After Severance,Alpha Fell in Love With Ex-Luna

Chapter 54: The Weight of an Alpha’s Words

Chapter 54: The Weight of an Alpha’s Words

(Elena’s POV)

Marcus Blackwood’s words hit me like silver bullets to the heart. Each syllable carved deeper wounds into my soul.

The source of all her suffering is because of you. You have to endure it.

I stared at him, feeling something fundamental shift inside me. The last flickering ember of hope I’d carried for six years finally died.

A strange calmness settled over me. The kind of peace that comes after a storm has destroyed everything worth saving.

I found the whole situation utterly ridiculous. Here was my mate, the Alpha I’d devoted my life to, telling me I deserved to suffer for another woman’s pain.

“You’re right,” I said quietly. My voice was steady, almost serene. “I’ve gotten everything she couldn’t get.”

Marcus’s grip on my chin loosened slightly. He seemed surprised by my calm response.

“So I’ll return it all to her.” I stepped back, breaking free from his hold. “The Luna position, the Blackwood

name, everything. She can have it all back.”

“Elena-”

“I’ll give you a chance to make amends with Sophia Rivers before I leave.” I moved toward the door. “Consider it my final gift to you both.”

Marcus grabbed my arm, his golden eyes turning sinister. “You think you can just walk away?”

I shook his hand away with surprising strength. “Watch me.”

His face darkened like a storm cloud. “Elena Blackwood, you don’t get to decide when this ends.”

“Actually, I do.” I smiled, and it felt like the first genuine smile I’d worn in years. “Goodbye, Marcus.”

(Marcus’s POV)

I stood there watching her leave, my face growing increasingly grim. Something precious was slipping through my grasp, and I couldn’t control it.

My wolf Logan paced restlessly in my mind. She’s leaving us. Stop her.

Did she truly believe she could come and go as she pleased from a mate bond? That she could simply decide

our fate without my consent?

I picked up my phone and dialed a number. “Make sure she doesn’t leave the territory.”

The voice on the other end confirmed my orders. “Yes, Alpha”

I ended the call and stared out the window. Elena Blackwood would learn that no one walked away from

Marcus Blackwood.

(Elena’s POV)

Northern Territory Central Healing Institute. The familiar building looked different somehow, as if I was seeing it

Healing Ward, watching through the glass

hand gently stroking his

left his side. She’d moved

the uncomfortable chair,

if my biological mother would have shown such devotion to me. The thought came unbidden,

to suppress the

door to the

etched with exhaustion and worry. Dark circles shadowed

today?” She struggled to sit up straighter. “I

but you weren’t

can accompany you and David

stunned. Her eyes filled with tears she

always neglected you,” she whispered. “I know about the

but you… you were the hope I

had no say in Richard’s family. My

wouldn’t side with

at her hands. “I had no way to give you support, I thought it would be enough

you fed and clothed.”

mated Marcus, I hoped you’d finally

Richard used you

David’s future and your feelings, I still chose my son.” Tears streamed down

“Even if you blame me,

her chair. “If you

I’d

by rogue wolves. Maybe already

Mother.”

broke for me. She was about to speak when the

burst open.

doorway. One stepped forward, his expression respectful but

asked us to pick

door

went white with terror. “Is he going to retaliate against us? Because

Rivers?”

Blackthorne. Alpha Marcus

Shadowmere Private Healing Sanctuary under the Blackwood

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voice was reassuring. “All healing costs will be covered by Alpha

sanctuaries were

had founded it as part of Shadowmere Medical Consortium, equipped with the most advanced technology in the

and influential figures chose the Blackwood sanctuary for treatment. A single mind–link could secure a Chief Healer–level professor

at me, her eyes filled with desperate hope.

Marcus’s motives. He’d clearly stated

concerns. “David will have dedicated caregivers around the clock. The environment

care will be far superior to this

Marcus has such intentions, we should trust his arrangements. David might

eyes, I couldn’t

guard efficiently handled David’s transfer procedures.