Chapter 3
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Alpha Rex’s face turned bright red the moment I snapped at him.
I casually grabbed that disgusting card stuck in the neighbor's doorframe—printed with my private photo, along with a degrading price written across the paper.
Coldly, I said, “You printed my photo. You spread vile rumors about me. I will never forget this.”
He glanced nervously at Evelyn, pretending to stay calm as he protested,
“Me? Why would I? Why would I want the whole pack to know their Luna is a b***h?!”
He paused, then put on a look of deep affection, his tone turning mournful.
“Stella, if you still care about me—your Alpha Rex—I won't abandon you.”
“As long as you're willing to let Evelyn move in, and let her safely give birth to Zane’s child, I can forgive everything.”
He looked at me with agonized sincerity, his words full of emotion, drawing sympathetic gasps from the surrounding omegas.
“She doesn’t even treasure an Alpha Rex who loves her like that. What’s wrong with her?”
“She was with Zane. Zane just died, and she’s already so heartless...”
“Look at Evelyn, so gentle and understanding. Stella is selfish and shameless.”
Evelyn, standing at the back of the crowd, smiled with satisfaction. Her lips moved slightly, and I could clearly read the two words she mouthed:
“Serves you.”
I clenched the card tightly, didn’t spare them another glance, and turned to leave.
Alpha Rex tried to grab me, but I shook him off hard.
Furious, he shouted from behind me, “You walk away now—don’t ever come back!”
I walked down the stairs without looking back, my heart utterly calm.
“You're still waiting for them to change, but all they’ll become is more like stray dogs.”
Enid’s voice suddenly echoed in my mind—the voice of the wolf spirit that had long slept inside me.
“I endured for five years...”
“You are the Luna of the Winsor Pack. Your bond is your honor, not your chains.”
I could almost feel Enid standing behind me, a noble and commanding wolf shadow at my back.
I reopened my communicator and sent a message I had already made up my mind about:
[Dad, Mom, I’m breaking my bond with Alpha Rex. Silverfang Pack—let it go bankrupt.]
Just as I was about to step out of Silverfang Pack’s gates, I halted, overwhelmed by rage and humiliation.
“Shall we break the bond now?” Enid asked, her voice deep and distant.
“No.” I whispered back. “I’ll do it in front of the whole pack.”
“You want them to witness how a Luna reclaims her honor.”
I nodded slightly.
“Exactly. I’ll turn this humiliation into a trial—my trial.”
Stumbling, I flagged down a cab.
The driver looked at me through the rearview mirror, twitched the corner of his mouth, and sent a voice message on his communicator:
[Guess who just got in my car? Luna—the one going viral in the group chat... the ‘$100 for three times’ bitch.]
A chill ran through my body. I felt frozen.
I clenched my teeth, refusing to let the tears fall.
In my mind, Enid spoke softly:
“Stella, these aren’t insults—they’re the fire that will forge your soul anew.”
“Burn it all down—with your true self.”
Meanwhile, back at the Silverfang Pack mansion—
Evelyn stumbled, grabbing the edge of the table. A sickly blush colored her pale face.
“Rex, it’s my fault. I shouldn’t have upset Stella like that…”
She caressed her slightly swollen belly, eyes full of delicate sorrow.
“But I’m really scared... What if she, out of spite, sends someone to hurt our baby?”
Alpha Rex froze, then slammed the table in anger.
Evelyn immediately took his hand and placed it on her belly.
“Feel it—the baby kicked just now. It must have sensed danger.”
She looked up at him, tears hanging from her lashes.
“Remember the fire three months ago? The omega guarding the warehouse said he saw a woman wearing a pearl necklace wandering nearby…”
Alpha Rex’s pupils shrank. That was my favorite necklace.
Evelyn seized the moment and leaned against him, wrapping her arms around his waist. She whispered seductively into his ear:
“It’s only us—we’re the real family, aren’t we?”
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