When My Alpha Chose My Best Friend Chapter 09

When My Alpha Chose My Best Friend Chapter 09

“Ten days.”

I was stunned. Only ten days!

Thank the Moon Goddess. Only ten days.

If my parents had suffered for decades like I did, I might never have seen them again.

I threw myself into their arms and let the tears fall.

“I thought I’d never see you again.”

My father’s voice cracked.

“It’s okay. Everything will be alright. Just heal. I’ll make you your favorite soup.”

Before he could leave, Mom smacked him lightly on the arm.

“Did you already forget what the healer just told us? She can’t eat anything greasy yet.

Dad slapped his forehead.

“Right. I forgot. I just wanted to fatten my girl up.”

I took their hands, and a different kind of warmth filled my heart.

The ones who loved me had always been there, waiting for me all along.

But a year after I left the healing den, as I lay on a moonstone chair in the Moonlight Garden, the Fate Scale

appeared again-unexpectedly.

[After you left that world, the Alpha fully Shadow-corrupted. The world is on the brink of collapse.]

[He only asks to see you one last time.]

Although the voice remained emotionless, I could almost hear guilt hidden beneath its mechanical tone.

Before I had the chance to answer, space in front of me suddenly rippled.

A tall figure stepped out of the distortion.

Kael.

When he saw me, his pupils contracted. His eyes blazed with light. He rushed toward me, arms open

But passed through me like a Shade-walker.

He froze. Grief filled his face.

“Aurora… you’re alive. I knew it.”

I was relieved. At least the Fate Scale had been fair. It didn’t drag me back.

“You’ve seen me. Now go back.”

Kael’s shoulders trembled. His voice became hoarse.

“Will you never forgive me? I was wrong-so wrong.”

“I always knew we were different. You were bright and warm. And I… I was nothing more than a wolf crawling through the shadows.”

“I thought… if I stayed close to your light, I might become worthy of it.”

“But after possessing the sun, I realized that I only knew how to destroy it.”

“Selene was like me. I thought if I found my own kind, I wouldn’t seem so worthless next to you.”

“But I forgot a wolf cannot survive forever without the moon. I lost the only light that ever truly belonged

to me.”

I stared at him coldly, filled with disgust.

“Kael, you’re not only despicable-you’re a coward.’

“You wanted me. You wanted Selene. And you ruined both. Your so-called devotion now is nothing but

repulsive.”

He stared at me, shocked.

He was surprised, because I’d always been gentle with him. I’d never spoken to him like this.

Love had once blinded me.

Now, I no longer loved him. And without love, I could finally see him for who he truly was.

“Leave now. I never want to see you again.”

I turned and walked away.

He stood there, watching my retreating figure, lost.

I don’t know when he left.

The Fate Scale appeared again.

It told me he had been fully redeemed. He’d stopped his Shadow corruption.

He’d killed Selene and her cub with his own claws.

Then he threw himself off Mooncliff Ledge.

I didn’t care anymore.

Sensing my indifference, the Fate Scale rushed to tell me the good news.

[World balance has been restored.]

[Redemption Mission successfully completed.]

[Reward: Bloodline upgraded. Healing ability acquired.]

A smile finally appeared on my face, I accepted gladly.

Outside, the afternoon sun shone brilliantly.

My parents returned home laughing together, their arms full of groceries.

Smiling, I walked toward them.

This time, I would never let go of the people who truly loved me.

THE END