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"My Little Wolf!"

Ash burst through the door, his body radiating the chill from running through the forest, his silver-streaked black fur slowly retracting.

He thought that running in the cold night air would mask the musky scent of Scarlett's body left behind by his lovemaking with her, but my enhanced senses could still pick up on the telltale signs.

I pushed him away when he tried to embrace me, suppressing the urge to retch at his touch. "It's possible that my previous injury has relapsed."

This excuse is weak, but my old injury was caused by him, so he took it as seriously as a death threat.

He gently picked me up in his arms and carried me to the bed, his well-muscled arms trembling with concern.

Within minutes, he had prepared a bowl of healing meat broth infused with rare herbs, and laid out an array of wolfsbane remedies.

"When I'm not around, you never take care of yourself properly."

He looked at my pale face, his lips pressed together in concern, golden Alpha eyes flickering with worry.

I didn't respond, pretending to be in pain while avoiding the lingering scent of another she-wolf on his skin.

Ash gently massaged my temples with his large, calloused hands, continuing for several hours without stopping.

His touch, once comforting, now made my skin crawl with knowledge of where those hands had been.

I was beginning to drift off to sleep when I felt the audible interference of a clear mind link.

Ash never knew that I could hear all the werewolf's mind-link messages whenever I wanted to, and that's what made me physically weak, too much noise filling my head and keeping me up at night.

Then I felt Ash's hands withdraw as he carelessly opened the connection, thinking I was asleep.

"Alpha, I smell you all over my body and I can still feel your cum in my body." Scarlett's teasing voice cooed through the link.

"Even if you love marking my neck that much, you shouldn't leave such obvious bite marks. The other wolves might notice how thoroughly you claimed me today."

The mind-link abruptly cut off.

Ash's breath caught, and he anxiously checked my reaction, his heart racing so loud I could hear it.

Seeing no response from me, he relaxed slightly, though his shoulders remained tense.

He gripped his cell phone and went to the balcony to reply, closing the glass door behind him.

"Didn't I tell you not to contact me during this time?" His mental voice was harsh, but tinged with desire.

Scarlett's thoughts were both pitiful and seductive, dripping with false innocence.

"You've marked me so many times, my body is covered in your bite marks."

"You're pushing too hard, my waist and legs are so sore, I can't even walk."

"My bras have all been torn by you. I'm not wearing anything underneath now. Do you want to see me wandering around the pack territory like this? Everyone will know what we've been doing."

Ash's breathing suddenly grew heavy, and through our mate bond, I felt his arousal spike.

"Wait for me in the northern forest clearing tomorrow."

"Let's play something new, little slut."

I clutched our bedsheets, tears soaking into the pillow as their mental exchange continued.

[I'll wear that red collar you like,] Scarlett teased.

[The one that matches the color of my lips when I...]

I shut out the rest of her vulgar message, my claws shredding the sheets.

I kept telling myself it didn't matter.

In seven days, I would be gone, erased from this world of betrayal.

After that, even if Ash searched the entire world, he would never find me again.

The Moon Goddess would make sure of that.

Thinking about this, I drifted into an uneasy sleep filled with nightmares of teeth and claws.

When I woke the next morning, Ash had already prepared fresh deer blood and meat broth, the rich aroma filling our bedroom.

"You must have been in such pain last night, Little Wolf. You cried in your sleep."

He touched the tear stains around my eyes with feigned tenderness and tried to feed me the broth like he used to do.

I wanted to refuse, to tell him his false care made me sick.

His phone started ringing, which also distracted me from him.

He nervously covered up the contents, and I directly invaded his mind using my sensing ability.

[Waiting naked in the forest clearing. Only giving you fifteen minutes, Alpha. After that, I might have to find another wolf to satisfy me...]

Scarlett's photos are obscene, with a red collar, naked body, lying on the bedsheet spread on the ground, in a seductive pose, facing the camera.

Ash's veins bulged as he pressed the crystal down hard, his jaw clenching with barely controlled lust.

"Little Wolf, there's some unfinished business from yesterday's mission."

"I promise it won't interfere with our anniversary celebration."

As tactical commander, I knew every detail of our missions, every movement of our warriors.

There was absolutely nothing that needed following up.

His throat bobbed - a sign of arousal I knew too well from our own passionate moments together.

Seeing him fidget impatiently, his body already turning toward the door, I swallowed my disgust.

"It's fine, pack business comes first."

He rushed out, saying, "Wait for me, I'll be back soon."

But I knew he couldn't resist Scarlett's allure, her promises of wild, rough passion that I was supposedly too delicate to handle.

As expected, he rarely came home these three days.

It gave me time to process the memory crystals while he was gone, documenting every betrayal.

I had just finished editing when Scarlett sent another message.

[Dear Luna, he said your favorite food was moonberry jam, but he wasted all the fruit he picked on me.]

[On the eve of your wedding anniversary, the only thing he did to prepare was to fuck me once in the woods, my dear. You won't be mad, will you?]

Then I got a new video on my cell phone.

In the scene, in the forest, Ash squeezed the juice of the blueberries onto Scarlett's body, the purple-red juice flowing down her pale skin, so alluring and sensual, he licked the areas where the juice had flowed.

Scarlett's moans and his panting blended together.

I have again exported this memory to the memory crystal. Then I once again focused my mind and summoned the Moon Goddess.

"How much longer until I can leave, can I leave here early."

"Child, be calm and don't be anxious, I'm preparing, and there are four more days. Are you sure you really want to leave?"

"Of course, I have to leave." My decision was firmer than ever before.

[Countdown: 4 days.]

Soon, this pain would be nothing but a forgotten memory in a world that would no longer remember my name.