Chapter 1

The Alpha Prince favored Seraphina, the sickly werewolf who had saved his life.

He gave her every rare herb and ancient relic in our pack's treasury.

When our son was burning with a silver-fever and needed the Ancient Silver-Root to survive, Caleb took it.

He used the only life-saving root in the territory to make a tonic for Seraphina's cough.

In my past life, I knelt before him, begging for just a sliver of the root for my dying boy.

He pushed me away with cold impatience.

"Leo only has a fever. Give him some water and he will be fine," he snapped. "Seraphina is weak. She needs the Silver-Root more than he does."

I watched my son take his last breath in my arms.

Driven by madness, I carried his cold body to the Alpha's kitchen.

There, I saw the mighty Alpha Caleb stirring a pot of soup for that woman.

In total despair, I set the manor on fire, letting the flames consume all three of us.

When I opened my eyes again, I was back on the day I discovered I was pregnant.

This time, I will not let this child suffer.

I will end the pregnancy, dissolve our mate bond, and never see him again.

01

I leaned over the vanity, retching until I felt like my insides were coming up.

Caleb stood by the door, watching me with a look of pure annoyance.

"Every female wolf carries pups," he said, his voice cold. "Why are you being so dramatic? Do you really need me here for this?"

"Am I a healer? What do you want me to do?"

I looked at my reflection in the mirror.

My face was ghostly pale, and my lips were cracked and dry.

The pain of losing my son and the searing heat of the fire still felt fresh in my mind.

In my previous life, Caleb worshiped Seraphina because she had saved him during a rogue attack.

He took my own healing elixirs and sent them all to her pack house.

Back then, I stayed quiet and managed the territory's affairs with all my heart.

But it wasn't enough for him.

He let our son die for a bowl of soup, and he didn't even shed a single tear.

While I was mourning, he was playing house with Seraphina.

Fate has given me a second chance.

"It's nothing," Caleb said, turning to leave as a servant handed him a carved wooden box.

I forced myself to stand up, ignoring the dizziness.

"Wait," I called out. "Those are the lunar supplements my father sent from the Vance Estate."

"Are you giving those to Seraphina too?"

He stopped, his eyes flashing with irritation.

"Seraphina's constitution is fragile," he justified. "These will help her recover."

"You can just ask the pack healer to brew you something else later."

I let out a sharp, mocking laugh.

"Those elixirs were part of my dowry, Caleb. Are you really stealing from your own Luna's inheritance?"

My family had spent a fortune to have a Great Shaman craft those for my weak health.

Each one was worth more than a dozen gold coins.

Ever since Seraphina got 'hurt,' Caleb had been raiding my treasury like a common thief.

His face turned a dark shade of red, half in shame and half in rage.

"It's just some medicine! We can always get more!"

"Seraphina can't wait that long. She needs them now!"

He looked at me with disgust.

"For a Luna and a future Queen, you are incredibly petty. You have no grace at all."

"Stay in your room and reflect on your selfishness."

He slammed the door and headed straight for Seraphina's quarters.

I watched his retreating back and smiled bitterly.

I remembered going to her house in my last life.

She had leaned into Caleb's chest, looking like a wounded bird.

"Luna, please don't be angry," she had whispered, her eyes full of fake tears.

"Caleb is only looking after me because I saved him. We are completely innocent."

But her eyes had been full of triumph as she clung to his arm.

Caleb had looked at her with such tenderness.

"Are you hungry, Seraphina? I'll go to the kitchen and cook something for you myself."

Caleb was always the proud, distant Alpha with me.

I thought he was just a serious man who didn't understand romance.

But he wasn't cold. He just didn't love me.

He was willing to lower himself to the kitchen for her, but not for his own wife.

I shook off the memories and sat back on the bed.

I won't be the pathetic, begging wife this time.

Since he loves her so much, I'll step aside and let them have each other.

I touched my flat stomach, feeling a sharp pang in my heart.

I'm sorry, Leo. I can't let you come into this world just to be neglected again.

My stomach felt empty and my head was spinning.

I called for a servant to bring me some Lunar Nectar to settle my nerves.

The girl hesitated, looking at the floor.

"The Alpha... he took all the nectar to the Lyall house for Miss Seraphina."