My Alpha Traded Me for Her, I Took His Empire

A P

of milk felt he

ass of warm milk, a silent walk down the long, carpeted hallway to my husband Donavon B

t. A woman with a pale, still face and eyes that h

. It was slightly ajar. I raised my hand to knoc

n I heard

own heartbeat. But there was a softness in it, a ten

My breath caught in my thro

g," he said. "Arthur's pass

e

cold and heavy. Jena Ellis. The mate of my h

a guilt that was almost suffocating, "that his death has g

hed, its white surface rippling like a disturbed po

muffled sound from the

issive, cold. "She's just the Luna in name.

they could control. I had no family to run to, no pack of my own. I was the perfect puppe

reathe. I co

blade, clean and sharp, sliding between my ribs. "My bod

me, that our marriage was built on duty, not passion. But duty did not explain the cold distance. Now I knew: he had been saving him

to, was shredded. The truth was laid bare, bloody and raw. This wasn't a lovele

r snow blanketing the grounds

to lea

vements stiff, robotic. M

nt hall. A decorative vase on a s

nd lie. I chose the lie. I always chose the lie. I forced my body to still,

om inside the

Heavy. Ac

e, his massive frame filling the doorway. Hi

His brow furrowed, deepening

e you do

obedient smile I had perfected over thr

tray. "I broug

d. His eyes raked over me like I was a piece of furniture that had strayed out of place. But he found nothing. Th

silent command for me to enter. Turning back to

aulting me. I placed the glass on his desk. My eyes snagged on his phone screen

open door mad

ere, his expression carefully neutral but his

s. Ellis and young Master Kaden have arrived. I

s. A light I had never seen before ign

t even l

against my skin, and left the study without another word.

s al

he one overlooking the gardens. Down below, und

ulled back, knelt, and swept the little boy, Kaden, into his arms. He swung him aro

me. He never held me like that. He never even looked at me the way he was l

a family. A perfe

, the Luna of this p

in had been replaced by something colder, sharper. A stillness that felt like peace. The last flicker of warmth inside me died, not in a blaze, but

he warm glass moments ago. The warmth was alread

I needed out. But tonight, I would stop being the

fingers were steady as I

a single

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