Chapter 2 Chapter 2

A howl splits the air as a guard bursts into the room, his eyes wild with urgency.

"Found Susan! She's teaching disabled kids to paint at the Moonlight Orphanage."

I watch in horror as Alex's eyes light up with a possessive glow.​

Without a second glance in my direction, Alex races out the door.

I reach out, my fingers brushing against the cold, empty air where he once stood.

"Alex, my stomach..."

I gasp, doubling over in pain as a sharp cramp rips through my abdomen.

But he's already gone.​

The butler, a stoic figure with a long - scarred face approaches me with a heavy sigh.

His eyes flicker over my blood - stained nightgown, and I can see the pity in his gaze.

"Sir, the mistress might be miscarrying," he says, his voice low and hesitant.​

Alex's growl echoes through the phone. "She's too disobedient. That child shouldn't exist,"

Before I can protest, the butler grabs my arm.

He leads me to the meditation chamber, a cold, windowless room.

As the door slams shut behind me, I sink to the floor, my body racked with sobs.

I crawl to the door, pounding on it with all my strength.

"Let me out! Save my baby!" I scream, my voice hoarse and raw.​

The butler's voice comes through the door, muffled but clear.

"Madam, the child wasn't in alpha's plans..."

In the darkness of the chamber, I lie there, alone and in pain.

As consciousness fades, I touch my empty womb, whispering: "Alex Hilton, the baby's gone. I don't want you either."​

When I wake, the antiseptic stench of the infirmary fills my nostrils.

I'm lying in a hospital bed, surrounded by white sheets and machines that beep and hum.

I reach down, my fingers trembling as they touch my flattened stomach.

It's empty, hollow, and aching.​

The ward door swings open, and Alex enters, his fingers laced with Susan's.

She's a tiny thing, with big, doe - like eyes and a shock of red hair that falls around her shoulders like a wildfire.

But her gaze is ice - cold as she glares at me, her lips curled into a sneer.​

"Mrs. Hilton, I've left alpha. Why threaten my parents? Can't control your man, so bully the vulnerable?" she spits.​

I turn to Alex.

But his gaze is fixed on Susan.

A stab of pain shoots through my heart as I remember the way he used to look at me.​

"Alex," I croak, my voice barely above a whisper.

"Why didn't you save our child?"​

He doesn't even glance in my direction, his voice cold and indifferent.

"Ask why you got pregnant without permission."​

"Don't I have the right to a child in this marriage?"

"Correct,".​

Susan stamps her foot impatiently, her eyes flashing. "Alpha Alex, I'm not here for baby talk. You promised me closure."​

Alex pats her back reassuringly, then turns to me, his expression dark and menacing.

"Yuki, you drove Susan away and threatened her parents. Apologize."​

"I did nothing!" I snap, my head shooting up.

"I won't!"​

His face contorts with rage, and he waves his hand.

Two burly guards, their eyes glowing with the feral light of the wolf, flank my bed.

"Apologize, or they will help," he growls.​

I look up at him, hope flickering in my chest.

Will he spare me for old times' sake? But he simply nods. "Assist her."​

The guards grab my shoulders.

They yank me out of bed, and I fall to my knees with a painful thud.

"Sorry," I grind out through clenched teeth.​

Alex smirks at Susan, his eyes filled with triumph.

"Accept her apology?"​

Susan nods, then stiffens.

"alpha, we're done. My parents won't allow me to be a mistress."​

He laughs, a cold, harsh sound, and crushes her to his chest.

He reaches into his pocket and pulls out his phone, dialing his lawyer.

"Prepare divorce papers. Give Yuki Smith 500 million."​

My heart feels like it's being squeezed in a vice, and I can barely breathe.

The man who once endured three days of brutal shrine punishment to make me his mate is now expelling me for another woman.​

"You will be my mate," Alex says, tilting Susan's chin up with his finger.

His eyes are dark and predatory, and I can see the wolf within him stirring.​

She hugs him tightly, but over his shoulder, she smirks at me.​

Later, Alex's lawyer arrives with the divorce papers and a black card.

"Mrs. Hilton, alpha says it's all pretense. He'll remarry you when he's done,".​

I take the papers, my eyes fixed on the signature line that reads "Yuki Smith."

Once, I thought I could never leave him, that I was destined to be by his side forever.

But now I see the truth: love that steals your self - worth is the deadliest cage of all.​

Without hesitation, I pick up the pen and sign my name.

As I lift the pen from the paper, something inside me cracks, but beneath the pain, there's a sense of relief.​

Alex Hilton, this time, I'm the one walking away.