Under the Blood Moon: When Alpha's Love Becomes Luna's Poison - Chapter 31: Chapter 31
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After spending time in the hospital, sensation returned to my legs almost completely. I only needed regular check-ups now.
Once discharged, I rented a small house in the suburbs, far from pack territory.
After settling in, I powered up my old phone.
Notification after notification flooded in from back pack.
I scrolled through them briefly.
All about the Moonridge Pack's legal troubles.
Reports claimed Alpha Cassian Graves was a psychopath who'd tormented his mate for eight years, deliberately causing her miscarriages.
Other headlines screamed about the pack's core technologies being lost, stock prices crashing, investors fleeing, and the company teetering on bankruptcy.
One article caught my eye.
Annabelle was suing Cassian, claiming he'd reneged on promised pack shares, trying to reclaim them on technicalities.
Money talks louder than mate bonds.
When pushed to the brink, even an Alpha would sacrifice sentiment for survival.
As for Annabelle, she'd always been a gold digger. Taking back her shares was like signing her death warrant—of course they'd tear each other apart.
Combined with the online rumors about Cassian's abuse, people connected the dots and identified Annabelle as the mistress.
The internet exploded with condemnation for both of them.
Then Cassian posted a statement from his personal account.
He claimed I was his true mate, the only woman he'd ever loved.
That statement sent the controversy into overdrive.
Internet sleuths dug deeper, uncovering evidence that he'd deliberately murdered his unborn pups—seven times—using the fetuses for Annabelle's experimental treatments.
The details were so horrific that many dismissed them as rumors.
But then pack medical staff started coming forward anonymously, corroborating the story from multiple angles.
The supernatural community went insane.
Skeptics argued that if this were true, the Pack Council would have already intervened.
Just as the online discussion was losing steam, both Annabelle and Cassian received council summons.
Suddenly everyone had theories.
Some even speculated that my long absence meant they'd already killed and disposed of me.
I laughed and closed the browser.
When I checked my messages, there were dozens from Cassian—all sent from different numbers.
I skimmed through them.
All apologies and pleas for forgiveness.
He claimed losing me had taught him to cherish what he had.
Said he truly loved me, that his wolf was dying without me.
I just thought his performance pathetic.
He'd chosen to hurt and betray me repeatedly.
Now that I'd discovered the truth and left, he wasn't experiencing genuine remorse.
He was cornered, desperate, suddenly claiming he'd loved me all along.
His love came with quite a price tag.
I couldn't afford it, and wouldn't dare try.
After the Council summoned him, Cassian offered a blood pledge to avoid immediate confinement.
He stood outside what used to be our pack house, looking completely defeated. His wolf was barely a whisper in his mind.
Only now did he realize how good he'd had it before.
A thriving business, a mate who loved him, and the promise of... beautiful pups carrying his bloodline.
He'd destroyed it all for what he'd thought was love.
Before this nightmare, he'd genuinely believed he loved Annabelle.
But after everything that had happened, he finally understood—he'd just enjoyed being the center of someone's universe.
Sitting on the front steps, memories of me flashed through his mind.
I used to smile so much. When had I stopped laughing? When had my wolf stopped singing?
Maybe it was desperation, or maybe he'd actually fallen in love with me without realizing it.
All he knew was that both he and his wolf missed me desperately.
Cassian pulled out his phone, desperate to tell me he understood his mistakes.
He wanted to tell me how much he missed me, how his wolf was howling for its mate.
But Annabelle's call came through first.
She was apologizing now.
Blaming everything on me.
"Cassian, look—even if Evelyn messed up, breaking the mate bond isn’t the answer. This whole thing’s already a shitshow for all of us."
"Whether we sever the bond is up to Evelyn. I want to make this right."
"What do you mean, up to her? She's obsessed with you—her wolf is probably going crazy without you. Throw her a bone and get her to drop the charges."
For the first time, Cassian found Annabelle's naivety insufferable.
He laughed bitterly: "You screwed up, and actions have consequences. If you want her to forgive you, go talk to her yourself."
Annabelle panicked.
"You're the one who did all that shit, not me! I'm not throwing my life away for this. Don't forget—I have your heir. If you don't make Evelyn drop the charges, I'll kill him. We'll all go down together!"
"Go ahead and kill him then. I've already lost so many pups, what's one more?"
Cassian hung up.
He sat on the front steps, staring at the sky. A bitter smile crossed his face, but the smile quickly turned to tears. His wolf let out a mournful howl that echoed through his soul.
Once discharged, I rented a small house in the suburbs, far from pack territory.
After settling in, I powered up my old phone.
Notification after notification flooded in from back pack.
I scrolled through them briefly.
All about the Moonridge Pack's legal troubles.
Reports claimed Alpha Cassian Graves was a psychopath who'd tormented his mate for eight years, deliberately causing her miscarriages.
Other headlines screamed about the pack's core technologies being lost, stock prices crashing, investors fleeing, and the company teetering on bankruptcy.
One article caught my eye.
Annabelle was suing Cassian, claiming he'd reneged on promised pack shares, trying to reclaim them on technicalities.
Money talks louder than mate bonds.
When pushed to the brink, even an Alpha would sacrifice sentiment for survival.
As for Annabelle, she'd always been a gold digger. Taking back her shares was like signing her death warrant—of course they'd tear each other apart.
Combined with the online rumors about Cassian's abuse, people connected the dots and identified Annabelle as the mistress.
The internet exploded with condemnation for both of them.
Then Cassian posted a statement from his personal account.
He claimed I was his true mate, the only woman he'd ever loved.
That statement sent the controversy into overdrive.
Internet sleuths dug deeper, uncovering evidence that he'd deliberately murdered his unborn pups—seven times—using the fetuses for Annabelle's experimental treatments.
The details were so horrific that many dismissed them as rumors.
But then pack medical staff started coming forward anonymously, corroborating the story from multiple angles.
The supernatural community went insane.
Skeptics argued that if this were true, the Pack Council would have already intervened.
Just as the online discussion was losing steam, both Annabelle and Cassian received council summons.
Suddenly everyone had theories.
Some even speculated that my long absence meant they'd already killed and disposed of me.
I laughed and closed the browser.
When I checked my messages, there were dozens from Cassian—all sent from different numbers.
I skimmed through them.
All apologies and pleas for forgiveness.
He claimed losing me had taught him to cherish what he had.
Said he truly loved me, that his wolf was dying without me.
I just thought his performance pathetic.
He'd chosen to hurt and betray me repeatedly.
Now that I'd discovered the truth and left, he wasn't experiencing genuine remorse.
He was cornered, desperate, suddenly claiming he'd loved me all along.
His love came with quite a price tag.
I couldn't afford it, and wouldn't dare try.
After the Council summoned him, Cassian offered a blood pledge to avoid immediate confinement.
He stood outside what used to be our pack house, looking completely defeated. His wolf was barely a whisper in his mind.
Only now did he realize how good he'd had it before.
A thriving business, a mate who loved him, and the promise of... beautiful pups carrying his bloodline.
He'd destroyed it all for what he'd thought was love.
Before this nightmare, he'd genuinely believed he loved Annabelle.
But after everything that had happened, he finally understood—he'd just enjoyed being the center of someone's universe.
Sitting on the front steps, memories of me flashed through his mind.
I used to smile so much. When had I stopped laughing? When had my wolf stopped singing?
Maybe it was desperation, or maybe he'd actually fallen in love with me without realizing it.
All he knew was that both he and his wolf missed me desperately.
Cassian pulled out his phone, desperate to tell me he understood his mistakes.
He wanted to tell me how much he missed me, how his wolf was howling for its mate.
But Annabelle's call came through first.
She was apologizing now.
Blaming everything on me.
"Cassian, look—even if Evelyn messed up, breaking the mate bond isn’t the answer. This whole thing’s already a shitshow for all of us."
"Whether we sever the bond is up to Evelyn. I want to make this right."
"What do you mean, up to her? She's obsessed with you—her wolf is probably going crazy without you. Throw her a bone and get her to drop the charges."
For the first time, Cassian found Annabelle's naivety insufferable.
He laughed bitterly: "You screwed up, and actions have consequences. If you want her to forgive you, go talk to her yourself."
Annabelle panicked.
"You're the one who did all that shit, not me! I'm not throwing my life away for this. Don't forget—I have your heir. If you don't make Evelyn drop the charges, I'll kill him. We'll all go down together!"
"Go ahead and kill him then. I've already lost so many pups, what's one more?"
Cassian hung up.
He sat on the front steps, staring at the sky. A bitter smile crossed his face, but the smile quickly turned to tears. His wolf let out a mournful howl that echoed through his soul.
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