Before I stepped into Dubois pack territory, my grandmother gave me her final warning. “You have one year. You must marry your fated mate, Alpha Caleb, and let him mark you!” But I waited from age eighteen to nineteen, and he still refused to mark me. After my ninety-ninth plea, his patience finally snapped. He unchained a death row prisoner and said, “You want me to mark you? Fight him. If you win, I’ll mark you!” I glanced at the prisoner, a rogue twice my size. I didn’t hesitate. I charged. Caleb’s expression darkened instantly. In the end, he stared at my blood-soaked body, his voice a roar of pure fury. “Mia, you’re pathetic! Would you truly die just to be Luna?” I couldn’t tell him the truth. He didn’t know that if he didn’t mark me before my nineteenth birthday, I would die! And now…I only had three days left! When the rogue snapped my arm, every wolf warrior watching held their breath. “No one is allowed to help her!” Caleb blocked a warrior who tried to rescue me. “She asked for this!” But when the rogue’s claws were about to tear open my throat, Caleb’s own hand shot out and tore the beast’s heart out in one brutal motion. Then he took off his jacket and threw it at me. “Put this on.” Only then did I realize my clothes had been completely shredded by the prisoner. My bleeding breasts stung in the cold wind. Caleb frowned in disgust. “Crazy! That prisoner killed three wolf warriors! Just to force me to mark you, you don’t even care about your own life?” I laughed bitterly. I was only doing this to survive-I had no choice. The wolves around me mocked me too. “She’ll do anything to become Luna!” “But with that flat body, even if she strips naked, Alpha Caleb wouldn’t be interested, right?” Caleb’s face looked terrible. His Beta stepped forward, eyeing me lewdly. “Mia, I don’t mind your flat body. Come with me instead. I may be just a Beta, but my bedroom skills are amazing. I’ll make you feel so good.” I put on the jacket. These insults made my wounds hurt even more. I said, trembling, “No, only Alpha Caleb can mark me. Otherwise…” But before I could finish, Caleb interrupted impatiently. “You want to bring up that curse again? You think I’d believe such lies? An Omega like you who doesn’t even have a wolf has no right to be my Luna. I love Elizabeth! Once you’re healed, we’re doing the rejection ceremony!” Everyone thought I was lusting after Caleb’s good looks and Alpha status, but I truly just wanted to survive. Grandma said that if he didn’t mark me before my nineteenth birthday, I would die. Now I only had three days left. My survival instinct made me swallow my pride. I grabbed Caleb’s arm and continued begging. “Alpha Caleb, you said if I beat the prisoner, you would mark me. You can’t go back on your word.” Caleb shook off my arm and sneered. “But you didn’t win! If I hadn’t pitied you and helped you, you’d be dead right now.” I wanted to argue more, but Caleb ignored me completely and turned to his men. “So annoying! Didn’t you guys want to go to the bar for drinks? There are lots of hot girls there lately. Are we going or not?” Several wolf warriors answered eagerly. “Yes, let’s go!” In moments, everyone was gone, leaving me sitting there in defeat. Because I had no wolf, my healing ability was slower than even the lowest-ranking werewolf. By the time darkness fell, I finally had enough strength to drag myself step by step toward Caleb’s estate. After I confirmed Caleb was my mate, I’d been living there. But he didn’t like me. If it weren’t for our mate bond, he would have kicked me out long ago. He’d suggested rejection multiple times, but I refused every time. I used to think that as long as I gave him my heart within that one year, I could eventually win his love. Now it seemed there was no hope. The twenty-minute walk took me a full hour today. When I got back to my room, I finally collapsed and passed out. When I woke up, it was already afternoon the next day. I’d been unconscious for over ten hours, and Caleb never once came to check on me.
The next morning, I had a fever. Because Caleb didn’t like me, none of the servants at the estate respected me either. I could only drag myself up and go to the fridge for ice water. The burning in my throat eased slightly. Just as I was about to crawl back to bed for a nap, the door was kicked open violently. Caleb stormed in with a group of people and yanked me off the bed. “Mia, hand it over!” I was confused. “Hand what over?” Caleb looked at me with disgust. “Give back Elizabeth’s ring. It’s a keepsake from her mother. You’re crazy to even steal that!” Elizabeth stood beside him, her eyes red. “Mia, I know you’re jealous that Alpha Caleb loves me, but that ring is very important to me. Please give it back.” I found this absurd. “I don’t know anything about any ring. I didn’t steal it.” Seeing me deny it, Caleb’s face turned completely dark. “You kept staring at that ring at the dinner party. It must have been you who stole it!” I recalled last week’s banquet. I thought it was an engagement ring Caleb had given Elizabeth, so I couldn’t help glancing at it a few times. Just because of that, he was certain I stole it? I drew a sharp breath, swallowing the sting behind my nose. “I’ll say it one more time. I didn’t take it.” Caleb’s friend let out a derisive snort. “Why waste words on a wolfless Omega? Just search her.” Caleb’s glare bore into me, cold and final. “You brought this on yourself. Search her.” I was still feverish and couldn’t stop them. Soon my room was turned upside down. I didn’t have much-just a few changes of clothes and the wedding dress Grandma had sewn for me before she died. Before I came to Dubois pack, she’d held my hand and said, “You’ll be the most beautiful bride in the world in this dress. But I probably won’t live to see you wear it.” When they pulled out my wedding dress, they immediately started mocking it. “Typical low-class Omega. She hasn’t even been on a date with Alpha Caleb and she’s already prepared a wedding dress.” “This sloppy handiwork looks like my maid’s apron. How embarrassing to treasure something like this.” I wouldn’t let them insult what Grandma made for me! I lunged forward to grab it. “Give it back!” But they tossed the dress back and forth, toying with me like a cat. Just as I was about to touch the hem, Caleb grabbed my arm roughly and stopped me. “If you want the dress, hand over the ring!” I trembled with rage and slapped him across the face. “I told you I didn’t take it! Why won’t you believe me?” Meeting my reddened eyes, Caleb’s movements paused, and a flicker of doubt crossed his expression. At that moment, Elizabeth suddenly began sobbing softly. “It’s all my fault for being useless and losing Mom’s keepsake. Mom in heaven must be blaming me too.” The doubt in Caleb’s eyes vanished instantly. He held up the wedding dress and threatened me. “Hand over the ring, or I’ll tear this dress to shreds! And I’ll kick you out of Dubois pack and make you a rogue!” “Dubois pack won’t shelter a thief.” I knew he meant every word. But I’d never even seen that ring. Where could I possibly find one to give him?
I was nearly in tears from desperation. “Alpha Caleb, I won’t force you to marry me or mark me anymore. But please give me back the wedding dress!” They were doing all this to force me to give up on Caleb. I’d satisfy them. But Caleb’s face only grew darker. “Still won’t hand over the ring? Looks like you need to learn a lesson.” I instantly understood what he intended to do. My face went pale. “No! Caleb, please don’t do this!” Caleb just stared at me coldly and tore the wedding dress to shreds with force. Pain made my whole body shake. I lunged forward trying to salvage the dress, but Caleb’s men pinned me down. The wedding dress became complete tatters. My heart shattered with it, and tears fell silently. Caleb looked down at me. “That’s your punishment. Hand over the ring!” I gritted my teeth and glared at him. Elizabeth looked at me smugly, then spoke up. “We’ve searched everywhere… Could it be on her body?” My heart sank. Caleb narrowed his eyes, agreeing with Elizabeth’s suggestion. “Mia, hand it over yourself. Don’t make me search your body.” I couldn’t suppress my rage any longer and shouted, “I’ve never even seen any ring! Kill me if you dare!” Elizabeth pretended to persuade Caleb. “Forget it. I know Mia is your mate. If you really strip her and search her body, you’ll definitely feel bad for her.” Caleb’s men were unhappy hearing this. “But that’s your mother’s keepsake! She chases after Alpha Caleb every day. She’s already so shameless-does she care about dignity?” Elizabeth gave me a triumphant smile. I glared at her furiously. “Bitch! You’re framing me!” My insult toward Elizabeth enraged Caleb. “Mia, you asked for this.” Then he told his men, “Strip her clothes off and search thoroughly. Don’t miss a single spot!” The moment he finished speaking, several hands reached toward me. I could only hug myself helplessly. “Get away! Don’t touch me!” But Caleb’s Beta pinned me firmly to the bed so I couldn’t move. Those wolf warriors tore at my clothes while groping my body, even roughly squeezing my breasts. I felt sick with nausea. Just as their hands were about to reach my private area, I started screaming. Caleb, who’d been standing aside, suddenly shouted, “Stop!” I held back tears and grabbed the torn fabric from the floor to cover myself, glaring at Caleb. “Are you satisfied now? Get out! All of you get out!” Caleb moved his lips as if to say something, but swallowed it back in the end. His Beta shrugged and said, “Maybe she’s hiding it in her most private place…” Caleb glared at him. “Enough! Shut up!” Elizabeth noticed Caleb softening toward me slightly and shot me a vicious glare. Then she took Caleb’s arm and said, “Forget it. If she really likes that ring that much, I’ll just give it to her as a gift.” They finally left. The moment the door closed, I finally broke down sobbing. To survive, I’d tried everything to marry Caleb and get him to mark me before turning nineteen. But he humiliated me like this. I didn’t want to continue anymore. In the two days I had left, I would live for myself. I gathered up the wedding dress fragments and stuffed them into my suitcase. It only took half an hour to pack all my belongings. As I passed Caleb’s study with my suitcase, I heard Elizabeth’s fake apology inside. “Alpha Caleb, I just remembered-I had the maid put the ring away a couple days ago.”
“It’s my fault. I’ll go apologize to Mia now so she doesn’t get angry with you.” The fire in my chest flared up instantly. I clenched my fists, ready to burst in and demand an explanation. Caleb’s cold voice came out first. “It’s not your fault. She shouldn’t covet things that don’t belong to her.” That fire deflated like a punctured balloon. I quickly blinked back the tears in my eyes. Caleb was right-I was the fool. I shouldn’t have come looking for him. The conversation continued. Caleb’s friends mocked me as usual. “Caleb’s right. She keeps pushing Caleb to mark her, but we all know Caleb loves you.” “Mia is so annoying. Caleb’s tried to reject her several times, but she never agrees. She brought this on herself.” “She loves Caleb so much that even if we wronged her, she wouldn’t bear to leave.” I knew that in their eyes, a wolfless Omega like me was completely unworthy of Caleb. At first, when Caleb learned I was his mate, we’d shared one passionate night. The way he’d looked at me then-like I was a goddess, like I was prey-was full of desire. He’d pinned me to the bed and taken me all night long. But when he woke the next morning, he was like a different person. “Get dressed and get out! Elizabeth is coming soon. Don’t let her see you!” Later I learned that before meeting me, Caleb had always had a childhood sweetheart. That wild night between Caleb and me was just the physical attraction between mates-there were no feelings involved. But I refused to give up. I shamelessly insisted on staying at his estate, even if only as a maid. Now, with two days left until my nineteenth birthday, I didn’t want to force it anymore. I’d let him be with his true love. When I left Dubois pack, I was penniless. I found an abandoned hunter’s cabin in the forest. That night, I had the same dream from my childhood again. When I was little, I wandered into a witch’s territory and stumbled upon her just after her werewolf lover had abandoned her. She hated all werewolves, so she cursed me. I had to complete a marking ceremony with my mate before turning nineteen or I would die. Two agonizing days passed. On the morning of my nineteenth birthday, I still clung to a sliver of hope: maybe the witch had lied. That night, I didn’t dare sleep. I waited until dawn. Just when I believed I was safe, a violent pain seized my heart. My vision blackened. I collapsed onto the bed. I coughed up blood, great choking mouthfuls of it. I was dying after all. Just before consciousness slipped away completely, the cabin door swung open. There stood a massive silver wolf. Those green eyes stared at me unblinking. “Mia, I’ve finally found you.”
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