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a muffled hum, and for a moment it felt like the entire world was tilting on its axis. My breath caught, my chest

ng through me like a silver blade. His face once the rare home of fleeting warmth for me was now glo

as I looked from John to Maria, who clutched her stomach and leaned into his embrace like the perfect damsel in distress. Her eyes

oyous cries that mocked my misery. The people I wa

the true heir!"

blessed our Alpha

o mate!" came a cruel voice from the b

n Goddess herself when she bound me to John. But what was the use? To them, I was

, my palms scraping against the rough ground. I didn't care. Pain

e. His entire being was centered on Maria. His hands stroked her hair, his lips pressed agai

ntil he remembered me. But my body wouldn't mo

voice. Soft. Sweet. P

if something happens to our baby?" Maria's words

isbelief. "That's a lie!" I screamed, m

The sound echoed louder than the crowd, louder than my own heartbeat

d. My dignity, my soul, my very exist

will rip you apart myself!" John's growl vi

heir heads as if I were the filth they'd always believed. Their eye

inside m

wly, my cheek throbbing from his hand, my pride bleeding out on the ground. My legs trembled, but I

you deny me, betray me, or strike me... I will always be your Luna. But know this-" my v

moment, the words cutti

tion? Doubt? No. It was gone as quickly as it came. He pulled Maria closer, shielding her w

, you are nothing but a slave. And when the sun rises tomorrow, your place will be in th

e no one objected. Not one person stood for me. Not ev

d that parted with mocking smiles and whispers. Each step felt heavier than the last. My head spun,

Maria's supposed pregnancy and my downfall. The sound chased me

obs I could no longer hold back. I collapsed onto the straw bed that had once be

agile but unbroken. The Moon Goddess had bound me to him, but John had shattered it

t beneath me as I curled into m

haze of pain, a small

he man I had loved beyond reason. But I was still bre

e on the Goddess herself... one day, t