ra

g heavily in the fre

I slowly stood up from the wi

e, suffocating calm radiating from my small frame made Julian subconsciously take a half-step back

the bitter irony on my tongue. "Julian, do you

o, manage my household, and be an obedient Luna. Isn'

lpha aura. "I married you to honor my dying sister's wish. And you, Julian Sterling, swore an oat

nto his stormy gray eyes. "Tell me, Alpha. In these

ith indignation. "I gave you a life of luxury! I gave you the title of Mrs. S

proof of his monstrous cruelty. "Do you mean letting me freeze in a pond while you comfort the pup who pushed me? Or do you

flash of genuine guilt crossed his face, b

ou mean forcing the reigning Luna to kneel on ice-cold marble all night like a traitor? Or

anca, who visibly trembled and

about these things, but in his arrogant mind, they were just 'disciplining a jealous wife.' Hearing them laid bar

just finally stopped pretendin

ysical and emotional chasm betwee

ding behind him. "Ask him. Does he see me as a mother? No. To h

me as a wife? To you, I am just a competent, free nanny. A piece of

found, to his absolute horror, that he couldn't refute a singl

s flaring aggressively, trying to force me

Julian's breath hitch. "Yes. My heart is dead, Julian. It was dr

g cleaner, lighter than it had in three years. I look

kable finality, echoing with the ancient magic of our kind, "offi

b. The room plunged into a d

covering her

ly replaced by utter, paralyzing shock. The bl

ac

ear ripped through the ai

hest as his inner wolf let out a deafening

s wolf ears were deceiving him. Divorce? Rejection? From E

nail in the coffin of our marriage. "I no longer

ching my pale face for any sign of a

lue eyes were a bottomless, ancie

ized I meant ev

ed and abused for years, suddenly screamed in agony at being severed. The thought of this quiet,

g wolf-gold. He lunged forward, wanting to grab me, to force me to take it back. "I