Chapter 4

Ethan tightly held onto Bella, his b*dy trembling with anger. He couldn’t believe Hazel would hurt someone, but he witnessed it firsthand when she tried to harm Bella, his mate.

“Ethan, I’m okay now. It’s just a small injury. When she pushed me, I instinctively protected myself to minimize the damage. I’m sorry, I’m just so weak,” Bella said, her voice trailing off. “I shouldn’t have followed her, but something seemed familiar about her, so I confronted her, and that’s when she pushed me.”

“What? Why would she be so angry at you? It doesn’t make sense for her to try to kill you,” Ethan inquired, trying to understand the situation.

“Alpha, I want to tell you some things, but please don’t get mad,” Bella said, looking at him intently.

Ethan adjusted to meet her gaze, ready to listen to her explanation.

“For over two years now, I’ve known you were my mate. I was planning to come and find you, but on the night of your birthday celebration, I was abducted. When I woke up, I was already being sold and taken far away,” Bella revealed sadly.

Ethan’s heart broke at the revelation, realizing that he had missed out on meeting his mate for such a long time.

“When I was drugged, I heard a woman’s voice giving instructions to my kidnappers. She wanted me taken far away. And when I met Hazel, I felt she was familiar, so I confronted her. In her rage, she pushed me down the stairs. I was terrified, but I managed to protect myself,” Bella lied, trying to make her story more convincing as she broke down sobbing.

Ethan froze upon hearing her words, shocked that Hazel had tried to kill Bella not once but twice. He now understood why Hazel had kept them apart, purposely preventing them from meeting as mates.

He remembered Hazel’s obsession with him since their teenage years, always seeking his attention and constantly being around him. However, he never imagined she would such extreme lengths to get rid of his mate. She had convinced him to marry her, assuring

go to

and very certain that his mate was

in a constrained

and married him, which fueled his decision to divorce her. Bella felt pleased with herself, as she knew

away, he made a call to his Beta, Chris. “Arrange a

hadn’t planned anything drastic, but the revelation of how she had kept them apart ticked him. The feeling of being a fool and manipulated by her over took all other emotions he had

were made ready in minutes and he drove off late that night to

HAZEL

into sleep when the doors swung open, and

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this,” he instructed, flinging a blue document on the

the bold words “Marriage Annulment.” “Ethan, what’s this?” I asked calmly, trying

me? You…”

by next week. You have until then to sign that, the rejection will take

in my stomach. This couldn’t be happening. “Do you love her?” I found myself asking, wanting to know the truth. “Did you ever love

convenient, at least that’s what I thought till it came clear to me that it was all your plot, keeping Bella away, staying around me while I was

are you talking about?” I shot out of bed, running towards him. “I never pushed Bella. She threw

into my skin. His b*dy was shaking with anger, and his gaze was filled with disdain. “You’re a mistake, getting married to you was a mistake. I fell for your plot. You

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I was guilty of that. “I’ll only give you a little bit of honor because of the service of your late father, for harming my mate, your Luna, You shouldn’t be allowed to live. I need you out of my home by tomorrow. Bella will

her, even if he didn’t, I didn’t have a place here anymore, not in his heart. I’d hoped to win his love but that would never

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