A Ceremony, A Ghost, And A Lost Wolf Pup Chapter 05

A Ceremony, A Ghost, And A Lost Wolf Pup Chapter 05

Aaron left anyway.

He rubbed his forehead in irritation, his voice full of reproach.

“Can you just be reasonable, like you used to be?”

“When did you become so impossible?”

Then he turned and walked away.

The front door slammed shut behind him.

The bang echoed through the entire pack house.

His words echoed in my head.

“When did you become so impossible?”

Impossible?

I was his fated mate.

We hadn’t even broken the mate bond yet.

Don’t you dare go.

My inner wolf let out a cry of agony.

It felt like my chest was being ripped apart.

Out of sheer desperation, I found a surge of strength.

I ran after him like a madwoman.

Rain poured from the sky.

—

The stone steps outside were slick and wet.

“Aaron!”

He had already reached the gate at the edge of the pack house courtyard.

At the sound of my voice, he stopped and looked back.

I ran faster. Then—my foot slipped.

The world spun.

I tumbled down the stone steps.

A sharp pain exploded through my lower belly.

“Ah—!”

I curled up on the ground.

Cold sweat instantly soaked my back.

Something warm trickled down my legs.

Without thinking, I reached for my stomach.

My voice trembled. “Aaron. Save the pup. Our pup.”

Aaron stood there, motionless. His eyes were cold. His voice dripped with impatience.

“Diana, drop your act.”

“Don’t think you can use the pup to tie me down.”

“I’m just going to check on Jules.”

—

He took a step back.

Then turned and walked away.

“My pup!”

My inner wolf let out a wail so piercing it bordered on despair.

The blood kept coming. It pooled beneath me, spreading across my legs, staining the ground red.

Fighting through the blinding pain, I used the last of my strength to call Brianna.

“Bri… help me. The pack house…”

Then everything went black.

I passed out from blood loss.

When I came to, the sharp smell of disinfectant stung my nostrils.

My hand immediately moved to my stomach.

Empty. It was empty.

My pup was gone.

My wolf was too weak to go on. Broken.

She no longer howled. She had sunk into total despair.

Brianna sat beside the bed.

The moment she saw me awake, she burst into tears.

“The poor pup… He was already five months along.”

—

She wrapped her arms around me.

“Oh my God, Di. What did you go through?”

I told her everything.

Every detail about Aaron and Juliet.

Maybe the pain was too overwhelming.

Maybe the mate bond already felt broken.

Because while I told the story, I felt nothing. No anger. No sadness. No tears.

My voice was so calm it sounded like I was talking about someone else’s life.

Brianna, on the other hand, was furious.

“Di, Aaron and Juliet will get what they deserve.”

“The Moon Goddess won’t forgive werewolves who betray their mates and destroy other people.”

Honestly, I had never hated Juliet.

I hated Aaron.

I hated him for building one woman’s happiness on another woman’s pain.

I hated that he could watch me lose our pup and stand there unmoved.

Just as I was about to defend Juliet, a text from an unknown number

—

appeared on my phone.

[Diana, Aaron doesn’t love you.]

[Look, he even named your pup Summer.]

[Give him back to me.]

[Watching him become your mate hurt more than dying.]

I stared at the screen.

And suddenly, I saw through it.

They were exactly the same. Equally selfish. Equally vile.

I intended to ignore her.

But Brianna was livid.

“Until you and Aaron officially break the mate bond, she’s nothing but a dirty mistress.”

“She has no right to act so high and mighty.”

Suppressing my nausea, I sent a reply.

[If you love Aaron so much, why didn’t you come back sooner? Why wait until his mate ceremony?]

[Or do you just enjoy stealing someone else’s mate?]

Her response came almost instantly.

[Aaron and I loved each other for seven years.]

[If anyone’s the outsider here, it’s not me.]

—

[The one who isn’t loved is the real outsider.]

I stared at the message and let out a hollow laugh.

So in her mind, I was the one who destroyed her seven-year relationship with Aaron.

I hadn’t realized someone could be that shameless.

More texts followed. They kept coming.

[Whenever I need him, he’s there.]

[Diana, you can’t win against me.]

[Leave him before it gets worse.]

I didn’t want to compete with her.

The moment Aaron watched me lose our pup and walked away, only one thought left in my mind.

Break the mate bond.

And divide the assets.