chapter 1
The cold rain washed away the dirt and blood caked on my body!
My leg was broken, the bone piercing through the skin, and each breath felt like a knife tearing at my chest!
As an exiled rogue, l knew my life was coming to an end.
My wolf, Lyra, whined weakly in my mind.“I'm so sorry, Ashly.l couldn't protect you."
"No, Lyra," l replied in my heart with the last of my strength.“l was the one who was naive."
A year ago, l was just an ordinary omega in the Dark rock Pack!
life was simple, i looked forward to meeting the destined mate that the Moon Goddess would present to me on my eighteenth birthday.
And l did meet him. He was Alpha Kaden, the future leader of our pack
When l first laid eyes on him, the alwas thick with the scent of pine after ostorm, and it sent Lyra into a frenzy of joy. “Mate! He's our mate!
But there was no joy in Alpha Kaden's gaze-only cold disdain.
The tragedy began with my act of kindness.
I saved another omega girl, Alina, from being bullied by a group of Gammas, she held my hand gratefully vowing she would always remember my kindness.
But just a week later, when Alpha Kaden announced he had chosen a powerful Beta's daughter as his mate instead of me, Alina stepped forward.
In front of the entire pack, she accused me of using forbidden wolfspan drugs out of jealousy to harm the mate that Kaden had chosen.
She cried,“l saw it with my own eyes! Ashly said if she can't have the Alpha, then no one will!"
That was the first time l experiencedthe crushing despair of being unable to defend myself.
Alpha Kaden didn't even give me a chance to explain. He needed a reason to reject me, a "mismatched" mate,and my “crime" gave him the perfect excuse.
“l, Kaden Dark rock, reject you, Ashly Marie, as my mate.
Those words were like a poisoned silver dagger, piercing through our mate bond. The pain of my soul being ripped apart made me faint on the spot.
When l woke up, my surname had been stripped away, and l was exiled from the pack!
I became a rogue-hunted by all.My family was shamed because of me,relegated to the lowest status in the pack, living a life worse than that of an Omega.
Meanwhile, Alina, rewarded for her loyalty," was made the personal maid of Aloha Kaden's chosen mate.elevating her above all other Omegas
l wandered for a year, a life filled with hunger, cold and endless hunts And now, the ones pursuing me had finally caught up. They were warriors of Alpha Kaden.
Through the rain, a tall figure approached. The scent of pine was still clear but now nauseating
"You're quite the survivor, like acock roach," Alpha Kaden's voice was cold as ice.
Alina held an umbrella, huddling close to him, a triumphant smile plastered on her face. “Alpha, l told you she wouldn't go far. A lowly omega like her isn't worth your time.”
i looked at them and laughed, blood bubbling at the corner of my mouth.”But why? l saved you, Alina.”
Her smile faltered for a moment before morphing into an even more derisive expression.“Saved me? Don't flatter yourself. The Alpha's power ist he only true protection. You got in my way, Ashly. An omega wanting to be Luna? Thats a delusion. Your very existence is a mistake.
Alpha Kaden raised a hand, his claws gleaming in the rain.
"Let's end this," he said.
Pain shot through me, and l slipped into an eternal darkness.
“Ashly! Wake up! The annual celebration is about to start!
A familiar voice pulled me back from the abyss.l opened my eyes wide, finding myself back in the Darkrock Pack dorm, lying on that familiar bed. sunlight streamed through the window, warm and real.
i looked down at my hands-clean,intact, without a single scar!
I touched my chest; that broken heart was now beating strongly.
Lyra let out a confused whimper in my mind. “Are we... still alive?”
I had been reborn!
I was back on the day when tragedy struck, the annual celebration of the Darkrock Pack.
It was on this very day that l would save Alina, only to be cruelly pushed into the abyss.
This time,l clenched my fists.l would never make the same mistake again.
