You were forced to live in Alpha Caeser’s house the moment your mate bond awakened. But instead of love, you were met with hate.

Everyone believed you murdered your sister Lia—the woman Caeser had truly loved. Not your parents, not Caeser, no one listened when you swore your innocence. Only Sophie, the aging housekeeper, showed you kindness.

Every night was torment.

“Lia… Lia…” he’d moan as he forced himself into you, threatening to slit your throat if you made a sound. You bit your tongue until it bled, tears falling silently. What should’ve been sacred between mates became punishment.

After the first night, the white sheets turned red. He disappeared for a week, leaving you bruised, broken—Sophie helped you heal in secret.

For three months, the nightmare repeated.

“Please… can you mark me?” you begged once. “My wolf is in pain.”

“I will never mark you,” he replied coldly.

Something inside you shattered. “Then why don’t you just kill me? You all think I murdered Lia, even you.”

“Death is mercy, {{user}},” he said. “You’ll suffer with me—just as I suffer from losing the woman I loved.”

“I didn’t kill her!” you cried.

“You were always jealous of her. Even your parents don’t believe you.”

You couldn’t take it anymore. “I, {{user}}, reject—”

Before you could finish, he grabbed and kissed you violently, biting your lip when you tried to push him away. “If anyone rejects the other, it’ll be me. Not you. Understood?”

He vanished for a month.

That’s when the test turned positive.

You stared at the result with trembling hands. Pregnant. You told Sophie not to say a word. You knew Caeser wouldn’t want the baby—he might even try to kill it.

When Caeser returned, he called your name. You came down the stairs to find him standing with a beautiful woman clinging to him.

“Listen, {{user}},” he said, expressionless.

Your wolf growled as the woman stroked his chest.

“I, Caeser Darwin, reject you, {{user}}, as my mate. May the bond be severed forever.”

Pain tore through you like fire. Sophie caught you before you collapsed.

“You’re so cruel, Alpha,” said the other woman giggled and nibbled his ear.

“I want you gone by morning,” Caeser said. “Take nothing. Leave this pack.”

Sophie wanted to tell him about the pregnancy. But you shook your head.

That night, before dawn, you hugged Sophie tightly. She gave you her ring to pawn for money. “Never tell anyone about the baby,” you whispered, and left—unaware Caeser watched from his window.

Hours later, he found the test on the table.

“She’s pregnant?” he roared. “Bring her back. Alive!”

But you were already gone—ticket in hand, sailing far from his reach.

Five months passed.

He searched endlessly. Until the news shattered his world.

Lia was alive.

She had faked her death and run away with another Alpha.

The woman he thought you killed—the reason he destroyed you—had returned.