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

she wove through the thinning crowd, Harrison’s enthusiastic

a legend! Not only is she the reigning champion, but did you know she’s the only daughter of the Snowmoon Pack Alpha? She’s smart, fearless, and has a personality that’s as

but let it roll off her like water. Harrison hadn’t even

of frustration, hurt, and an odd sense

was simply being herself, shining in her

with Arnold and the years she had spent hoping for

parking lot, a cool breeze brushed against her face, offering a

fleeting moment, she thought it might be

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

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slipped the phone back into her pocket.

her thoughts,

streetlights as Sarah hurriedly walked toward her car, her thoughts. preoccupied.

too sharply and almost collided with someone coming from the opposite

mel” she exclaimed, stepping back abruptly.

where you’re going,” came the clipped

man’s tone was curt, and as their eyes met,

said, her voice neutral, though her pulse quickened

he replied, his expression hardening instantly.

tall, with a muscular build and an air of arrogance that matched his reputation.