Chapter 2
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When I said that, Tina immediately jumped in:
“Stella, how can you say something like that? Evelyn is still pregnant with Zane’s child, she’s all alone now… how pitiful!”
Ross also cut in coldly, full of reproach:
“From ancient times, it’s been acceptable to marry two women for succession. This is just to share responsibility for the late Zane. Can’t you even tolerate that much?”
Seeing everyone siding with him, Alpha Rex pulled Evelyn closer and added with a smirk:
“How about this—Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays I’ll stay with Evelyn, and Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, and Sundays with you. Still not satisfied? What do you want?”
I felt a fire swelling in my chest. I couldn’t take it anymore. I gritted my teeth:
“No need. Just spend all seven days with her. I don’t care.”
The room went dead silent.
Tina froze for a moment, then clapped her leg and laughed:
“Glad you’ve finally come to your senses!”
Alpha Rex sighed in relief and walked toward me to embrace me.
But the moment he got close, filthy images from last night pierced my mind like blades. I recoiled instinctively, nausea choking me.
I shoved him away, panting, and said each word with force:
“Don’t touch me.”
“You misunderstood—I meant to say… I want to sever the bond with Alpha Rex.”
“That way, he can be with Evelyn—openly and officially.”
He froze.
“Stella, what kind of joke is this?” His eyes brimmed with disbelief.
“I didn’t even blame you for sneaking around with other wolves, and now you're breaking our bond over this?”
“This?” I snapped. “You left me on the street, watched me get humiliated by your ‘brothers’. Do you even know what I went through?”
He sneered:
“I had people watching you. What could’ve possibly happened? Or are you mad you missed a few paying clients?”
Smack!
I slapped him, my whole body shaking.
“Alpha Rex, are you even human?”
Tina rushed to block me:
“How dare you strike an Alpha? He’s the leader of the Silverfang Pack!”
I let out a bitter laugh.
“An Alpha? Without me, your Silverfang Pack is nothing!”
“I sold off the estate my father gave me to help him win the Alpha succession. I built your throne!”
“Enid,” I whispered inside.
“Should I keep enduring this?”
“No, Stella,” Enid’s voice was calm, unwavering.
“Now is the time to tear your chains. Your wolf blood was never meant for shame.”
Alpha Rex exploded:
“Who’d want a used-up mutt like you after this?”
Outside the door, omegas peeked in, whispering:
“So shameless! I’ve gotten her little card before.”
“Heard she’s wild—three times for only a hundred bucks.”
“I wanna try her too,” someone murmured.
My body trembled uncontrollably. My knuckles turned white from clenching too hard. Tears poured out without restraint.
Evelyn, ever the innocent, said softly:
“Don’t say that… Stella’s not that kind of wolf…”
Alpha Rex shot her a cold glance, then spat:
“You’ve got the nerve to cry? If you had any decency, would people say those things?”
“Enid…” I muttered.
“Don’t let them stain the last of your dignity. You were never meant to be beneath their feet.”
I looked at Alpha Rex, still ranting about how much he “tolerated” and “sacrificed”.
“But… I loved him once,” I told Enid.
“That doesn’t mean you should accept humiliation,” she replied.
“Love is not a prison. A bond is not a shackle.”
“You thought saving the Silverfang Pack would earn their gratitude. But they only ever saw you as a tool.”
Evelyn stepped closer, deliberately whispering in my ear:
“Rex loves me. He only pitied you.”
“You helped the Pack, so what? He never loved you. He would never sacrifice a single thing for you.”
She straightened up, raising her voice:
“Just leave quietly. Maybe you can keep a shred of pathetic dignity.”
I was about to respond when my communicator vibrated.
The screen showed an image—me, from last night, being violated.
Underneath it:
“Round two tonight? I’ll pay double.”
I screamed. The device slipped from my shaking hands and crashed to the floor.
My chest felt like it had been torn open by claws. Even breathing hurt.
I looked up, eyes locked on Alpha Rex. One word at a time, I said:
“Stop pretending.”
Tina and Ross’s faces turned ghostly pale.
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