Chapter 225 225: The dawning...

Clarissa

The disbelief turned to rage, boiling so fast I felt it surge through my veins. "You're sending me back? What do you take me for, Nathan? A useless object you no longer need?"

He sighed, still staring at the mirror. "Whenever I need you, I'll send for you."

I took a step in his direction and lunged at him, my hand striking his chest as rage surged through every part of my body.

"You bastard! You think you can just throw me away when it's convenient for you?!"

He caught my wrists with ease, holding me in place. His grip wasn't rough but it was strong. His eyes locked onto mine.

"The maids are watching, Luna Clarissa. What will they say when they leave here? That our almighty Luna was fighting with her mate?"

"You started this first!" I yelled. I was past caring. My name was already a favourite topic among the domestic in the entire pack. How would this make a difference? I tried to hit Nathan again, but he caught my hand again, pulling me closer to him, so I was directly on his heat.

Then he leaned in.

So close that our breaths mingled.

"Either this…" his voice was dangerously low, barely a whisper against my skin. "…Or rejection."

I froze.

The ultimatum hung heavily in the air between us. My mind raced with the implications of both choices. Rejection from an Alpha meant more than just the end of our marriage – it meant exile, shame and the loss of everything I had ever known.

My mother would be devasted, our family's standing – my father's legacy in the pack would be damaged. I searched Nathan's face, hoping for something – a bluff, a lie, anything that would prove he didn't mean what he was saying.

But Nathan was serious.

Dead serious.

Rejection.

a death sentence

a choice, but both options

our room and began opening drawers and closets, preparing to pack my belongings. Each soft rustle of

have just let him have me last night. I should have considered I was not his choice. Our marriage

I thought I knew, the one who had seemed so different from other Alphas. But all

my throat burning as I whispered, my voice trembling despite my effort to remain strong. "You wouldn't. You can't do this.

arrangement this morning. There's a memo regarding it in your mail, I'm sure. They agree since your mother had just had a difficult birth, she would need all the help she can get and right now, given everything that's

words what I felt at the moment. I couldn't believe he had already arranged everything, probably while I slept peacefully beside him,

my situation began to sink in – this wasn't a nightmare I could wake up from, but my

"Luna, shall we begin packing

I opened them again, Nathan had already turned away and was putting on his shoes as if this were any other morning, as if he

walked up to him again, looking for something…

cheek. "What will happen to your beloved, Lyla?

He smiled.

"Try me."

the man inside me. Your uncles and the entire West are under my thumb. They'll do what I say. Everyone loves me. Please don't make this any harder.

go, chuckling dryly as he took a step back. "Especially today of all days, I'll kick you and your mother out

he sighed, exhaling deeply. "Go home, Clarissa. You and your mom need

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was almost up when I entered my house -

Maids were running up and down

stopped one of the maids,

wrong? What happened? Where is

in her room but she has refused to see anyone and the baby needs attention. Perhaps you can help

at

my brother for the longest time. Why would she not give him

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