Crippled Luna's Farewell: Half A Life Without My Alpha's Deadly Deception

Chapter 11

In his emotional spiral, he opened his phone to their message thread. Her profile picture–that radiant smile–made it feel like she was still by his side. Only these traces of her existence could

offer him any semblance of peace now.

His trembling fingers traced her image. Their last exchange was from two nights ago–his desperate explanations about the pack feast. But Sarah hadn’t responded.

She’d never ignored his messages before. No matter what she was doing, his messages always had priority. His calls were always answered on the first ring.

When had she started changing? Ethan hadn’t even noticed. Everything had shifted after the rogue

attack.

Scrolling up through their history, he found her excited messages about their Moonbinding

ceremony:

robe? I want something that gleams like moonlight. These long legs deserve

style? I want them displayed at the highest point of the ceremonial

the moonstone ring you chose seems a bit loose. Could I try another? You mentioned a surprise–did you design one yourself?

a ceremonial ring. But… for Alexandra. Those sacred robes were just props in his deception. The

joy of what she thought was true

screen as he sent message

severed

to the rescue teams, but it was too late. No trace of

waters.

territory.