I had been blind for so long, but now the truth was as clear as day.
I had poured everything into Darius—my loyalty, my love, my future. And what had he given me in return? Betrayal. I had imagined us as mates, me as his soon-to-be Luna, raising pups, building a family together. But all of that was in ruins now, shattered like the bond I thought we had.
The next morning, Darius was already gone. He had been slipping away early and disappearing for days at a time. It wasn’t like this was new for me; he had been doing this for a while now.
Just as I was about to leave the house, Elijah, his gamma, reached out through the pack’s link.
“Ember, I’ve been trying to contact Alpha Darius for days.” His voice was steady, but the words were like a bolt of lightning. “He hasn’t returned to the Alpha’s office at all. Do you know what’s going on with him?”
I knew exactly where he was.
The pieces finally fell into place, and my stomach churned. Darius wasn’t just hiding something—he was with Elara. The knot in my chest tightened, fury and despair swirling as I imagined them together, their betrayal out in the open.