Chapter 1
“Good morning.” I wrapped my fingers around my coffee mug, glancing at my mate across the breakfast table.
Ronan Cross sat there studying me in nothing but a thin nightgown, his amber eyes still burning with that primal hunger from full moon.
“Morning.” I set down my cup, reminding him, “Don’t you have that pack meeting today?”
“Yeah.” Ronan smirked, pushing back from his chair and stalking over to me. “The boys can wait for their Luna. Besides, we’re working on the pack’s heir.”
Before I could say anything, his mouth crashed against mine, tongue demanding entry as his fingers slipped, beneath my panties.
My knees went weak as I breathed against his lips, “Ronan…”
He cleared the table with one sweep of his arm, plates crashing to the floor. Then freed his cock, the tip already slick as he positioned himself between my spread legs.
I wrapped my legs around his waist, meeting each of his powerful thrusts as he pounded into me.
After thirty minutes, Ronan buried himself deep and came hard inside me.
He kissed me lazily, then gave my ass a firm squeeze. “Meeting shouldn’t take long. I’ll bring the guys back for dinner.” His voice softened slightly: “And babe? Don’t forget your antidepressants.”
I rolled my eyes, tugging my nightgown back down. “Such a nag.”
He flashed those sharp canines in a grin before heading out to the pack house. I stayed slumped against the table, legs still trembling, but smiling despite myself.
I prepared a small gathering for him and Rowan, his beta.
Later that night, when his beta arrived, I went to change my clothes–only to overhear their conversation.
At the dinner table, Ronan’s beta suddenly switched to Italian.
“Three years ago, you took Lyra as your Luna just to get her to forgive Mira. I’ve watched Lyra fall deeper for you every day, but you’re still lying to her passing off birth control pills as antidepressants. Aren’t you afraid she will lose it once she finds out the truth?”
Ronan paused, his face clouded with a complex expression before a wry, bitter smile curved his lips. “A pup I don’t want doesn’t need to exist. As for Lyra… as long as she stops interfering with Mira’s happiness, I’ll honor my commitment to protect her for life.”
No one knew that I had long since learned Italian and understood every word they said.
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I stood in the living room, his fresh bite mark still throbbing on my neck, holding the bottle of my ‘antidepressants
So all the love he showed me… was only a lie.
What I thought was my salvation had been nothing but a crafted trap.
I didn’t hesitate. I swallowed the pills–they tasted more bitter than ever before.
The conversation at the dinner table continued, Rowan’s voice low and heavy with guilt
“Forget the whole pup situation for a second–three years ago, when Mira jumped into that river, Lyra’s mom dove in to save her. But Mira shoved her under and let her drown. Ronan, come on, the footage was clear as day. She did it on purpose. Lyra had every right to take it to the pack court.”
“But you became Lyra’s legal guardian just to keep Mira out of prison. You signed that settlement behind Lyra’s back. Sure, Mira walked free, but Lyra’s been drowning in depression ever since. She blames herself every single day. If she ever learns the truth, it’ll destroy her completely.”
Ronan’s eyes flashed with irritation, but his voice stayed cold and firm. “Mira didn’t mean it. She was drowning–those movements were just instinct. She regrets it too.”
“I’ve hidden those documents well. Lyra will never know the truth. I’ll be good to her, spend my life making it up to her, give her a home. She’ll forget the pain. She’ll heal.”
Rowan sighed. “Look, don’t blow up–I just feel bad for Lyra, that’s all. You showed up when she was at rock bottom, and of course she fell for you. But you were never over Mira.”
“Whatever, man. Just… hope you can live with this secret. And I hope you won’t regret it.”
Ronan drained his glass, each word deliberate: “I will never regret it.”
That one sentence-“I will never regret it“-tore apart the last of my illusions like sharp claws.
Tomorrow was New Year’s Eve. The streets buzzed with celebration.
Just this morning, Ronan had fucked me senseless, his teeth at my throat, saying how much he loved me.
Now every word felt like a blade cutting me open.
I collapsed on a park bench, tears streaming down my face.
All those buried memories came flooding back.
Mira loved my ex mate Evan desperately. The day he and I got engaged, she couldn’t handle it–left a suicide note and jumped into the river.
Even though Mira was a strong swimmer and my father’s bastard daughter, my mother still dove in to save her.
So many people filmed it. I watched my mother lift Mira toward the surface, only for Mira to press down on her shoulders, use her feet to push my mother’s head underwater.
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That’s how my mother drowned.
When I arrived, Mira cried pitifully: “I just lost my head for a moment, sis. Please don’t blame me. When mom saved me, she must have wanted me to live well…”
I broke down, demanding to know why she’d pushed my mother underwater when she could swim perfectly well. She just kept crying, insisting it wasn’t intentional.
I sued her for murder.
But the next day, there was a knock at my door.
I opened it, eyes red, barely dry from crying.
“Evan ?” I asked, caught off guard by his sudden visit. “Are you here for my mother’s funeral?”
He stood outside, cold and distant, his voice like a blade:
“No,” he said, standing at the threshold. “Listen carefully. I, Evan Locke, Alpha of the Locke Pack, reject you, Lyra Hale, to be my mate and future Luna.”
