The Broken Luna Unbound: Goodbye to My Alpha’s Seven-Year Deception Novel

Chapter 27 When clarity returned , warmth flooded his hands .

Winters heart Ravennas heart lay exposed before him .

The sight transported him back to that fatal ritual day .

Alpha , shall we proceed with the transfer ? the healer had asked .

No ! His voice cracked .

Never ! This heart belonged to Ravenna .

He had to return it to her .

But looking around frantically , was nowhere to be found .

He stumbled up , cradling the heart , desperate to find her .

The pack guards found him collapsed in the snow that night , crimson staining the white ground .

Winters father lay paralyzed by shock , her mother lost to hysteria .

The investigation revealed the truth of the forced heart ritual , sending shockwaves through all territories .

Cyrene learned of it three days later .

Shed shut herself away from all news of her past life , trying to move forward .

But her new father told her how Winters pack had crumbled .

After Valdrins arrest , the truth of trading one daughters life for another couldnt stay hidden .

Their healing den closed , all involved were imprisoned .

Their pack lost everything .

Winters father , too late to treatment , lay half paralyzed , dependent on others for basic needs .

Her mother went mad , clutching Ravennas portrait endlessly .

Sweet , motherless now , was taken by her father to distant lands Valdrin , diagnosed with moon madness , was confined to the healers isolation den .

The ofce brilliant Alpha reduced to a broken shell , subject of endless whispers .

When Cyrene visited , she found him gaunt and shorn , a shadow of his former self .

His scattered gaze focused on her briefly : You look like someone I knew .

Who ? My mate .

But I destroyed her .

Shell never forgive me .

Never … He dissolved into broken laughter and tears .

As Cyrene left , she thought : Let our eight years of pain end here .

I release my hatred .

Forget me , as I forget you .

Let us both begin anew .

She visited the pup sanctuary where young Ash now lived .

After arranging a generous donation , she watched from above as he sat alone , drawing .

Hell adjust , the caretaker assured her .

We have experience with traumatized pups .

Below , other pups approached Ash : What are you drawing ? Can we join ? Once , he would have refused .

Now , he hesitated , then nodded .

My pack will support the sanctuary .

Cyrene said softly .

Ill check on him sometimes .

Care for him well .

Wont you see him ? the caretaker asked as she left .

Cyrene shook her head .

Some wounds were better left untouched .

Seeing Ash find his way was enough of a bal for her heart .

Time would carry them all forward on different paths now .

Let the seasons turn , let the moons pass , let healing come as it may .