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Julian left Chloe and returned to the mansion. The photo of him and Sera on the wall pierced his heart. His Lycan instincts flared, a familiar aching pain radiating through his chest. He had never felt this empty, this broken–not since he first marked Sera as his mate. The weight of the bond that had once been so strong now felt distant, as though something had torn it apart. He held it for a long time, finally picking up his phone to call Sera’s family and friends. His wolf howled inside him, demanding that he fix things.
He asked if they knew where she was. Call after call, the answer was no. He even humbled himself and called his rivals–who had once feared him as the Alpha of the Lycan pack, only to receive mocking laughter in return. His search team also came back empty–handed.
Sera had vanished.
He slumped into a chair, exhausted, his body as weakened as his soul, and sat there all night.
Meanwhile, Chloe suffered a massive hemorrhage and miscarried. She woke to find her mother at her bedside. Tears welled up.
“Mom…”
Before she could finish, her mother slapped her in the face.
“”Mom?”
Chloe stared at her mother with disbelief, tears streaming down her face. But her mother wasn’t finished. Another slap came harder.
“How could you be a mistress?!”
Her mother trembled with rage and grief. Julian’s affair with Chloe had spread like wildfire throughout the city. Even Chloe’s father rushed home from one woman’s bed to confront her mother. Although it was common for rich lycans to cheat, they would always keep it secret. As times changed, the older generation was becoming more strict with the younger generation. Chloe’s father strictly forbade his children from having affairs, let alone be known. Chloe had done it all. And it was Julian Stone. Everyone knew of his devotion to
his mate.
Chloe’s father wasn’t concerned with why Julian had cheated; he cared about the damage Chloe had caused the family. The stock would plummet, her brother’s position would be jeopardized. Furious, he struck Chloe’s name from the family register and publicly announced that she was no longer associated with him.
Despair consumed Chloe’s mother. She’d planned Chloe’s life, including her mate, since the day she joined the family. Now, everything was ruined. She tossed a card onto Chloe’s bed.
“You’re on your own.”
She left, ignoring Chloe’s sobs.
At the palace, Sera’s uncle, a male werewolf with the sharp instincts of a wolf despite his retirement, stormed into the mansion and immediately punched Julian.
“Julian, how could cheat on Sera?!”
Julian stumbled backward, but Sera’s uncle was so mad that another punch came to him. People gasped, but no one intervened. Sera’s uncle seldom threw such a tantrum. His voice trembled with rage.“When you proposed to Sera by the name of Moon goddess, you swore you’d never betray her! And after all these years, you cheated on her?!”
Sera’s uncle and aunt were retired and lived in the countryside. They’d only seen Julian once, at Sera’s bonding ceremony. This was their second meeting. Despite the distance, Julian and Sera had always called them and sent them gifts. They used to believe that Sera had mated a good guy. Now, their seemingly perfect nephew–in–law had not only cheated but had a child with his mistress. How
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could they forgive him?
Sera’s uncle was about to beat Julian again when his mate stopped him.
“Let’s go.”
Finding Sera was more important. They would pretend Julian never existed.
Sera’s uncle finally stopped, his gaze cold as he looked at the man sprawled on the floor.
“We don’t know you from now on, and Sera never mated you or marked you.”
Since themate bond had been severed, Julian had been in a daze. He had betrayed his mate, and now that bond had been broken beyond repair. The days had passed like a blur, and his wolf howled in agony within him. Now, he was jolted awake by the punches.
He scrambled to his feet, wanting to beg for forgiveness. He couldn’t lose Sera!
But as he rose, darkness consumed him. He collapsed, unconscious.
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