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Luna. The title she should have held in life, not just in death.
"Aria..." Her name caught in his throat, tears falling before he could form another
word. Every memory of her smile, her laugh, the way she'd dance around their kitchen on Sunday mornings-all of it crashed over him in waves of regret so powerful they physically hurt.
He remained kneeling long after everyone had gone, the rain soaking through his
expensive suit, his body shivering violently though he felt nothing.
That night, having refused to leave her graveside until physically carried away by
his guards, Lucas collapsed with a dangerous fever.
In his delirium, Aria came to him.
The nightmare replayed that fateful night, but with one crucial difference-this time,
he hadn't left
her behind. In this version, he had recognized the danger, had grabbed her hand
and pulled the blindfold from her eyes.
"Run!" he shouted, gripping her fingers so tightly he feared he might hurt her, but
unable to loosen
his hold. "The whole place is going to blow!"
The heat was suffocating, smoke burning their lungs as they navigated through
hallways. Each step felt like salvation-he was saving her this time. He wouldn't fail
the labyrinthine
her again.
Just
Aria suddenly
stopped.
as the exit door appeared ahead, freedom visible through its glass panel,
No matter how he pulled, she remained rooted in place.
In the dream, the fire had already reached the gasoline containers, their metal
sides
bulging
ominously.
"Please!" he begged, terror making his voice crack. "We have to go NOW!"
Instead of responding, Aria looked at him with such profound sadness that his heart constricted.
Slowly, deliberately, she peeled his fingers from her wrist, one by one.
"You can't save me, Lucas," she said softly. "You're the one who killed me."
With those words hanging between them, she turned and walked deliberately
back into the heart of
the inferno.
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"ARIA, NO!"
A blinding explosion engulfed her, erasing her from existence in a violent flash of
light and heat.
"ARIA!"
Lucas bolted upright in bed, gasping for air, his body drenched in cold sweat despite the fever ravaging his system. The dream had felt so real-for those few
precious moments, she had been alive again, within his reach.
He fumbled for his phone on the nightstand-a pathetic ritual he couldn't break,
checking for messages from a number that would never text again. Before he could unlock the screen, his bedroom door burst open, his guardian's face ashen with panic: "Alpha! There's an emergency at Luna Collins's crypt!" No one could have predicted Leila's complete psychological break-sneaking into
the cemetery with bribed groundskeepers, disinterring Aria's urn, and threatening to scatter her remains.
When Lucas arrived, the scene before him was something from a nightmare. Leila
stood in the rain, mascara streaming down her face, clutching Aria's urn like a
trophy.
Fighting through his fever-induced weakness, Lucas approached her slowly. "Put
it down, Leila," he commanded, his voice deadly quiet.
controlled tone only seemed to further unravel her fragile sanity. She threw
His
her head back in manic laughter.
"Fuck you!" she screeched, holding the urn tighter. "This worthless bitch stole
everything from me! First my ceremonial dancer position, now my Alpha mate!
Even in death, she gets to be Luna
Thornwood while I'm left with
Lucas froze at her next words.
"I should have killed her
NOTHING!"
years ago instead of just framing her for challenging me!
Would have saved us all this
trouble!"
The confession sliced through him-the original “crime” that had justified three
years of torment had been fabricated. He had destroyed Aria for nothing.
Pure rage gave him a surge of strength despite his illness. He lunged forward,
desperate to protect the only physical reminder of Aria he had left.
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His fever-weakened body betrayed him-as his fingers nearly reached the urn, his
legs buckled
beneath him.
Time seemed to slow as he collapsed forward. Leila, startled by his sudden
movement, stumbled backward, losing her grip on the urn.
The delicate ceramic container tumbled through the air in what felt like slow
motion before shattering against the marble floor with a sound that seemed to echo through Lucas's very soul.
The impact scattered Aria's ashes across the wet floor, the rain quickly dissolving
them into nothingness, washing away the last physical trace of her existence. Lucas stared in mute horror, a guttural sound escaping him before he violently coughed up blood.
"Aria..."
Her name on his lips was both prayer and apology-too late for either to matter. The Northern Alpine Pack.
southern territory buzzed with scandals and
far as the Northern territory, where Aria
news
life.
Lucas's breakdown reached
his obsession with her "remains," his collapse at
simply offered an enigmatic smile
the past. The she-wolf who had loved Lucas Thornwood had died
that fire, exactly as
planned.
entered the sitting room, carrying
"Time for your treatment,
downing the dark liquid in one
from the bitterness,
candied ginger. "Just a bit
we're
done."
your legs will be fully healed, and you can audition
Company
like
you've
always dreamed."
eyes softened with pride as she gently brushed
Aria's face.
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glanced down at her legs, considering the
had escaped the fire that night
gasoline containers that someone had stored in
abandoned
building.
explosions had caught her off guard as
legs, nearly costing her
everything to protect.
But as her
to say, freedom always comes at a price. Her legs
future bright with new possibilities. She had escaped the beautiful
her past life and stepped into a painful
time in years, she was
to)
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her entire life by her Alpha
never raising their voices,
with rage, she lunged forward, perfectly manicured
face like talons!
effortlessly, shoving her
floor in
"Guards,"
"remove
Immediately."
"YOU
The
Leila's shrieks ricocheted off
doors slammed shut, silencing her hysteria
day of Aria's funeral arrived beneath
to mourn alongside the
Lucas carried her
gathered crowd.
trembling hands, his
it into
marble
surreal, as
horrific dream he couldn't escape.
mate he had only
final stone was placed, the
genuinely beloved. Her radiance had touched
grief, had
ceremony that
permanent.
everyone else who had known Aria-from childhood
the barista who had served her
the rain, creating a
emanate
from the
earth itself.
her tombstone, a broken Alpha rendered statue-like in
fingers repeatedly traced the inscription he had insisted
Collins Thornwood, Beloved
Mate."
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title she should have held in life, not just
throat, tears falling before he could
word. Every
memory of her smile,
her
laugh,
the
she'd dance
crashed over
powerful they physically hurt.
had gone, the rain soaking through
his body shivering violently though
her
Lucas collapsed
delirium, Aria
replayed that fateful night, but with one crucial
he hadn't left
version, he had recognized the danger,
pulled the blindfold from
shouted, gripping her fingers so tightly he feared he
unable to loosen
hold. "The whole place is going to
suffocating, smoke burning their
Each step felt like salvation-he was saving her this time. He
appeared ahead, freedom visible through its
the labyrinthine
her again.
Just
Aria suddenly
stopped.
pulled, she remained
dream, the fire had already reached the
sides
bulging
ominously.
he begged, terror making his voice
with
she peeled his fingers from her wrist, one
save me, Lucas," she said softly. "You're
hanging between them, she
the
the inferno.
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"ARIA, NO!"
engulfed her, erasing her from existence in a
light and heat.
"ARIA!"
bed, gasping for air,
ravaging his system. The dream had felt
she had been
fumbled for his
nightstand-a pathetic ritual
for messages
that would
screen, his
ashen with panic: "Alpha! There's
could have predicted
the
bribed groundskeepers, disinterring
to scatter her remains.
scene before him
streaming down her face,
trophy.
his fever-induced weakness, Lucas
tone only seemed to further unravel her fragile sanity.
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