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There was this one time Trista had a few too many,” Elias began, his voice flat and clinical. “She broke down and told me something p>
He paused, letting the silence hang. “She said that when she first found out you were cheating, she tried everything to save the marriage. But your coldness… it made every effort she made look pathetic. She told me that the exact second she tried to use a suicide attempt to get you to look at her–and you didn’t even
link–that was the moment she realized she had become total trash in your eyes p>
Cassian gripped the window frame so hard his knuckles turned a ghostly white. He closed his eyes, every word feeling like a jagged blade carving into his chest.
When you truly love someone, you can’t help but soften for them,” Elias continued. “You instinctively bow your head; you constantly give them a reason to feel brave, to feel like they have a rock to lean on p>
Elias took a step closer. “If you really loved her, you’d never dream of draining her like this. You’d lift her up when she’s at her lowest. You’d be there when it hurts. Real love is a partnership–it’s two people packing each other up and making each other better p>
Cassian couldn’t take any more. He kept his head down, turning away like a man who had already been sentenced.
As he reached the door, Elias’s voice hit him one last time. “Alpha Cassian. She spent over twenty years of her life revolving around you. You didn’t lift her up. You nearly dragged her into the dirt with you. You didn’t love her at all p>
Cassian didn’t even remember leaving the healing center.
He drifted back to the pack villa in a daze, Elias’s words looping in his head like a nightmare.
He collapsed onto the sofa, staring blankly at the ceiling.
He remembered the day they bonded. Howard and Wilmot had demanded she drop her medical career to focus on being the Ironthorn Luna. She hadn’t even hesitated.
That night, as he dropped her off, she looked him in the eye and told him her own ambitions didn’t matter. She said if her stepping back meant the pack was stable and he could focus on leading, she’d do it in a heartbeat.
He remembered their first year. There was a massive security breach on the eastern border.
He was being stubborn, refusing to listen to the younger guards‘ emergency plans.
She was the one who brought him herbal tea to soak his feet, kneeling by his chair and gently coaxing him to trust the new generation.
The second year, when he met his first real rival for territory. She was the one who stayed up with him. telling him not to give up, making sure he never showed a hint of weakness to the other packs,
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To help him build alliances, she played the social game she hated, charming Alphas and Lunas alike, using her own wit to secure the resources he desperately needed to survive the crisis.
For him, she bowed to the conservative elders again and again just to keep the peace inside the house.
For him, she buried her own dreams to learn the boring, tedious logistics of pack management and ancient healing rituals.
For him, she walked into the power plays she loathed, forcing a smile for the elite families she couldn’t
stand.
When his bloodline made him restless and kept him awake, she sat up with him through every suffocating night.
When he was out on patrol, she checked in three times a day just to make sure he’d eaten.
And if any pack member showed him even a shred of disrespect, she’d flip a switch, using her Luna authority to shut them down instantly.
It hit Cassian like a physical blow. It wasn’t that she had been dependent on him.
It was that he had been standing on her shoulders this whole time. He’d only made it this far because she was the one lifting him up.
When Fred walked in, he found Cassian curled up on the sofa, shaking violently.
Fred didn’t waste time with words. He lunged forward and started shoving pills down Cassian’s throat.
Gastric meds, blood stabilizers, heavy sedatives–Fred didn’t even count them; he just forced them down.
Once the meds were in, Fred dragged him back to the bedroom like a piece of dead weight.
By the time he was done, Fred was drenched in a cold sweat.
Cassian lay under the heavy velvet duvet, his face as white as a sheet, his forehead dripping with cold
sweat.
He opened his bloodshot eyes and locked onto Fred, his voice a broken, jagged mess. “Fred… if I… if I go after her now… is it too late p>
Fred’s eyes widened in pure fury. He let out a harsh, angry laugh. “Go after her? Are you high? Wake up! There’s no such thing as a ‘soulmate. It’s all just blood chemistry, leverage, and that pathetic Alpha ego you call possessiveness p>
Cassian sank into the pillows, a haunted whisper escaping his lips. “No… Trista’s love… it was real
Fred kicked the bed frame, leaning over Cassian with a look of total contempt. “She’s a smart woman, Cassian! She wanted that pure Alpha bloodline, she wanted the power that comes with a leader! She saw the value in your family name and used it as a meal ticket. It was a business move, you idiot! It wasn’t love -it was just her job description as a Luna p>
Cassian jerked away, turning his back to Fred and squeezing his eyes shut to hide the desperate, raw red in his gaze. “Get out.
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Sara Lili
Sara Lili is a daring romance writer who turns icy landscapes into scenes of fiery passion. She loves crafting hot love stories while embracing the chill of Iceland’s breathtaking cold.