Chapter 3
I had just turned to leave when I heard a voice behind me.
“Queenie!”
I froze.
That voice… it was Alpha Freddie.
Slowly, I looked back.
His face was ghostly pale, blood draining beneath the sheen of sweat. Even he looked
surprised that he’d called out to me. His
voice dropped low, barely abo
a whisper. “There are snakes on the beach. Be careful.”
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I stared at him.
And for one foolish heartbeat, I remembered why I had once fallen for him.
That cold, airless funeral hall. The heavy scent of incense and decay. I’d been kneeling in front of my parents‘ coffins- The only princess of Blue Moon Pack before, now an orphaned, small and alone–while greedy relatives snapped and barked like scavengers, treating me like a burden to be passed off.
Then he walked in.
Freddie.
He didn’t hesitate. He took my trembling hand in his and said, “From now on, my
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home is your home. My pack is your pack.”
Back then, he used to walk me home after evening studies, just so I wouldn’t feel scared under the moonless sky.
He always had an extra jacket on rainy days –“in case you forget yours, he’d say with that crooked grin.
And on my birthday, knowing how much I missed my parents, he’d go to ridiculous lengths to make me laugh. Even transformed mid–shift just to dance like an idiot in wolf form.
But those memories had long since been swallowed by one image:
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Alpha Freddie, standing on the rooftop as the Crescent Pack trembled beneath the quake, turning his back on me–on us–as he shielded Shirley and left me and our child behind to die.
Rosa was practically vibrating with frustration beside me. She didn’t understand why I wasn’t grabbing this second chance with both hands. She opened her mouth to speak–but then she caught the look in my eyes and went quiet.
Instead, she turned on Freddie like a she–wolf about to sink her teeth in.
“What the hell are you still doing here? If it had been Shirley who got bitten, you’d have flown across the sand to carry her off like
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some hero. Get lost already!”
Alpha Freddie took a step forward, brow furrowed. “Queenie, are you trying to get my attention on purpose? Is that what this is?”
I stared at him, disbelief curdling into anger.
Rosa lost it.
“Alpha Freddie, the snake didn’t bite your leg -it bit your damn brain!”
Heat flared through me. I clenched my fists and forced my voice to stay cold. “When Miss Shirley wakes up and doesn’t see you, she’ll be devastated. Shouldn’t you be at her side?”
He paused for a second–then scoffed and
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turned away.
“Even if you get bitten, Queenie, I won’t care. You’re the one who never listens.”
His words cut sharper than fangs. I watched his retreating figure disappear down the shore.
Rosa cursed under her breath. I gently squeezed her hand.
“He’s not worth our anger.”
But I couldn’t shake the sense of danger crawling under my skin. The snake that had bitten Freddie in my past life… hadn’t been caught. It stayed hidden and killed a traveler days later.
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This time, I wouldn’t let history repeat itself.
bet asked Rosa to borrow a fishing spear from
none of the fishermen nearby. Thankfully,
no one questioned me. Everyone was still caught up in the drama playing out around DEAlpha Freddie.
The tide was high. The waves roared louder or than before. The perfect cover for something
venomous to slither close unnoticed.
I prowled the shoreline, senses sharp. Then- there.
Ma A flash of movement among the rocks. The
snake was fast, sleek, and almost invisible against the wet stone. But I saw it.
Gripping the spear tight, I lunged. The steel
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point struck true–right at the seven–inch mark where the venom sac pulsed beneath the skin.
“Got you,” I murmured, exhaling in relief.
I stood upright, lifting the snake to show the nearby beachgoers they were safe now.
But the moment I looked up, my body went rigid.
Standing just yards away was a man I never expected to see here.
“Uncle?”
The man I remembered from my past life- the one who’d been bitten on this very beach days later–was none other than Alpha
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Zachary Ramsey.
Alpha Freddie’s uncle.
He looked just as stunned to see me.
“Queenie?”
Alpha Zachary was no ordinary pack elder. He held the real power behind the Crescent Pack–controlling 80% of its wealth, territories, and business assets. If Freddie ruled the pack by name, it was Zachary who ruled it by influence.
Yet this beachfront? This place? Just a side venture in his vast empire.
And as for his real job… no one truly knew.
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“What are you doing here?” I asked carefully. I’d only seen him a few times growing up- always from a distance. Always when the air seemed to hold its breath.
Zachary’s eyes glimmered with something unreadable before he offered a faint smile. “Just passing through. Thought I’d stretch my legs.”
I didn’t push.
At that moment, Rosa came barreling down the beach, panting hard, her eyes wild.
“Bad news, Queenie! Alpha Freddie, he-”
She froze the moment her gaze landed on Zachary. She’d only seen him once or twice, but every wolf in the Crescent Pack knew the
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golden rule:
Do. Not. Offend. Alpha Zachary.
Rosa swallowed her words and shrank back instantly.
But Zachary didn’t seem to mind. He nodded politely and walked off, vanishing into the crowd.
Only when he was gone did Rosa grab my wrist, her voice barely above a whisper.
“Queenie… Alpha Freddie and Shirley just announced their engagement.”
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