Third–Person POV

Alpha Henry never expected Aubrey to smash the ring.

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He’d meant to give it to her. He’d planned to let the Miguel family adopt her as their foster daughter–so that even if he died, she’d live out the rest of her life safe, honored, and untouchable. But she shattered it.

That meant she hated him now. Completely. Utterly.

It was what he’d told himself he wanted–but the sharp taste rising in his throat said otherwise. It was like his heart had been torn wide open. Even death would feel incomplete now.

Still, Alpha Henry immediately activated his mind link.

“Send someone to take Aubrey home. She’s just an omega. She was already hurt in Stella Pack. Now she’s soaked through–she’ll get sick.”

The beta steward received the order and hurried to the estate gates, stopping Aubrey just as she was about to walk out.

“Ms. Aubrey, you’re drenched. Please–change into something dry before you go.”

Aubrey didn’t even look at him. Her expression was dark, eyes fixed forward as she walked faster, as if staying one more second would drive her mad.

“Ms. Aubrey!”

The steward panicked and moved in front of her to block the path.


“Okay, okay–if you won’t change, at least let me drive you. Just tell me where-”

Her eyes slowly shifted toward him.

Under the gray sky, the steward saw it–just around her ice–blue irises, a faint ring of red.

“Move.”

was

didn’t give up. He lifted the

“Ms. Aubrey, at least-”

turned her wrist–and threw

Rain soaked them instantly,

there stunned, Aubrey stepped right over the bundle

Not a car, not an umbrella, not even

kindness.

about how she’d actually considered giving Alpha Henry another chance–and


with herself.

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how long she walked. The Miguel family sent another

the road

wouldn’t move

pour. She

stubbornness used to be buried in her bones. Now

The steward finally sighed.

Alpha Henry, she’d seemed delicate. But even when he rejected her, even when others mocked her, she never backed down. That was

And still

It was a shame.


Because the Alpha…

back the heat in his eyes.

Then his phone rang.

on–the other end didn’t

Something’s

driver turned the

thought he still had

steward didn’t respond. Deep down, he already

at the estate, chaos had broken

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