After Severance,Alpha Fell in Love With Ex-Luna

Chapter 45: The Ultimatum

Chapter 45: The Ultimatum

(Elena’s POV)

I pushed open the door of the Recovery Ward. Inside, only Sophia Rivers lay in the bed, her eyes immediately turning wary as she spotted me.

“Elena, what are you doing here?” Her voice carried a sharp edge of suspicion.

I stopped at her bedside and took a deep breath. My hands remained steady at my sides as I looked down at

her calmly.

“I can let bygones be bygones,” I said quietly. “We can call it even. But I have only one request – don’t interfere

with David’s verdict.”

Sophia sneered, her lips curling into a mocking smile. She looked me up and down with obvious disdain.

“What do you mean by letting bygones be bygones?” Her voice dripped with false innocence. “I haven’t done

anything to you. Where’s your evidence?”

She shifted in the bed, her eyes flashing with calculated malice. “David kidnapped and threatened me. Why

shouldn’t I interfere with his verdict? Are you asking me to let him off?”

I smiled, feeling a strange sense of calm wash over me. “Since there are no outsiders here and no recordings,

we both know what’s really going on. There’s no need to pretend.”

Sophia’s mask didn’t slip. “I don’t know what you’re talking about. I’m the victim here, and now you’re threatening me too.”

I clenched my fists at my sides, feeling my nails dig into my palms. After a few seconds of silence, I spoke

again.

“I’m not threatening you. I know you want to become Marcus’s mate, but you can’t get past Margaret

Blackwood.”

The color drained from Sophia’s face instantly. She stared at me as if trying to see through my very soul.

I continued, my voice steady and measured. “Even without you, I could have Margaret Blackwood intervene.

Regardless of what Marcus thinks, I’m not a stranger to being the villain.”

My eyes never left hers. “Do you think Margaret Blackwood would allow you to stay by Marcus’s side if she

knew you’d been pursuing her grandson after returning to the Northern Territory?”

Sophia bit her lip, her face growing pale. “If you have the ability to influence Margaret Blackwood, why are you

seeking me out? Why don’t you go to the old woman yourself?”

I calmly sat down in the chair beside her bed. “I’m giving you a chance. Could you still be with Marcus if I had

Margaret Blackwood intervene?”

(Sophia’s POV)

I was speechless. The old woman hated me with every fiber of her being. I had been eagerly waiting for her to die so no one could stop Marcus from marking me as his mate.

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old woman was so long–lived! She seemed determined to outlive us

sneer. “Why should I believe you? You want to be Luna since you’re

moment. Luna? Did she even need to think

“I indeed don’t want to

her in disbelief. The words hit me like a physical

up, her movements deliberate and calm. “I will

There will be no one

at me with an expression I couldn’t read. “Miss Rivers, consider my words

reply after

me to respond, Elena walked out of

soft click.

my face fell completely. My nails dug

acted like she was doing me a favor, saying she was

me a chance? Let David go? The humiliation

with trembling fingers and dialed Heidi Cross’s

healing institute. We need to discuss

(Elena’s POV)

staring blankly at the patient files on my desk. A

outside the door.

look up, assuming it was a patient.

the man spoke that I froze completely. Those icy golden eyes met mine across the

did you say

white. I had guessed Sophia would tell Marcus, but I hadn’t expected him to care

you’re not willing to negotiate with me, I’ll negotiate with Miss Rivers. Is there a

intensity. After a long moment, he

warmth.

“You really are persistent.”

stare. “David is my brother after all. Even if he goes to the enforcement station,

voice grew stronger. “I just want fairness. Is that

filling the small chamber. “Fairness? He premeditated k********g. Even if he didn’t cause substantial harm, a crime is a crime. And you’re talking about

Chapter 45: The

myself to stay calm. “Since no substantial harm was

without hesitation,

and I felt the blood drain from my face. “Am

touches anyone else,

blatant words of protection shattered whatever expectations I had left. I had thought I could reason

I

the Blackwood family’s immense power and Marcus’s ruthlessness

grant my wish?

to go to Sophia again because of David’s matter.” His voice carried Alpha authority. “You need to remember, she is the victim. Our matters have nothing to

was about to turn around when I smiled through my tears. “Then am I

to me count? Was I supposed to endure everything in

look at me.

can’t you be soft–hearted toward me just once?” My voice cracked with

would be enough.”

his gaze on me, unmoved by my plea. “Elena, this is what I owe

without looking back. I stood there for

mind.

It made clear who

as if I couldn’t breathe. After a long time, I

that he

(Marcus’s POV)

institute and got into my car. The leather seats

a call, then turned back to me. “Alpha Marcus, David has accepted the verdict.

as long as David was willing to lower his head and admit his mistake, the lawyer had a way to ensure David would