"I can't believe that witch really did that to you!" Drixie's voice was heard all over the mansion. She was with Cora holding her hands as the doctor examined her and put medication on her wounds.
"Drixie, calm down." Her brother Norwan said as he looked at the doctor.
"How is she?" He asked. At that time, Natalie suddenly arrived with her wet dress and wet hair; she was also cold. Drixie saw her and suddenly stood up.
"You darn bitch!"
"Drixie!" Norwan called her sister in a severe voice, Drixie stopped and looked terribly at Natalie.
"How dare you push Cora off the cliff? Are you that desperate to manifest everyone around you?!" Drixie asked Natalie. "I wonder why my brother marries you."
"I didn't push her," Natalie said. "I was about to save her that time because she wanted to jump off the cliff," she explained.
"And now you're lying, huh?" Drixie said and smirked. "Did you think that we would believe in you? How come she wants to jump off that cliff? She's not that crazy, unlike you!"
"I'm telling you the truth!" Natalie exclaimed.
"So you're saying that what I saw earlier is wrong?" Drixie asked with a sarcastic voice.
"Drixie, that's enough," Norwan said. Natalie looked at Norwan, he had a cold expression and a dark aura. Norwan suddenly looked at her.
"Norwan, believe me, I just save--"
"I SAID STOP!" Norwan shouted. "I don't want to hear any voices from the two of you!" He said, pointing to Drixie and Natalie. He again faced the doctor.
The doctor took a deep breath and looked at Norwan with a depressed aura.
"I am sorry, but the baby didn't make it." The doctor said,
"No," Cora said and started to cry. "That's not true!" She said, calling. Drixie approached Cora and hugged her tight.
"Shhhh," Drixie calms her down. While Norwan is talking to the doctor.
On the other hand, Natalie was shocked because of the news. She knew she didn't push Cora on the cliff, she just saved her. She just wants to help the baby in Cora's womb, but it turns out she made it more messy.
She knew Cora was on the cliff trying to jump because of her sadness. She caught Cora and her mother fighting because of some business, and when her mother left her. She saw how Cora left heartbroken, she wanted to comfort Cora then, but she knew they were not close. Cora didn't like her, so all she did was watch her until Cora went to the cliff and tried to jump, but before Cora did her plan, she approached her and pushed to the side to save her, which caused Natalie to fall down the cliff into the sea. Fortunately, the ridge is not that high, and below the cliff is the sea which only caused her to drink some salt water.
That time, Drixie was behind and saw how Natalie pushed Cora to the side.
"This is all your fault!" Cora exclaimed while looking at Natalie.
"I just want to save you because--"
"I don't need you to save me!" Cora said while crying.
"Because of you, my baby is gone! Because of you, I had a miscarriage of my baby!" Cora put the blame on her. Natalie shook her head.
"Cora is right; if you didn't push her, she would not miscarry her baby, " Drixie said and stood up. "Who will believe in your alibi? Cora is not that stupid to jump off the cliff if she knew that her baby would be put in danger." Drixie added.
"Just tell the truth that you really want to kill Cora's baby or even Cora because you're jealous of her."
"That's not true..."
"That's the truth, you darn killer."
"I said I just want to help her--"
"Help her for what?" Natalie and Drixie's attention goes to Norwan as he speaks coldly this time. Norwan is mad at Natalie, as Drixie said earlier, she saw Natalie push Cora to the side. This statement is clear to him that Natalie really wants to hurt Cora.
In fact, he is also mad because Cora was hurting this time because of her miscarriage, and Norwan doesn't want to see Cora crying because Cora is special to him. Even though it's his dead brother's wife, he still feels for the woman and promises to do anything to make Cora happy.
He also promised to stand as a father to Cora's child, but that promise vanished as she miscarried the child because of Natalie.
"Norwan.. believe me, I just want to save her," Natalie said.
"Your ambition to save her put her life in danger and caused the miscarriage of her child," Norwan said coldly.
"I... It's not what I want. I... I just--"
"It's clear that this filthy witch really wants to hurt Cora because she is jealous that Cora gets more attention from you," Drixie said to her brother. Natalie shook her head.
"That is not true! Yes, I get jealous sometimes, but I can't hurt someone else, I can't hurt Cora." Natalie said. She wants to defend herself, she thinks Norwan will believe her because she is his wife, but Norwan believes Cora more than her.
"Oh, there, you finally tell the truth that you really got jealous of Cora," Drixie said, laughing.
Natalie's tears start forming, she feels like Drixie and Norwan join forces to put the blame on her.
"Norwan..." She looked at him helplessly, Norwan's aura still cold. "Please believe me, you know me. I can't do such a thing to hurt anyone." She said, and this time, her tears suddenly fell.
"Oh, don't use your tears on us. It won't work."Drixie said. "You know what, brother? She needs to kneel down to Cora and apologize for what she did. " Drixie said to her brother. Natalie's eyes suddenly widened.
"Why would I kneel down if I didn't do anything in the first place?" Natalie asked.
"Oh, really? So you're probably prioritizing your pride over saying sorry to Cora?" Drixie asked. Natalie looked at Norwan.
"Norwan.."
"Drixie was right, you should kneel down to Cora and apologize for what you did." He said. Natalie suddenly felt angry as she looked at Norwan. Is this really happening? Norwan wants her to kneel down? She is the Luna of the pack! So why would she kneel down for Cora?!
"Take back what you said," Natalie said.
"Oh, look at you, you are really prioritizing your pride," Drixie whispered.
"I didn't do anything to her! I didn't push her off the cliff. Why can't you believe in me, Norwan?! I am your wife!"
"Just kneel down to her and apologize for what you did, or I will terminate our mateship?!" Norwan shouted, which made Natalie feel angry with him.
How did he do this to her? He must believe in her more than Cora. She is his wife!
"I will never kneel down to someone because I am the Luna of the pack! And it is against the rule to force me to kneel down to someone!" Natalie growled.
Norwan made that rule, and he knows it is against the rule, so why would he force her to kneel down?! After all, Natalie is the Luna of the pack!
"I made that rule, Natalie," Norwan said coldly. "Kneeling down to Cora is the only way for you to teach a lesson." He added. Natalie couldn't believe what she heard.
Teach her a lesson? But she didn't do anything!
"Teach me a lesson for what? Norwan, I am telling you the truth."
"You choose Natalie, Kneel down and admit your fault and apologize to Cora, or I will terminate our mateship?
Natalie can't believe Norwan is willing to terminate their mateship for Cora. Is that how she is really important? He's willing to do anything just for her. This is unbelievable, Natalie can't believe this is happening now. She didn't answer Norwan, she was just looking at him with questioning eyes. "Guards," Norwan called the imperial bodyguard, and the two walked closely to Natalie to take her away from them. They forced Natalie outside the mansion's door and forced her to kneel down. Natalie can't do anything except for crying. Until now, she couldn't believe Norwan would terminate their mateship for Cora.She feels sadness at the same time and anger for Norwan. She's the Luna of the pack, Norwan made a rule that the Luna of the pack can't be forced to kneel down, yet Norwan disregards the rule for Cora, and in addition to that, he is also willing to terminate their mateship for Cora. This is unacceptable!After the imperial guard did their thing, they left Natalie outside while
Natalie opened her eyes as she woke up, the hospital's white ceiling greeted her first before her best friend, Lynn."Natalie, I'm so glad you're awake now," Lynn said, sitting beside Natalie's hospital bed. Natalie sat down and looked around. "What happened after I fainted? Where are we?" Natalie asked and looked at Lynn again."We're here at the hospital, after Chad received your call, he rushed over to pick you up. But as he arrived at the village, he saw you on the roadside unconscious." Lynn explained. Natalie suddenly remembered how she had left the Mansion, she took a deep breath before asking another question."Where is Chad?" "He's at the nurse station arranging your papers. He also said he would go to buy you food." Lynn answered her. "What happened to you?" This time Lynn asked the question. Natalie didn't know how to explain everything to her best friend. "I... I left the Mansion already." She answered. Lynn frowned because of her answer."It's obvious, Natalie. What I
“Are you going now?” Lynn asks Natalie and watches her prepare her things. Natalie glances at her and nods before smiling at her; she then puts the ring that Norwan gave her after their mateship one year ago in a small box.“Yes.” She answered and watched the ring in the box for a minute. She never expected in her life that she would have to return this ring to Norwan. For Natalie, this ring signifies his love for her, and this is the special gift she received from him.“What are you going to do? What gift do you say you will give to Norwan?” Lynn asks and sits in front of her friend. Natalie looked at her with a fake smile.“I will give the gift that I never wanted to give,” Natalie said, suddenly remembering how she was happy with Norwan even though it was the opposite of his feelings for her.“I always wanted to be a perfect wife for him and a good wife simultaneously. But knowing these things will happen because of the wrong accusation, I will live alone again, away from him.” Nat
Norwan watched Natalie walk away from him, a smirk formed on his lips while watching her walk away from him. He couldn't believe that Natalie really broke their relationship; for Norwan, this is all stupidity as Natalie chooses to terminate their mateship to say sorry to Cora when in the first place, Norwan was the one who gave that choice to her."If that's really what you want, then go; marrying you was a big mistake in my life… now that our mateship is already terminated, I will pursue Cora now and marry her," Norwan said in his mind and sighed as he no longer saw Natalie."Am I going to pack all her things in your house?" Norwan looks to hiss Beta as it asks the question."Yes, and send it to her place. Don't leave anything from her in her room; do inform the maids to clean it up and move all Cora's things there; that will be Cora's new room." Norwan said as he start to walk away from the Moon Goddess altar.Meanwhile, as Natalie walks away from Norwan, her chest hurts like her he
Natalie is now sipping her tea while her dad is watching her; she then puts down the cup of tea on the table and looks at her dad. After their last conversation about not marrying Norwan, Natalie finally has a chance to talk to her dad and tell him everything that happened to her in Norwan's hand."What are you doing there, Dad?" Natalie suddenly asks as she remembers why her dad showering in the rain. Grego sighed, crossed his arms and legs, and leaned into his chair."Your friend told me your plan, and I followed you; I saw it all and heard it all," Grego said, looking earnestly at his daughter. "I have told you not to marry him. He had no interest in you initially, yet you're the one who wanted this, and now look what happened to you." He said to Natalie, who was now looking down to the floor. If she thinks of it, her dad is correct; if she just listens to her dad, this won't happen to her now."I just… love him, dad. I'm sorry," Natalie said, not even looking into her dad's eye.
Natalie looks at the luggage beside Trever, smiles, and signals him to stand."You don't need to bow down to me," Natalie said. Trever looked into her eyes and shook his head. "I am no longer your Luna." She added. Trever sighs, and he knows what Natalie wants to say."For me, you're still our Luna… Madame." He said; Natalie smiled at his words. Trever is Norwan's Beta. His loyalty was only for Norwan, not until Natalie came and saved him from his problem months ago. He views it as his enormous debt to Natalie; he is very grateful that she helped him when Norwan couldn't do so, and with that, Trever swears to Natalie that even though he's Norwan's Beta, his loyalty will split into two and give his half loyalty to Natalie.Trever heard the news about what happened between Natalie and Cora, and he knows already that Natalie couldn't do such a thing as he knows how kind she is. He has this intuition that someone just spread the wrong information to their clan, which leads to gathering in
Because of Trever’s worlds, Norwan suddenly drive his car to terminal where Trever said Natalie departed, he’s hoping that he could saw her at least for the very last time before she left this town. As Norwan arrived at the terminal, he quickly search for Natalie yet as he checked the flight details he saw that the plain that Trver told to him earlier had already departed 30 minutes ago.Norwan suddenly lose all his strength as he look at the flight details, he sat in front of the board and look around. The thing is he couldn’t understand what Trever mean by his word ‘depart’ he thought that Natalie depart from their house to this terminal.Norwan close his eyes and put his hand in his face to cover it up. “What am I doing?” He ask himself as he look around and still search for Natalie’s presence even though he knows that Natalie is no longer here in their city.“Norwan what the fuck are you doing? You fucking want this right? Now what are you doing to yourself? Get up man!” Norwan s
"Don't do that again, Natalie. You're just fooling yourself because of what you did earlier." Natalie sighed because of her friend's words. Lynn also joined Natalie on her city travel, staying with Natalie until she made sure that Natalie was doing well and had already moved on from Norwan.Natalie sits from her designated seat and looks at Lynn, who is frowning at her, while Chad is behind Lynn, who is smiling awkwardly. Chad told Lynn what had happened earlier, and Lynn was so mad because of what Chad had told her."You and he are no longer bound to each other; you are supposed to accept that, Natalie; look what he said to you earlier," Lynn said and sat beside Natalie."I know that. I'm just hoping a little that his heart will soften." Natalie said and sighed. "But I guess his heart will never be softened anymore as he is no longer interested in me." She added. Lynn sighed as she watched her best friend's reaction. While Chad sits in his designated chair, which is in front of Natal
Norwan gathered all of his remaining men in one place, not far from his clan's location. Some of the young men were still helping the women clean up the mess in their homes, while others were assisting civilians who had been injured. The men standing before Norwan were those he believed could help him uncover the identities of those responsible for the chaos that had befallen his clan.“They’re all here, my lord,” Norwan's beta said. Norwan nodded at him and sighed before looking over the men before him. Some had small wounds on their faces, while others had bandages wrapped around their bodies.“I would like to thank you all for attending,” Norwan greeted them, his voice heavy as he scanned their faces. His heart seemed to break as he looked at them, knowing the suffering they had endured because of what had happened to their homes.“I apologize for leaving you all alone, for not protecting you, and for letting this happen to all of you…” Norwan paused for a moment, swallowing hard.
The scene before Norwan felt like a brutal wake-up call, his mind racing as he stood frozen in the chaos. The destruction of his home, the pain and fear in the eyes of his people—these were things he couldn’t ignore, no matter how much guilt gnawed at him. As the cold wind brushed against his face, it felt almost like a physical reminder of his failure. The Beta, a loyal companion, stood beside him, their silence filled with shared sorrow and the weight of the unspoken words.Norwan’s anger bubbled up again as the Beta’s words hung in the air. The unknown wolves—an enemy he hadn’t anticipated. Maybe if he hadn’t been distracted by the allure of his own desires, by his connection with Natalie, this wouldn't have happened. He thought back to the moments before he left. His mind was occupied with everything but his people. His heart ached with the realization that his absence had cost them dearly.“Who did this?” Norwan asked again, this time more fiercely, his voice trembling with the e
Norwan's body trembled slightly as he sat there, staring at the remnants of the cracked window, the dull light that filtered through doing little to soothe the ache in his heart. The room around him felt colder than before, the silence pressing down on him with the weight of regret and loss. His fingers clenched into fists as he held back another wave of emotion, the flashback of Natalie’s voice, her frustration, echoing in his mind. He had always known she was the grounding force, the one to pull him back from the edge when his impulsiveness spiraled out of control.But now, that presence was gone.The tears fell faster now, his chest tightening as memories of her laughter, her little quirks, the way she would always forgive him even when he messed up, flooded his thoughts. It was too much to bear, the realization that her absence was permanent, that he had no chance to make things right. He squeezed his eyes shut, trying to shut out the painful truth, but it was impossible.“Natalie
Norwan arrived at their small house, his heart still racing so fast. He felt incredibly tired and thirsty from running and sprinting just to get back home. As soon as he opened the gate, he immediately caught the scent of Natalie, a scent he hadn’t noticed before. His heart started to beat even faster as he opened the door, anxiously searching for her. But he couldn’t see her anywhere in the house."NATALIE!" he shouted, opening the rooms in a frantic search. Sweat poured down his body, and his face was drenched. He swallowed hard as he opened the last door, only to find it empty again."NATALIE!" he shouted once more and hurried to the backyard, scanning the farm they had. His forehead furrowed as he noticed the basket where Natalie always placed the vegetables, something she used whenever she worked in the farm. Norwan sniffed the basket, picking up her scent but still couldn’t pinpoint where she was."NATALIE!" Norwan called out again, his voice filled with panic as he looked aroun
Norwan arrived at the town and started looking for a job. He began asking some locals if there were any job openings for a man like him, and luckily, he met Casto, a man in his 30s who helped him get work from the same bakery shops he was working for. Norwan considered it lucky and a twist of fate to meet Casto. He was so kind to him, even though they barely knew each other; Casto still helped him without hesitation.“I guess that’s just how we are here,” Casto said with a smile after Norwan thanked him.“In my place, we never share information like this. We have our own business and don't care much about others,” Norwan said, lifting a sack of flour.“Well, luckily you're here, in my place, where we care about each other,” Casto replied while mixing flour and eggs.“How many years have you been here?” Norwan couldn’t stop himself from asking.“Since birth,” Casto answered proudly. “I also met my wife here.” He added with a smile, which made Norwan smile too.“You must be happy to hav
Natalie stares to her fathers eyes with anger, pain and sadness and Don Grego feel all those emotion while he’s also staring back to his own daughter. He suddenly remember Natalie’s mom because of Natalie’s eyes. Don Grego close his eyes and avoid his daughter’s stares after remembering his late wife who died because of a clan war.“Why don’t you just let us go, dad?” Natalie ask which cause the Don to look at her for a minute before he look up to stop himself not to cry.“I’m just protecting you.” Don Grego said so Natalie shook her head as if her father can see her action.“Protecting me from who?” Natalie ask and sigh, “You’re just making me feel so much hate for you.” Natalie added which cause Don Grego to look at his own daughter with anger in his eyes. This is the very first time Natalie tell those words to Don Grego and it makes so much pain for Don Grego after hearing the words coming from Natalie.“You hate me for what?” Don Grego ask with serious tone of voice, Natalie sudde
Weeks after Natalie and Norwan ran away from Don Grego and from their own town, they lived normally and peacefully in another country, just as they had dreamed together. Unlike their first marriage, Norwan and Natalie spent so much time with each other, caring, cherishing, and appreciating all the efforts that each of them made. For Natalie, these were the best months she had ever spent with Norwan. This was her dream, her longing for so many years since she married him. It was all finally happening now.“I will go to town later,” Natalie said, looking at Norwan, who was fixing the front doorknob. She sighed as she put down the cup she was holding.“Why?” she asked, making Norwan look at her and give her a playful smile.“Of course, I need to find work,” Norwan said. This was the first time Natalie had heard those words from him. She knew that he was willing to do anything for both of them. She also knew that Norwan had changed a lot since they arrived in their new home.“You don’t ha
The flight took some hours before it finally landed at the airport. Norwan and Natalie got out of the Plane together while they were holding some of their things. The wind blew from their faces, and as soon as Norwan felt that wind, he smiled and looked at Natalie, who was also smiling.“We could finally get the freedom that we're looking for,” Norwan said to Natalie, who embraced him and looked at him in his eyes.“We should forget things and our problems for now; we're here now to start a new life again,” Natalie said, which made Norwan smile. He can't help but smile while looking at Natalie because, finally, they can have freedom together, far from the people who want them to be separated.Norwan and Natalie start walking inside the airport and planning things for them. They're new to this country and need to adjust very much to the place and the people near them. For now, Norwan booked a cab so they could go to the nearest hotel, which they had also booked online. The language of
Natalie is staring at nowhere while Norwan is buying some tickets for them. They're already at the airport. After they are away from the hospital, Norwan and Natalie go directly to buy some things for them disguised. She even cuts her hair so no one can know and see her. The same goes for Norwan, who cuts off his whole hair. As soon as he gets the ticket, Norwan goes to Natalie's side and kisses her on her cheeks, which causes her to look at him. “I got our ticket,” Norwan said, so Natalie smiled at him and sighed. She was nervous, and even though she wouldn't tell Norwan, he could still feel and smell it from her.“I'm nervous,” Natalie said, so Norwan held her hands, which made her comfortable at some point while she looked out the airport window and watched some people pass by.“Just think about us having our freedom after this,” Norwan said, and Natalie turned to look at him. I know it sounds selfish, but we're doing this for us, right?” Norwan added, and Natalie nodded at him a