After I slapped my Alpha’s mistress, he had me committed to the Pack infirmary, where they pumped me full of drugs to suppress the agony of a shattered mate bond. My father—the Alpha of the Moore Pack—and my brother Johnathan were being held captive by the Quinn Pack. Every time Sebastian betrayed me, I lay in that infirmary bed, enduring pain that tore through me like my chest was being ripped apart from the inside. It wasn’t until Hedy’s pup was born that I finally worked up the courage to beg him—carefully, meekly—to release my family. Sebastian smiled mockingly and spoke as if his words were of no consequence. “Sera, do you have any idea how I first met Hedy?” My breath caught. My nails dug hard into my palms. “Your father and your brother delivered her to my bed.” “Hedy is your half-sister.” He watched the color drain from my face, his expression dripping with contempt, then unlocked his phone and slid it across to me. “Your father and brother were never imprisoned. They’ve been with Hedy this entire time—all three years.” On the screen, Dad and Johnathan hovered around Hedy and her pup, their faces lit with a contentment and joy I had never once seen directed at me. My vision blurred as my eyes filled with tears. Pain tore through my chest, sharp and slow, like a blade working its way deeper. Sebastian went on, talking as though I weren’t falling apart right in front of him. “Sera, you’ve been very well-behaved these past three years. Keep it up. Whatever you want as compensation—name it.” “Although…” A sly smile tugged at his lips. “Even if I offered, you wouldn’t actually want anything, would you?” I wiped my tears away, lifted my face, and smiled. “Sebastian, then compensate me with a hundred million dollars.” A mate like this. A family like this. I wanted none of it. Sebastian’s expression froze. “What did you just say?” I raised my head and looked him straight in the eye, my voice trembling despite myself. “You said you wanted to compensate me. Then give me money.” “A hundred million. Not a cent less.” The warmth bled out of Sebastian’s gaze. He let out a derisive scoff, then spoke toward the phone on the desk. “Hedy, looks like neither of us guessed right.” At some point, the screen had switched to a live video call. Hedy stared back at me, amusement and mockery written all over her face. “Sera, we placed bets—on what you’d demand from Sebastian once you learned the truth.” “I bet you’d refuse any compensation and trash the office in a meltdown. Sebastian bet you’d use it as leverage to make sure he never dissolved the mate bond.” “As for Dad and Johnathan—one guessed you’d demand Sebastian send me away, and the other guessed you’d hurt yourself to force his hand.” She turned the camera to the side. Dad was cradling Hedy’s pup, beaming from ear to ear—but the moment his eyes landed on me, every trace of warmth vanished from his face. “Sera, I never imagined you could be so shameless. You’re no better than a rogue!” Johnathan stroked Hedy’s hair, his eyes full of tenderness and fond exasperation—yet the instant he looked into the camera, his face went cold. “Sera, I know you’re upset.” “If you need money, I can transfer some into your account. But you shouldn’t be asking Sebastian for it.” “Hedy and Sebastian are in love. They don’t owe you a thing.” “Is that so?” I cut him off, eyes rimmed red. “Stealing my mate. Stealing my father and my brother. Destroying my marriage and my family.” “Stringing me along for three years, leaving me to suffer through three years of a severed mate bond.” “And you call that not owing me anything?” Johnathan frowned. “Sera, there’s no need to be so dramatic about it.” “We didn’t set out to deceive you—but you’ve been stubborn since you were a child. If we hadn’t done it this way, you never would have accepted Hedy.” “Hedy’s been in low spirits since the delivery. We were worried about her postpartum depression, so we came up with this little bet to cheer her up. Don’t take it to heart.” “Well, in that case, just give me the money.” “Dad, give me fifty million dollars. Johnathan, thirty million dollars. And I’ll keep playing along with your charade. How does that sound?” Johnathan’s face went dark. “Seraphina, stop horsing around.” I smiled coldly. “It’s just a bit of pocket change. Don’t tell me the Alphas of two Packs can’t even scrape together that much.” “Enough.” “Since money is what you want, I’ll give it to you.” Sebastian shot me a glance and pulled a document from his desk drawer. “Hedy has given birth. In the Quinn Pack, only the Luna’s children can be recognized as heirs. Sign this agreement to dissolve the mate bond, and a hundred million will be transferred to your account immediately.” I looked at the thin stack of papers. I didn’t hesitate for a single second. I grabbed the pen and wrote my name.
Something complicated flickered across Sebastian’s face as he looked at me. “You really care that much about the money? You never used to be like this…” I swallowed against the pain slicing through my chest and forced out a carefree smile. “If I don’t take the money, what else are you going to give me?” His dark eyes locked onto mine, something unreadable stirring in their depths. “You could beg me not to dissolve the mate bond.” “Sera, all you have to do is ask—and I’ll tear up this agreement right now.” Beg him? I bit down hard on my lip, memories flooding back to the early days after I’d discovered his affair with Hedy. I had begged him. Countless times. I’d even taken a silver dagger to my own wrists to force him to come home. My blood had pooled across the floor, and all it earned me was a single sentence: “Don’t do that again. Hedy can’t stand the sight of blood.” “And then what?” I looked at him calmly, my voice laced with contempt. “Then you’ll tell me this was just another one of your little bets—another game to see how pathetic I’d look.” A bitter laugh scraped out of my throat, raw and aching. “Sebastian, stop testing me.” “Haven’t you had enough fun at my expense these past three years?” Something cold traced a line down my cheek. They were the tears I’d held back for so long. Now they finally fell. Sebastian reached up instinctively and wiped them away. Something that might have been guilt flickered through his eyes. He sighed. “Hedy gave birth to my pup, after all. She’s still young, and a little headstrong. But you’re her older sister. You should be more understanding.” “Don’t worry. I’ll give you back the Luna title. Marrying Hedy is just to secure the pup’s status as heir.” He paused, then added, as if to reassure himself as much as me: “I’ll give you a hundred million dollars, too. Take the money, go enjoy yourself for a while, and once I’ve sorted everything out, we’ll form the mate bond again.” “That should make you happy, right?” I tilted my face up, smiled, and let out a soft “Mm.” “Then book me a flight to Switzerland. We always said we’d visit the Alpine lakes together.” Relief washed over him. He pulled me into a tight embrace. “Okay.” “You go ahead first. Once things are settled here, I’ll join you.” “Sera, wait for me.” I rested my head against his shoulder and said nothing. But I knew, deep down, that I would never wait for him again. Once Sebastian was satisfied that I’d given in, he finally spoke again. “You’ll need to move out of the Pack residence for a while.” “Hedy’s moving in. You know she hasn’t been in the best mood since the delivery. Pack up your things. I don’t want her seeing any of your things and getting upset.” He cleared his throat and produced a set of keys from his drawer. “I’ve arranged a new place for you out in the suburbs.” I said nothing, but my mind drifted to the day I’d first moved into the Quinn Pack. We had designed the Alpha residence together, from the curtains to the painting in the entryway. We’d even planned two nurseries: one in pink, the other in blue. He called it our love nest. He carved a nameplate by hand and hung it on the manor door, our names etched side by side. But later, he’d spent his nights tangled up with Hedy in his office until dawn—while I lay alone in the Pack infirmary, losing our pup. I smiled faintly and placed the keys back in his hand. “It’s fine.” From now on, everything I owned would be new. Not just the house. After leaving Quinn’s Group, I went to the Pack infirmary alone. Over the past three years, I had been brought here countless times, crying until I blacked out from the agony of a shredding mate bond. But none of them knew that I’d met a boy here. I pushed open the door to the room. Sunlight streamed through the window lattice, yet a small wolf lay curled up in the darkest corner, shrinking from the light. If the Pack elders had been here, they might have recognized him—the missing heir of the Hadrian Pack. I spoke softly. “I can afford it now. I’m going to take you home and help you shift back into human form.” Sebastian didn’t know that my real destination wasn’t Switzerland. It was Greece.
When I returned to the Quinn Pack to collect my things, the servants gave me strange looks, hovering as if they wanted to say something but couldn’t quite bring themselves to. I frowned and walked into the living room. Then I understood why. Everything I owned had been thrown haphazardly across the floor. And there was Hedy, descending the staircase in a snow-white wedding gown. I bit my lip and stared at her. She gathered the skirt and smiled. “Sera, this is the wedding dress Sebastian designed for you by hand, isn’t it?” “Well, Sebastian’s already given it to me.” “He said you’ve let yourself go—you can’t even fit into it anymore. Good thing someone who can appreciate it came along.” She lifted the hem and twirled. “Sera, what do you think? Does it suit me? Do I look beautiful?” The white gown shimmered like a dream beneath the crystal chandelier. Hedy’s face was radiant, brimming with triumph and joy. Back then, Sebastian had spent several sleepless nights finishing the design sketches for that dress. The first time I put it on, he said: “Sera, this is the only dress like it in the world—for the only girl like you.” His words still echoed in my ears, but his heart had already changed. What Hedy didn’t realize was that I’d already given up Sebastian himself. Why would I still care about a dress that meant nothing to me now? I smiled placidly, and my clenched fists slowly uncurled. “Hedy, hasn’t anyone ever told you that when you take someone else’s things, you have to pay for them?” “That gown is worth thirty million dollars. I want the money in my account today.” Hedy’s expression shifted in an instant. “You bitch! You stole Sebastian, and took my family for all these years. How dare you still have the nerve to ask for money!” She raised her hand and tried to slap me. But the gown’s skirt was far too heavy. I simply sidestepped half a pace, and Hedy tripped over the fabric and crashed to the floor. Dad and Johnathan came rushing down the stairs. “Hedy, what happened?” My brother glared at me with fury in his eyes. “Seraphina, did you bully Hedy again?!” Before I could get a word out, a palm cracked hard across my face. A searing sting spread across my cheek. I stared at my father in disbelief. His face was flushed. His voice cold and sharp. “I know you’ve never truly accepted Hedy. But she just gave birth, her body is still weak. How could you do this to her?” Hedy sniffled, playing the wounded innocent. “Dad, don’t be mad at Sera. It’s not her fault. She said the dress costs thirty million dollars, and if I don’t pay her, I don’t deserve to wear it. But I don’t have any money… She didn’t push me on purpose.” She lifted her pitiful gaze. “It’s all because I can’t afford to pay her. Dad, Johnathan—if we give her the money, will she stop being angry at me?” Dad gave a derisive snort, fury blazing across his face. “Hedy, you’re too kindhearted. Give that bitch money? Over my dead body! I should have known she’s just like her mother. A gold-digging whore!” A sharp pain lanced through my chest. I pressed my hand to my stinging cheek and stared at him. His face was twisted with venom, curse after curse spilling from his lips. The mask of fatherly love he’d worn for years seemed to crack before my eyes. Johnathan was quick enough to step in and hold him back. “Dad.” A flicker of hope kindled in my chest. But then, cold as ice, came his next words: “If you push her too far and she makes a scene at Hedy’s wedding, it’ll be a disaster.” “Since she wants money so badly, just give it to her. Think of it as being robbed by a rogue.” He pulled out a check and tossed it at my feet, his voice dripping with disgust. “There. A check for thirty million dollars.” “Take it and get out. Don’t ever show your face around Hedy again and ruin our day.” I lowered my eyes and stared at the check, drawn on the Moore Pack’s account. The last thread of attachment in my heart finally went dark. I bent down slowly, picked up the check, and smiled as if none of it mattered. I looked at the luggage strewn across the living room and decided I no longer cared to sort through any of it. “Since you’re spending money on everything your new sister wants, as your old sister, I certainly won’t stick around here.” “From this day on, I no longer belong to the Moore Pack!” I dug my ID card out of the pile of luggage on the floor, turned around and walked away. “Wait—”
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