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.”

voice was cold,

lifted the

“Ms. Aubrey, at least-”

turned her

Rain soaked them instantly,

Aubrey stepped right

want anything from the Miguel family. Not a car,

kindness.

about how she’d actually considered giving Alpha Henry another


with herself.

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The One Thing

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The Miguel family sent another

of the road and let

wouldn’t move

Let it pour.

to be buried in her bones. Now it was carved onto her

The steward finally sighed.

when Ms. Aubrey still loved Alpha Henry, she’d seemed delicate. But even when he rejected her, even when others mocked her, she never backed

Endured her stepmother’s abuse. And still became one of the

It was a shame.


Because the Alpha…

in his eyes. The Alpha

Then his phone rang.

on–the other end didn’t

here! Something’s

turned the

he still

Deep down, he

the estate,

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