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)

~ Chapter 1 Broken

to our shared den all

lit

came back or not.

Central Healing Institute, I encountered Sophia and

them, but

she

bristling slightly. “What do

expression was carefully concerned. “Do

question. “That’s unnecessary

to the Central Healing Institute after dropping Oliver at the academy.

voice casual. “He spent the night

our strained mate bond like silver. I suppressed the hurt, keeping

my

arm. I forcefully pulled away from her

and fell to

mother fall and pushed me with surprising strength for a

“Bad woman!” he shouted

it repeatedly with deliberate malice, his small feet crushing

from my phone,

sleek black vehicle. His wolf’s presence immediately

he called, genuine concern momentarily betraying his usual emotional

cried to Marcus through his tears. “She

me. “You shouldn’t take your anger out on

pup”

ignoring the fact that

dismissed it. “Oliver was just protecting his mother

authority radiated displeasure. “You’re overreacting by

blatant favoritism. “I didn’t push

through our mate bond. “Would a young pup fabricate lies to

mate, Healer Elena?”

Chapter 3

his distrust I realized the

my

to leave, Marcus’s Alpha

“Apologize to Oliver. He’s just a

as Cora snarled within me. I

mounted beneath the moonstone lanterns throughout Moonhaven

footage shows I was at fault, I apologize. But if it proves my innocence, I refuse

to false accusations.”

without another word, my

(Sophia’s POV)

worried about what the

Elena didn’t act with malicious

shifted the conversation urgently. “Marcus, please take Oliver to

late for enrollment.”

touch. I’ve already contacted Headmaster Thompson. You should escort Oliver yourself. All arrangements have

and drove

hand tightly enough to make him

I smiled with cold