After Severance,Alpha Fell in Love With Ex-Luna

Chapter 3: Broken Bonds

Chapter 3 Broken Bonds

(Marcus’s POV)

Just as I was about to release Sophia from my protective embrace, she grabbed my arm. Her fingers. trembled against my skin.

“Marcus, I’m still not feeling well. Can you accompany me to get some moonlight herbs?” she asked weakly.

I frowned, my eyes shifting away from Elena’s disappearing figure. Something twisted in my chest as t watched my mate walk away, her shoulders rigid with hurt.

“Of course,” Irumbled softly, acknowledging Sophia’s request.

We walked to the Moonstone Apothecary in silence. My mind kept drifting back to Elena’s cold expression, the way she’d called me “Alpha” with such formal distance.

Sophia noticed my distraction. She smiled cautiously, her voice hesitant.

“Marcus, I need to ask you something important.”

I turned to her, waiting.

“Could you help get Oliver enrolled in Crescent Ridge Academy? He needs proper pack documentation, and I was hoping you could temporarily register him under your pack name.” She quickly added, “It would only be temporary and kept secret from the other pack members.”

I stared at her, my wolf Logan stirring uneasily within me. Logan always recognized Elena as his mate, which was against my own feelings.

The wolfs restlessness made my jaw clench.

(Sophia’s POV)

I avoided Marcus’s intense gaze, worried I had overstepped.

“Have I offended you?” I asked worriedly.

Marcus’s expression darkened. “Putting Oliver under my direct pack lineage isn’t appropriate.”

My heart sank, but he continued.

“However, I could arrange for my grandmother, Margaret Blackwood, to adopt him as a step–grandson within the Blackwood bloodline.

I was shocked. This would make Oliver the same generation as Marcus within the pack hierarchy. The implications were staggering

Marcus pressed forward, his Alphá authority seeping into his voice. “Are you unwilling?”

I hid my calculating thoughts behind a mask of gratitude. This could elevate my position within the Shadow

Moon Pack through my son’s connection to the Blackwood lineage.

“No, I’m honored by your generosity,” I agreed, feeling both resentful and hopeful

(Elena’s POV)

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our shared den all

leave the moonstone lanterns lit for him. Not anymore it

came back or not.

Territory Central Healing Institute, I encountered Sophia and Oliver in Lantern Grove beneath

pass them, but

Elena,” she

paused, my wolf Cora bristling slightly. “What do

concerned. “Do

brushed off her question. “That’s unnecessary concern between pack

with Oliver clinging to her side. “I’m also heading to the Central Healing Institute after dropping Oliver at the academy. Marcus could

voice casual. “He spent the night at my

bond like silver. I suppressed

have my

reaching for my arm. I forcefully pulled away

stumbled and fell to the

me with surprising

“Bad woman!” he shouted

ground. Oliver stomped on it

from my phone, causing

arrived in his sleek black vehicle. His wolf’s

called, genuine concern momentarily

to Marcus through his

while confronting me. “You shouldn’t take

pup”

maintain my composure. “You’re ignoring the

dismissed it. “Oliver was just protecting his

“You’re overreacting by

wounded by his blatant

mate bond. “Would a young pup fabricate

mate, Healer Elena?”

Chapter 3 Broken

distrust I realized the futility of defending

you was my misfortune,” I

turned to leave, Marcus’s Alpha

his tone slightly. “Apologize to Oliver. He’s just

fists as Cora snarled within me. I turned back to face

mounted beneath the moonstone lanterns throughout

surveillance footage shows I was at fault, I apologize. But if it

to false accusations.”

left without another word, my wolf’s dignity

(Sophia’s POV)

Marcus’s attention, worried about what the surveillance might

believe Elena didn’t act with

shifted the conversation urgently. “Marcus, please take Oliver to Crescent Ridge Academy. He’s

late for enrollment.”

my touch. I’ve already contacted Headmaster Thompson. You should

returned to his vehicle and

hand tightly enough

grip, I smiled with cold calculation. “You did