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When the Alpha Realized I Was No Longer His

The physician’s gaze lingered on me, weighted with pity and hesitation before she finally spoke. “Luna Kaia… you’ve been diagnosed with cancer.” Time didn’t just pause—everything inside me froze and splintered. I stood there, a pregnant Luna battling illness, surrounded by wolves who once called me family but now looked at me as though I didn't belong. And then I witnessed it—them. Alpha Alden, my bonded mate and the man I vowed my life to… leaning close to Marinal, the woman he once called nothing more than a chapter from long ago. Their fingers intertwined, heads bent together, laughter soft and intimate—like I had already been erased from the picture. “Alden, she still carries your pup,” Marinal murmured, feigning innocence as if she cared. “Wouldn’t it be cruel if she walks in and misunderstands us?” Alden’s expression never shifted—cold, detached, cruel. “If she makes trouble, I will reject her. She means nothing to me.” In that single heartbeat, whatever hope I clung to collapsed. I wasn’t his mate—I was a placeholder. A convenience. Disposable. He shattered my trust, manipulated me until I doubted my own worth, and allowed her to claim every piece of my life. My room became hers. My medical care was prioritized for her whims. My status, my place, my pride—it all migrated to the woman who smirked as she ruined me. Marinal didn’t just take—she reveled in the destruction. So I made my own decision. I called the one person who still loved me: my father, Alpha of the Dawncrest Pack. “Dad,” I whispered, voice breaking but certain, “I’m leaving the Moonspire Pack. I can’t stay here anymore.” That same night, I arranged a flight. One week. That’s all I allowed myself before vanishing from Alden’s world indefinitely. Yet fate has a cruel sense of irony. The day I was to accept a new mate—someone who chose me willingly—he appeared. Alden stormed into Lumen Ridge, eyes bloodshot, breath ragged, voice trembling as he pleaded for me not to bond with another. Why now? Why only when I was ready to leave him behind forever?