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

Chapter 43

“Sarah,” Harrison said, his face flushed with excitement, “you can’t tell me you’re not in love with her now Isn’t she jur amazing?”

Sarah hesitated, a small smile playing on her lips.

Sarah found herself standing amidst the deafening cheers of the crowd, her emotions a quiet storm compared to the chans

around her.

She looked at Arnold once again, his focus entirely on Linda.

His eyes glimmered with admiration, a look she had long yearned for but never truly received.

A sudden thought crossed her mind.

What if I reached out? What if, just this once, he responded?

Her heart wavered, and despite her better judgment, she decided to try. Mindlinking Arnold, she sent a tentative message, *Arnold?*

Silence.

Her shoulders sagged as the realization settled in, though deep down, she wasn’t surprised.

*He won’t answer.* She thought, watching him with a bitter smile. Arnold’s gaze never left Linda, as if the world had narrowed to only her.

Sarah’s chest tightened, but she managed to smile, calm and composed, even as the faint sting of rejection lingered.

Turning on her heel, she walked away from the awards stage.

back, didn’t want to see Arnold’s oblivious face

through the thinning crowd, Harrison’s enthusiastic voice still carried

you know she’s the only daughter of the Snowmoon Pack Alpha? She’s smart, fearless, and has a personality that’s as magnetic as her skills. No wonder she has so

off her like water. Harrison hadn’t even noticed her

frustration, hurt, and an odd

angry at Linda.. Linda was simply being herself, shining in her own right.

issue lay with Arnold and the years she had spent hoping

made her way through the parking lot, a cool breeze brushed against her face, offering a small moment of relief

a fleeting moment, she

at the screen. It was nothing–a generic notification.

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head, she slipped the phone back

a voice interrupted her thoughts,

bathed in the faint glow of streetlights as Sarah hurriedly walked toward her car,

a corner too sharply and almost collided with someone coming

excuse mel” she exclaimed, stepping

you’re going,” came the clipped response.

their eyes met, recognition flashed

her voice neutral, though her

replied, his expression hardening instantly.

a muscular build and an air of arrogance