My Alpha Fiancé Let Another She-Wolf Wear My Scent—So What? I Let His Rival Wear My Ring Chapter 01

My Alpha Fiancé Let Another She-Wolf Wear My Scent—So What? I Let His Rival Wear My Ring Chapter 01

I found another she-wolf’s underwear in my Alpha mate’s bathroom.

So what? Let her have him.

Because I’ve got bigger problems now—like the bounty on my head and the rival pack offering me triple his salary.

He thinks I stayed because I loved him? Cute.

I stayed here only because I needed a place to hide.

Five years. I faked as a warrior.

Trained his fighters. Secured his borders. Made him look like a legend.

Now his pack is strong. But him? Rotten to the core.

So that very same night, I bounced.

Three weeks later, his rival Alpha posted a photo.

I was the new head warrior of his rival’s pack.

My target?

HIS ENTIRE PACK.

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Linnet Thornwell stuck her head out the half-open window and yelled back at me.

“My bad, Sera Nightwood. I just really needed to blow off some steam at the bar, you know? But hey, don’t worry about it—I’ll make sure Alpha Kaelen grabs you something to eat when we get back!”

I didn’t get a chance to answer before Kaelen grinned and messed up her hair.

“You’re such a damn food fiend. Just because you’re always hungry doesn’t mean everyone else is. Ignore her—she’ll stuff her face and then start whining about her wolfsbane acting up again. I’m not dealing with that drama.”

So he did see how rough I looked. He just figured I was faking it to make him feel guilty.

Before, I would’ve lost it—tears, arguments, the whole mess—trying to make him understand.

This time, though, I just kept my mouth shut and gave a small nod. “Sure. You two have fun.”

Kaelen paused, looking thrown off for a second, then that smirk came back. “Good. Long as you’re not gonna start something.”

Right before they left, Kaelen rolled down every single window because he was worried Linnet might feel cramped. Then the car pulled away.

I always got motion sickness, and it was always way worse in his car for some reason. Never once did he crack a window for me, though.

“Motion sickness? Yeah, right. Can you stop being so damn fragile?”—that’s what he always said.

Now I got it. I slipped the ring off my finger and chucked it into a passing garbage truck.

First thing the next morning, I went to the pack house to turn in my resignation. Ever since Kaelen took over as Alpha, I’d been working as his warrior liaison.

“You’re quitting? Does Alpha Kaelen know?” Dorian Blackwood, the Beta, looked like I’d just told him the sky was falling.

“He’ll find out when my replacement as warrior liaison shows up.” And with that, I walked out and didn’t look back.

When I got home, Kaelen was there. He smelled like my body wash—the fresh, clean scent I always used. He adjusted his wrist, then looked down at me.

“Something came up last night, so I crashed somewhere else. Didn’t want to wake you.”

First time in five years he’d bothered to explain himself. I nodded but didn’t say anything.

“Where were you this morning?” he asked.

I looked at him. After every pack event, I’d always get up before dawn to make him warm meat soup. Made sense he’d be confused when he came back and found nothing.

“Had some things to handle.” I turned to go, but Kaelen, who’d been frowning, suddenly grabbed my wrist, his expression darkening. “Sera, cut it out. It’s just a delay on the marking. It’s not like I’m not gonna do it, so quit acting like this.”

But I wasn’t acting. And I really didn’t plan on letting him mark me anymore. Figured it was time to just say it, and I was about to when a soft, whiny voice cut through the air.

“Alpha Kaelen! This is your fault! The thing you got me this morning is totally the wrong size! This style doesn’t work on me at all! You really don’t get me, Alpha Kaelen!”

Linnet walked out wearing Kaelen’s shirt, barely two buttons holding it together, collarbone on full display. She went straight to him, hooked her arm through his, and swayed.

Kaelen’s frown vanished instantly. His voice went gentle—a tone I’d never once heard from him. “Why didn’t you sleep in a little longer? I’ll get the right size next time.”

He even reached up to smooth her messy hair, the movement easy and familiar. Like they were the ones who’d spent five years together.

I watched them, and something tightened in my chest like a hand squeezing. But that sharp, stabbing pain from before? Gone. Just a hollow, numb feeling left behind.

That’s when Linnet noticed me. A flicker of smugness crossed her face before she put on a surprised look.

“Oh, Sera, you’re here too? Sorry, I thought it was just the two of us at Kaelen’s place.” She made sure to stress “just the two of us,” like she was staking a claim.

Kaelen didn’t deny it. He just glanced at me with irritation, like I’d interrupted something.

I pulled my hand free from his grip, fingertips ice-cold.

“Just came to grab something. I’ll be out of here soon,” I said flatly, voice steady.