18:42The nurse had been the one
18:43making those calls to Marcus earlier.
18:45She knew exactly what had happened.
18:47She stared at him.
18:49Her expression caught somewhere
18:50between shock and disbelief.
18:51Alpha Cain,
18:53what took you so long?
18:55Marcus's tone remained perfectly even.
18:57My brother's widow was also in labor.
18:58I had to make sure she was taken care of first.
19:00Thankfully,
19:01both she and the pup are doing well.
19:02Now,
19:03how is my mate?
19:03The nurse frowned
19:04and her expression grew complicated.
19:07Your mate Alpha Cain
19:08is no longer here.
19:09Marcus froze.
19:10What do you mean?
19:11Weren't you the ones who called me seven times?
19:13That was ten hours ago,
19:14Alpha Cain.
19:15Your mate was transferred
19:16to another healer's facility
19:18by her parents long before you arrived.
19:20Marcus stood there,
19:20completely paralyzed.
19:24Marcus remained frozen in place
19:26for a full fifteen seconds
19:27before his brain
19:28finally seemed to process
19:29what the nurse had said.
19:30He stepped forward abruptly,
19:31his voice rising,
19:32his Alpha dominance bleeding into the air.
19:35Which facility was my mate transferred to?
19:36When did she leave?
19:37How did the surgery go?
19:38The nurse took a half step back,
19:39Abeya intinctively retreating
19:41from an Alpha's pressure.
19:42Her expression remained
19:43professionally neutral,
19:44but a note of guardedness
19:45crept into her tone.
19:46The patient was in critical condition
19:47for a time,
19:48but the surgery was successful.
19:50She's now out of immediate danger.
19:52As for anything further,
19:53I'm sorry,
19:54but that falls under the patient's
19:55right to medical privacy.
19:56I can't disclose more than that.
19:58Medical privacy?
19:59Marcus stared at her
20:00as though she'd just said
20:01the most absurd thing he'd ever heard.
20:02I'm her Alpha,
20:04her bonded mate!
20:05I have the right to know
20:06everything about her condition.
20:07Now tell me,
20:08which facility was she transferred to?
20:09The nurse met his eyes
20:10without flinching.
20:11Even the nurse looked at Marcus
20:12with a hint of contempt.
20:16She turned,
20:17pulled a document
20:18from the nurse's station,
20:19and held it out to him.
20:22Alpha Cain,
20:23your mate left this for you.
20:25Marcus looked down.
20:26On the stark white sheet of paper,
20:27a bold header in solemn black lettering
20:29seared itself into his vision.
20:30Petition for mate bond severance.
20:32his entire expression seized up.
20:34His wolf let out
20:34a keening howl inside him.
20:36The nurse spoke coolly.
20:38Your mate signed this
20:39before she went into surgery.
20:41Although the bond
20:42has not yet been formally severed
20:44by the PAC elder counsel,
20:45she has already retained counsel
20:47and intends to dissolve
20:48the bond fully.
20:49While proceedings are underway,
20:50you can no longer use
20:51your status as her Alpha
20:52to unilaterally demand access
20:54to her personal information.
20:55The nurse pressed the document
20:57into Marcus's hands.
20:58Marcus stared down
20:59at the severance petitional
21:00in his hands,
21:01the edges of the paper
21:02crinkled under his tightening grip.
21:04His eyes dropped
21:05to the signature line
21:06at the bottom.
21:07The two words,
21:08Sophie Lane,
21:09were written unevenly,
21:11the strokes trembling visibly.
21:15It was clear
21:16they had been signed
21:17by someone who had poured
21:18every ounce of remaining strength
21:19into the act.
21:20He could picture it perfectly.
21:22The way I must have looked
21:23when I put that pen to paper.
21:24My face asmon and bloodless,
21:26my fingers shaking
21:27from sheer exhaustion,
21:28yet still clenching my draw
21:30and dragging that pen,
21:31stroke by agonizing stroke,
21:32across the page.
21:35He knew I wasn't
21:36just signing my name.
21:37I was signing away everything.
21:39Our mate bond.
21:40Our PAC.
21:42Five years of my life.
21:44A clean break.
21:45A final,
21:47irreversible goodbye.
21:49The buzz of his phone
21:50jolted Marcus from his days.
21:52An unfamiliar number
21:53flashed on the screen.
21:55Alpha Cain,
21:56Mrs. Amelia is awake.
21:57She's extremely agitated.
21:59She won't stop crying.
22:00She's insisting you come back.
22:01She says she needs you here.
22:03Marcus didn't turn
22:04and leave immediately
22:05the way he always had before.
22:09He stood there,
22:10one hand gripping the papers,
22:12the other lutching his phone.
22:15The voice on the other end
22:16kept going,
22:17careful and tentative.
22:19We've tried calming her down,
22:20but she won't listen to anyone.
22:22She's crying uncontrollably.
22:24She says she's terrified.
22:25She keeps saying
22:26she needs to see her alpha.
22:30Sir,
22:31would it be possible
22:32for you to come?
22:33Every other time
22:34Amelia had cried
22:35or thrown a fit,
22:36Marcus had immediately
22:37dropped whatever he was doing
22:38and rushed to her side
22:39at top speed.
22:40She cried.
22:41He soothed.
22:42She was scared.
22:43He stayed.
22:44She needed someone there.
22:45He slept on the floor
22:46beside her bed.
22:47He had told himself
22:48it was duty,
22:48a debt that had to be repaid.
22:50but now,
22:51listening to that familiar,
22:52plaintiful crying
22:53drifting through the phone,
22:54what rose up in Marcus's chest
22:55wasn't urgency.
22:56It wasn't concern.
22:58It was something
22:58he had never felt before,
23:00a surge of raw,
23:01uncontrollable irritation.
23:03He suddenly remembered
23:04the look of utter despair
23:05on my face
23:06right before he'd carried
23:07Amelia out the door.
23:09The den lights
23:10had been dim.
23:11He'd been in a frantic rush,
23:13so even though
23:14something had seemed off,
23:15he hadn't stopped
23:16to think about it.
23:17Now,
23:18replaying the scene
23:19in his mind,
23:20he realized
23:20with sicking clarity,
23:22there had been fluid
23:23seeping beneath me
23:24on the floor,
23:25dark streaks
23:25that looked
23:26understakably like blood.
23:31And my belly,
23:33it hadn't been the size
23:34of someone
23:35five or six months pregnant.
23:40It had been even larger
23:41than Amelia's.
23:43The nurse's earlier phone calls
23:44had clearly said
23:45I was in a complicated labor.
23:47Amelia,
23:48on the other hand,
23:49for all to scream
23:49about dying,
23:51the healers had confirmed
23:52the moment she arrived
23:52that her condition
23:53was completely stable.
23:55She had simply worked herself
23:56into a panic over the pain.
23:58Looking back now,
23:59there was no question.
24:00My situation had been
24:01immeasurably more dangerous
24:03than hers,
24:03and he had ignored
24:05his own mate's suffering entirely.
24:07He had scooped Amelia up
24:08and walked out,
24:09leaving me collapsed
24:10on the freezing floor.
24:12Marcus couldn't help it.
24:13He raised his hand
24:14and struck himself
24:14hard across his own face.
24:16anguish flooded his eyes.
24:17His wolf wound,
24:18pacing frantically within him.
24:19The severance petition
24:20burned against his fingers
24:21like a piece of red-hot iron.
24:22But what good was regret now?
24:27The Omega who had once
24:28given up everything,
24:29her family,
24:30her home,
24:31five years of severed ties
24:33just to bond with him,
24:35had already let him go.
24:37Ape Voyans on the phone
24:38was still waiting
24:39for his answer.
24:40Alpha Cain,
24:41when can we expect you?
24:42Marcus closed his eyes
24:44and forced down
24:44the storm of emotions
24:45churning through him.
24:47I understand.
24:48I'm on my way.
24:50Marcus folded
24:51the severance petition carefully
24:52and slipped it
24:53into the inside pocket
24:54of his jacket,
24:55pressed flush
24:56against his chest,
24:57right over his heart,
24:58where the mate bond
24:59once pulsed warm
25:00and steady.
25:01The pages
25:02weren't physically heavy,
25:04but they weighed on him
25:05like a stone.
25:06On the way,
25:07he called a beta subordinate
25:08and ordered him
25:09to track down the facility
25:10I had been transferred to.
25:11By the time Marcus
25:12reached the door
25:12to Amelia's room,
25:13his hand hadn't even
25:14touched the handle
25:15before a sharp,
25:16piercing female voice
25:17cut through from inside.
25:18Are you blind?
25:19You spilled boiling water
25:21all over my hand!
25:22Are you trying
25:23to burn me alive?
25:28Amelia's voice
25:29was stirly and biting,
25:30utterly unrecognizable
25:32from the soft,
25:33fragile persona
25:33he always presented
25:34in front of him.
25:35Do you have any idea
25:36who I am?
25:37If anything happens to me,
25:39do you seriously think
25:40you can bear the consequences?
25:41Marcus's hand
25:42stopped mid-air.
25:44Through the narrow glass panel
25:45set into the door,
25:47he saw Amelia
25:48half-reclined
25:48against the headboard,
25:50face flushed with color,
25:52brimming with energy.
25:53She didn't look
25:54the least bit weak
25:55or distressed.
25:56A young beta nurse
25:57stood beside the bed,
25:59clutching an overturned
26:00water cup.
26:01The entire front of her uniform
26:03was soaked through.
26:04Her head hung low
26:05as she apologized
26:06over and over.
26:07I'm sorry,
26:07I'm so sorry,
26:08I didn't mean to.
26:09You think sorry
26:10fixes everything?
26:13Amelia let out
26:13a cold laugh,
26:15tilting her chin up slightly.
26:16Let me tell you something,
26:18the moment
26:18Alpha Marcus gets here,
26:19you'll be the first one
26:20cast out of this pack.
26:22Do you have any clue
26:23who I am?
26:24Even the head healer
26:25of this facility
26:26would have to bow
26:26and scrape in front of me.
26:28The young beta nurse's face
26:30had gone completely white.
26:32Her lips trembled violently.
26:34The tears she'd been fighting
26:36swam in her eyes
26:37and finally spilled over.
26:42But she didn't dare talk back.
26:44She didn't dare leave.
26:46She just stood there frozen,
26:48shoulders quickling
26:49as she sobbed in silence.
26:51Marcus watched it all unfold
26:52and his face slowly,
26:54steadily hardened into stone.
26:55The she-wolf he was seeing now
26:57bore almost no resemblance
26:58to the Amelia he thought he knew.
26:59He wasn't sure
27:00he had ever known
27:01the real her at all.
27:02The door handle
27:03clicked sharply under his grab
27:04as he pushed it down
27:05and the door swung open
27:06with a re-rounding crack.
27:08Amelia turned toward the sound.
27:10The instant she registered
27:11Marcus's face,
27:12every trace of venom
27:13and arrogance
27:13drained from her expression
27:14like a receding tide.
27:16In its place
27:16bloomed perfect
27:17wounded helplessness.
27:18Her eyes even glistened
27:20with gathering tears.
27:21She pointed a trembling finger
27:22at the nurse.
27:23Marcus,
27:24perfect timing.
27:26This nurse
27:26deliberately poured
27:27boiling water on me.
27:28It hurts so badly.
27:30In the past,
27:30Marcus would have blindly
27:31take Amelia's side
27:33without hesitation.
27:34He would have granted her
27:35anything she asked.
27:36But now,
27:37all he could see
27:38when he looked at this
27:38she-wolf
27:39was someone utterly,
27:40nauseatingly fake.
27:42Marcus's voice was ice.
27:45Apologize.
27:48A flicker of triumphant
27:50satisfaction danced
27:51in Amelia's eyes.
27:52She struggled to contain
27:53her smugness
27:54as she turned towards
27:55the nurse.
27:55Yes,
27:56you need to apologize
27:57to me right now.
27:58I meant you.
28:00Marcus's gaze
28:01landed squarely
28:02on Amelia's face,
28:04devoid of every trace
28:05of the tenderness
28:06that had always been
28:06there before.
28:08The room went
28:09deathly silent.
28:10The young beta nurse
28:11stopped crying altogether.
28:13She raised her head
28:14in stunned disbelief,
28:15staring at Marcus.
28:17What did you say?
28:19Amelia stammered.
28:20Marcus ignored her completely.
28:22He turned to face
28:23the shell-shocked nurse
28:24and dipped his head slightly.
28:26I'm sorry.
28:27The nurse was so startled
28:29she flailed her hands
28:30in protest.
28:31No, please.
28:32I failed to keep
28:32my conduct in check
28:33and I allowed her
28:34to bully you in my name.
28:36Rest assured,
28:37I will handle this.
28:38I give you my word
28:39no one in this pack
28:40is going to make you suffer
28:41simply for doing your duty.
28:42The young beta nurse's
28:43eyes reddened again,
28:44but this time,
28:46the tears weren't
28:46from humiliation.
28:47She gave a forceful sniff,
28:49ducked a hasty bow
28:50towards Marcus
28:51and fled the suffocating room.
28:55Amelia still hadn't recovered
28:57from the shock
28:57of what had just happened.
28:59Marcus,
28:59what is that supposed to mean?
29:01You have never,
29:02never spoken to me like this.
29:04Marcus stood at the foot
29:05of her bed,
29:05staring down at her
29:06with a coldness
29:07she had never seen
29:07in his eyes before.
29:08You've had your pup.
29:09I fulfilled every promise
29:10I made to my brother.
29:11From here on,
29:12you're on your own.
29:13Amelia's pupils
29:14contracted violently.
29:15She shook her head
29:16in desperate denial.
29:17The tears splashed
29:17onto the blanket.
29:18You're lying.
29:19You told me
29:20you'd take care of us,
29:21me and the pup,
29:22forever.
29:22You're all I have
29:23left to lean on.
29:24How can you abandon us?
29:25I promised my brother
29:27I would look after you
29:28until the pup was born.
29:31Marcus cut her off.
29:33Not for the rest
29:34of your life.
29:36Amelia's sobs
29:37caught in her throat
29:38with a sharp,
29:39hiccuping gasp.
29:40There has never been
29:41anything between you
29:42and me that exceeded
29:43the bounds of pack duty.
29:44So don't use words
29:45like abandon.
29:46Watch your language.
29:47Then why were you
29:47so good to me?
29:49Amelia's voice
29:49scraped out raw
29:51and ragged.
29:54How was I supposed
29:55to not read into it?
29:56How was anyone
29:57supposed to not read into it?
29:59Marcus was silent
30:00for two full seconds.
30:02You're right.
30:02It was my fault.
30:03I should never have let you
30:04develop unrealistic expectations.
30:05I had originally intended
30:06to keep looking after you
30:07and your pup
30:08out of respect
30:08for my brother's sacrifice.
30:10But after what I saw today,
30:11I now understand
30:12that my so-called care
30:13hasn't helped you at all.
30:14It has only made you arrogant.
30:16Arrogant enough to believe
30:17you're entitled
30:17to stand at my side
30:18as alpha female
30:19and arrogant enough
30:21to abuse others
30:21with that delusion.
30:22It's despicable.
30:24A violent shudder
30:24ran through the woman's body.
30:26To have turned
30:27my brother's widow
30:27into someone like this,
30:29that failure is mine.
30:31So as of this moment,
30:32I will no longer involve myself
30:33in any of your affairs.
30:34The territory and resources
30:36my brother left behind
30:36are more than enough
30:37to support your living expenses.
30:39As for everything else,
30:40you're on your own.
30:41Marcus.
30:42Amelia's lips had gone white.
30:44Her voice was barely
30:45a whisper of air.
30:46With that,
30:47Marcus turned and walked away.
30:51Amelia sat rigid on the bed,
30:53her eyes locked on Marcus
30:55retreating back.
30:56The moment she saw his hand
30:57close upon the door handle,
30:59raw panic consumed her.
31:00Don't go!
31:01Ignoring the surgical incision
31:03on her abdomen
31:03that hadn't yet healed,
31:05she threw off the covers
31:06and tumbled off the bed.
31:07Barefoot and staggering,
31:08she lunged toward the door
31:09and seized Marcus' sleeve
31:10with both hands.
31:11Marcus' brow furrowed
31:13into a tight knot.
31:14Let go.
31:15Amelia lifted her head,
31:16her face a mess of tears.
31:20Her voice came out
31:21jagged and horny.
31:22You said it was just a promise,
31:24Marcus Kane?
31:25Put your hand on your heart
31:26and tell me what part
31:27of everything you did for me
31:28was just a promise!
31:29Marcus,
31:30who'd been trying
31:31to pull his arm free,
31:32stopped short.
31:33Does a promise include
31:34having dinner together
31:35every night?
31:36Does a promise include
31:37sleeping on the floor
31:38beside my bed?
31:39Does a promise includes
31:40abandoning your own bonded mate
31:42to hand-feed me soup
31:43and medicine?
31:44Lying on my floor at night,
31:46coming to every single one
31:47of my prenatal appointments,
31:49replacing all the furniture
31:50in your own den
31:51because you were worried
31:51I might bump into
31:52a sharp corner.
31:54Marcus Kane,
31:56you call all of that
31:57just keeping a promise?
32:01Marcus' face darkened.
32:03He wrenched his arm back
32:04with a sharp jerk,
32:04breaking can free
32:05of her grip.
32:05I, Marcus Kane,
32:06have a clear conscience
32:07when it comes to you.
32:08Everything I did
32:09was in fulfillment
32:09of the promise
32:10I made to my brother
32:11before he died
32:12on that battlefield.
32:13If my actions
32:14led you to any
32:15misunderstandings,
32:16that was entirely
32:17in your own head.
32:19Deprived of her anchor,
32:20Amelia collapsed
32:21to the floor.
32:22A strangled grunt
32:23of pain escaped her
32:24as the motion
32:25wrenched her surgical wound.
32:27She looked up at Marcus,
32:28tears still streaming,
32:30but her eyes
32:30no longer held hurt.
32:32They held hatred.
32:35Misunderstandings?
32:37Amelia laughed,
32:39a short,
32:39ugly,
32:40contemptuous sound.
32:42If you were really
32:43just looking after
32:44your brother's widow,
32:45then why did you
32:46never dare let Sophie
32:47know what you were doing?
32:50Marcus' breath
32:51stopped short.
32:52Every time you came
32:53to see me,
32:53you silenced your phone,
32:55Sophie called,
32:56you ignored it.
32:57Sophie reached for you
32:58through the bond.
33:00You blocked her out.
33:03And you never explained
33:05anything to her afterward?
33:07You never once told her
33:08what that looking after
33:09actually entailed.
33:10Don't tell me
33:10you really didn't know.
33:11Try telling any one
33:12of those things
33:13you did to your pack elders.
33:14Try telling Sophie.
33:15See if a single wolf
33:16among them believes
33:17you were just keeping
33:18a promise to your brother.
33:19You just loved the feeling
33:20of being needed.
33:21Being someone's whole world,
33:22you loved having
33:23and two she-wolves
33:24revolve around you.
33:25Sophie gave you
33:25the perfect dutiful mate
33:26and a stable den.
33:27I gave you the ego boost
33:29of playing the savior.
33:30But you could never admit it
33:31because the moment you did,
33:33you'd stop being
33:33the noble, honorable alpha,
33:35the wolf of duty
33:36and sacrifice.
33:37You'd be exactly
33:38what you are,
33:39a faithless coward
33:40who betrayed his mate
33:41and doesn't have the guts
33:43to face the consequences.
33:44So you hid behind
33:45that word promise
33:46and used it
33:47to soothe your own conscience.
33:50The healer's ward
33:51fell into a silence
33:52so complete
33:52that only the faint echo
33:53of footsteps
33:54from the corridor remained.
33:55Marcus stood there,
33:57paralyzed,
33:57like a statue poured in lead.
34:02His wolf had gone
34:03utterly silent inside him.
34:05His mouth opened.
34:06He wanted to deny it,
34:08to refute everything,
34:09but not a single word
34:10came out.
34:11By the time he realized
34:12what he was doing,
34:13his hand was already
34:14arcing through the air.
34:16It connected with the side
34:18of Amelia's face
34:19in a brutal slap,
34:20but Amelia didn't cry.
34:22Her gaze was calmer
34:23than it had ever been.
34:24The faintest glimmer
34:25of a mocking,
34:25contemptual smile
34:26tugged at the corner
34:27of her lips.
34:28Looks like I hit a nerve.
34:29Marcus' chest heaved.
34:31His breathing was ragged
34:32and heavy,
34:33his alpha pheromones
34:34surging wildly.
34:36Amelia's smile remained.
34:37Her voice dripped
34:38with deletion.
34:39Marcus Kane?
34:41Do you really think
34:43you can still go crawling
34:44back to Sophie?
34:46Marcus's entire body
34:47went rigid.
34:48The nurses out in the hallway
34:50have been talking
34:50about it all day.
34:51You abandoned your mate
34:52while she was hemorrhaging
34:53and in a complicated labor
34:54so you could be
34:55at another she-wolf side
34:56while she gave birth.
34:57Sophie Lane,
34:58the omega whose heart
34:59you shattered into pieces,
35:00signed a mate-bond
35:01separance petition
35:02and was transferred
35:02out by her parents.
35:06Marcus's hands clenched
35:07into fists so tight
35:09his knuckles cracked.
35:10Amelia's laughter
35:11grew more unhinged.
35:12You deserve every bit
35:13of this Marcus Kane.
35:15Marcus couldn't answer her.
35:16He fled.
35:17It was nothing short
35:18of a rout.
35:21Behind him,
35:23Amelia's laughter
35:24chased him down
35:24the corridor.
35:27That same evening,
35:29Amelia took her pup
35:30and checked herself
35:31out of the facility.
35:32Marcus couldn't spare
35:33any attention
35:34for where Amelia had gone.
35:38He had just gotten hold
35:40of the address
35:41of the facility
35:41I'd been transferred to.
35:43He rushed there
35:44immediately,
35:47only to be stopped
35:48at the door
35:49by my parents.
35:50Sir, ma'am,
35:52please,
35:52I'm begging you,
35:53just let me see Sophie.
35:55Marcus tried desperately
35:56to persuade them,
35:56but my mother and father
35:58both let out
35:58cold, disdainful snorts.
36:00They pointed straight
36:01at his face.
36:01Don't you dare call us
36:02sir and ma'am.
36:03We are not your pack kin.
36:05Where were you
36:05when our daughter
36:06was lying on that
36:07operating table,
36:08barely clinging to life?
36:09Where were you
36:09when she was collapsed
36:10on the floor
36:10carrying your pup,
36:12your heir?
36:15Now that the other
36:16she-wolf has safely delivered,
36:18suddenly you remember
36:18you have a mate?
36:19Marcus's mouth opened.
36:20He tried to offer
36:21an explanation,
36:22but my father cut him off
36:23before a single word
36:23could leave his lips.
36:24Sophie gave up
36:25everything for you.
36:26Her pack,
36:27her family,
36:28five years of her life,
36:29and how did you repay her?
36:30Marcus's lips moved,
36:32but nothing came out.
36:33My mother's voice was ice.
36:35Get out.
36:36Our daughter walked
36:37through the valley of death.
36:38She's only just now
36:38beginning to recover.
36:40If you have even a shred
36:40of conscience left,
36:41you'll stop coming here
36:43and tormenting her.
36:46Right at that moment,
36:47Marcus's phone rang.
36:49He had no choice
36:50but to swallow
36:51every argument
36:51he was preparing
36:52to make to my parents.
36:54Marcus Kane,
36:55you've been charged
36:56with misappropriation
36:57of pack resources
36:58and the purchase
36:58of moonstone artifacts
36:59worth over a million.
37:00The Kane Dominion
37:02is now facing
37:02dissolation
37:03by the pack Elder Council.
37:05Marcus's brow
37:06frundled deeply.
37:08Dissolution?
37:10Marcus stood frozen
37:11to the spot.
37:12In that moment,
37:14his mind flashed
37:15to the wristwatch
37:16I had given him,
37:17the one he had thrown away
37:19without a second glance.
37:23At the same time,
37:25the Elder Council's ruling
37:26was delivered to Marcus.
37:27The mate bond
37:28between him and I
37:28was formally
37:29and irravicably severed.
37:30He was ordered
37:31to forfeit half
37:32of all his territory
37:33and assets.
37:34The day we went
37:34to finalize the Severcense
37:35was the last time
37:36I saw Marcus.
37:37He looked utterly broken,
37:38face gaunt and hammered,
37:40his alpha aura
37:40diminished to a pale shadow.
37:41His eyes,
37:42when they met mine,
37:43filled with exhaustion
37:44and pain.
37:45Sophie,
37:45I know I did
37:46so many things wrong,
37:47but please,
37:48can you just give me
37:49one chance to make it right?
37:50We could-
37:51He was begging me
37:51for another chance,
37:52but I didn't hesitate
37:53for a single second.
37:54I signed my name
37:55on the Severance registration.
37:57I ignored his pleas,
37:59turned around,
38:00and walked away
38:01without looking back.
38:04The moment I stepped out
38:06of the Elder Council's hall,
38:07I felt nothing
38:08but an overwhelming,
38:09almost dizzying lightness.
38:11The phantom weight
38:13of the broken mate bond,
38:14the constant ache
38:15I had carried
38:15for five years,
38:16finally,
38:16mercifully,
38:17faded to silence.
38:18Mom,
38:18the Severance is finalized.
38:19I'm going to stop
38:20and pick up some fruit.
38:21I'll be home soon.
38:21I hit send,
38:23slipped my phone
38:24back into my pocket,
38:25and walked forward
38:26into the sunlight.
38:27to see you next night.
38:27Thank you.
38:29Thank you.
38:31Grazie a tutti
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