Maya ran to a hidden spot in the mansion where she could cry out her eyes, her knees hitting the cold marble as if the stone wanted to punish her.
“He promised me heavens and the f*****g earth… yet I saw him in bed with that bitch.” Her voice cracked, slicing into the night.
Her wolf was silent. The same wolf that used to scream, growl, and warn her now had nothing. Only the heavy silence of betrayal.
A silence that ate at her ribs and dragged bile up her throat. She wanted to vomit out the memory, vomit out the pain, vomit out him.
For the first time in years, Maya wanted to destroy herself. She thought of wine, whiskey, moonbrew...anything to blur the ache.
But the second her trembling fingers reached for the thought of alcohol, her hand froze. The pup. Her pup. Their pup. That cr
