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)

I drove to the Northern Territory Central Healing Institute. The familiar building looked different somehow, as if I was

the Intensive Healing Ward, watching through the glass window. Patricia Blackthorne

her hand gently

side. She’d moved her entire

the uncomfortable chair, eating

wondered if my biological mother would have shown such devotion to me. The thought

lip to suppress the

the door

face etched with exhaustion and

today?” She struggled to sit up straighter. “I went to your healing chamber

but you weren’t

leave,” I said softly. “I can accompany you

stunned. Her eyes filled with

know about the Blackthorne family’s bias.

hope I brought back after losing my own

couldn’t protect you. I had no say

wouldn’t side

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

you fed and clothed.”

Marcus, I hoped you’d

I saw how Richard used you to seek favors from the

your feelings, I still chose my son.” Tears

if you blame me,

head, kneeling beside her chair. “If you hadn’t brought me back to the Blackthorne family,

where I’d

wandering alone, maybe taken by rogue wolves. Maybe already dead.” I took her hand. “You saved

Mother.”

how understanding I was, Patricia’s heart broke for me. She was about

burst open.

Guards appeared in the doorway. One stepped forward, his

us to

door

he going to retaliate against us?

Rivers?”

nervous, Mrs. Blackthorne. Alpha

Sanctuary under the

54: The

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

were astronomically

part of Shadowmere Medical Consortium,

pack leaders and influential figures chose the Blackwood sanctuary for treatment.

her eyes filled with desperate hope. “Is this

lips and said nothing. I didn’t understand Marcus’s motives. He’d clearly stated his disdain for

my concerns. “David will have

be far

has such intentions, we should trust his arrangements. David might have a better chance to awaken at a

eyes, I couldn’t bear to shatter it. I

efficiently handled David’s transfer procedures. The Northern Territory