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Leo’s POV
The early morning light seeped through the windows as I sat alone in my study. I could
still smell the faint traces of her scent in
the air. Her smell was of lavender and something else, something soft and sweet. My hand clenched around the letter she
had left behind.
Every word she had written was like a dagger to my heart. Celeste was gone. And I knew it was because of me.
Again, I read her letter.
[Dear Leo,
If you read this letter, I’m already gone for good. I hope you and Lady Violet find the happiness you’ve been looking for. I’m tired of seeing you choose her over me over and over again. I deserve someone better even if we‘ re fated to be mates.
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Goodbye, Leo. I hope to never see you again.
Celeste, your abandoned Luna]
But I couldn’t just let her go like that. I couldn’t accept that she would leave the Dark Night Pack, that she’d leave me, after everything we’d been through. I could still fix this. I had to.
“Alpha?” Mason Maxwell, my Beta, called me.
The Beta asked, “Are you all right? The pack… they’re asking about Luna Celeste. They’ve heard rumors-”
I cut him off as I replied, “She’s gone, Mason. She left.”
For a while, my Beta went quiet before he carefully spoke, “Alpha, maybe … maybe she has a reason. With everything that’s happened … maybe she just needs time.”
“She doesn’t need time. She needs to come back,” I said sharply, crumpling the
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letter in my fist, and instructed him to send our top spy to track where she was.
I would find her and bring her back, no matter what it took.
Days passed, but Celeste didn’t return. Every second without her felt like a weight on my chest. I could hardly breathe, hardly think. After all, I knew that I made mistakes with Violet.
I had been blind to what was right in front of me. But that didn’t change the fact that she was mine. My mate, my Luna.
One evening, after searching all day, I finally tracked her down. She was staying with the Ivory Fang Pack, her original pack. But when I saw her with a man named Albert, the sight made my blood boil. I knew she was mad at me, hurt even,
but this? Turning to her childhood friend, of all people?
So, I wrote her a letter.
[Dear Celeste,
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I know that you no longer wish to be with me. If you want to sever our mating
agreement, I’ll do it as long as you come here alone.
Leo Woodville of the Dark Night Pack]
I knew that she would fall for my trap, but I really hoped that it would come sooner.
As the days turned into weeks, I could feel the pack growing restless. Whispers and murmurs filled the halls, members questioning my leadership. The truth about my relationship with Violet had spread, poisoning the trust my pack had in me. It was bad enough, causing Violet to lose the baby.
When Violet came to me crying, I no longer felt anything. Rather, I felt relieved that she miscarried. That way, I would be able to put all of this and make Celeste stay with me, wouldn‘ tit?
Eventually, I managed to bring Celeste back. But she was different. My Luna no
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longer loved me. In fact, her attention was on her own childhood friend. That made me mad.
It didn’t help when Violet then attacked her suddenly. That was when I realized of how I loved Celeste. When she was bleeding profusely, I carried her to the pack doctor.
Still, Celeste wouldn’t budge. My Luna only had one thing in her mind, which was severing our mating bond for good. I hated to admit it, but I was scared.
In the end, in a desperate attempt to make things right, I gathered the pack and let Celeste told them the truth of my betrayal of her. I thought it would make my pack members forgive me since it came from my Luna. Oh, how wrong would I be!
But the pack’s reaction was far from what I had hoped. Instead of forgiveness, they demanded justice. They wanted Violet punished for the pain she had caused to Celeste.
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I clenched my jaw, feeling torn.
When I looked over at Violet, who was trembling, she pleaded with me, “Please, Leo! Don’t let them do this to me.”
I looked away as I coldly told her, “Violet, you hurt the Luna. The pack wants justice.”
Her eyes filled with tears as she clutched my arm and pleaded again, “I was wrong, Leo. I was wrong, but please … don’t kill me.”
Yet, it was too late. The Moon Priestess herself was the one who delivered the sentence to Violet. I still could remember her turning to dust.
As the pack watched, I knew I had no choice. If I wanted to regain their trust, I had to go through with it. So, she had to die.
Besides, I could build my life over with Celeste again, right?
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When the execution was over, Celeste approached me. Just when I thought that we could start a new life again, she said something that hurt me. It was too much.
“Let’s sever our mating bond for good, Alpha!”
From then on, I knew that Celeste wanted nothing to do with me. I really lost her. Not only her, I also lost my pack. The only thing I could do was to let go.
A month passed, and I heard that Celeste and Albert were planning to bond as mates. The news hit me harder than I’d expected. She had moved on and found happiness while I was left to pick up the pieces of my shattered pack.
The elders grew increasingly impatient with me. They blamed me for the mess I’d caused, for losing our Luna, and damaging the pack‘ s reputation. Tensions boiled over, and soon, they forced me to step down. I had nothing left. No mate, no pack, no respect.
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On the night of Celeste‘ s bonding ceremony with Albert, I couldn’t resist attending. I had to see her one last time, to witness the life she was building without me. I stayed in the shadows, watching as she walked to the altar beside Albert.
Her face looked radiant and her eyes filled with love. She looked happy. Happier than she had ever been with me.
My chest ached as I watched her say her vows before the Moon Priestess, her voice steady and filled with conviction. I felt a bitter twist in my heart, knowing that it was Albert who had given her the happiness I couldn’t. It was my own mistake that I could never undo.
As the ceremony ended and the pack erupted in cheers, I took one last look at her before slipping away. She didn’t need me anymore. Rather, she never had.
The following days were a blur as I wandered aimlessly, unsure of what to do next. The pack I had once led was no
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longer mine and the mate I’d once had was bound to someone else. I had lost everything, all because of my own choices.
One afternoon, as I sat alone in a quiet clearing, memories of my time with Celeste flooded my mind. I remembered her
laughter, her kindness, the way she‘ d
always believed in me, even when I didn‘ t deserve it. I had thrown it all away and I finally paid the price.
With a heavy heart, I rose to my feet,
taking one last look at the horizon.
‘Goodbye, Celeste,‘ I thought to myself bitterly.
