“How is it different? You can abandon an old mate for a new love, but I can’t leave a toxic environment for a better opportunity?”
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Ethan was speechless.
“Besides,” I added, “the offer Silver Creek Pack made me shows a lot more respect than I ever got here.”
“How much?” Elder Grace asked.
“A base salary of two hundred thousand dollars, plus performance bonuses,” I said. “And independent research funding, with complete autonomy.”
Everyone was stunned.
“We can give you the same conditions!” Ethan said urgently.
“Now?” I sneered. “When you’re desperate, now you’re willing to pay a fair price?”
“I admit we didn’t treat you well enough before…”
“Not well enough?” My voice rose. “Ethan, you had me doing free labor for five years, then kicked me out of the pack for some bimbo!”
“I didn’t…”
“You didn’t what? Didn’t use me? Didn’t deceive me? Didn’t humiliate me?”
He couldn’t speak.
Suddenly, the door burst open.
Vivian stormed in, her face contorted with rage.
“You bitch!” She rushed at me. “This is all because of you!”
She raised her hand to hit me, but I easily caught her wrist.
“Because of me what?” I asked calmly.
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“Because you’re leaving, Ethan might lose his Alpha position!” Vivian shrieked. “The Elders said if the pack is destroyed, they’ll choose a new Alpha!”
I looked at Ethan. His face was pale.
Vivian kept screaming at me: “If y mess! This is all your fault!”
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teach me properly how to be Luna when you and Ethan broke up, the pack wouldn’t be in this
“You wanted to take my place as Luna, and I stepped aside just like you wanted.” I sneered at her. “And now you have the nerve to stand here and blame me?”
Then I looked right at Ethan. “So this is your ‘true love‘? You’re really going to lose your Alpha spot over her?”
“The Elder Council has issued a warning,” Elder Grace said weakly. “If we can’t resolve the crisis within a week, they will consider a change in leadership.”
Vivian wrenched her hand free, furious. “Are you happy now? You’ve successfully ruined our future!”
I looked at her, then at Ethan.
“So,” I said slowly, “it’s not just the pack’s survival, but your Alpha position too?”
Ethan nodded, his eyes full of desperation.
“Sophia,” his voice trembled, “I’m going to lose everything.”
I watched him silently.
This once proud Alpha now looked like a pathetic beggar.
His pack faced ruin, his position was on the line, his future was bleak.
And it was all because of his own choices.
I should have felt satisfied, but I just felt empty.
“Sophia,” Vivian spoke again, tears in her eyes, “I know we did wrong, but please think about him. You still love him, right?”
I looked at her desperate face.
Then, I gave her an answer that shocked everyone.
