You Want Me Back? Too Bad, My Alpha—I'm Done Waiting

Chapter 10 Chapter 10 Declan's POV Intel COR PRO Overnight, the whole territory was talking about our pack's mess. They were laughing about how I ditched Cassia before the Luna Ceremony even finished yesterday, and now I was trying to kick her out. My room was trashed. Every single thing that could break was in pieces on the floor. I stared at Elder Gideon, who looked pissed as hell, and at Cassia, who was holding Ayla and crying her eyes out. Then I pressed the silver blade harder against my wrist. "Let me go find her, or we're all dying today," I said, my voice flat and dead serious.

Even after reading Nora's letter over and over, I still thought Gideon or maybe even Cassia had forced her to leave. The second I woke up, I was ready to find Nora and get the hell out of here forever. But the Council kept stopping me, drugging me until I could barely stand, and they even brought Cassia with Ayla to guilt trip me into staying. If Nora was still here, maybe I would've hesitated a little. But now that she was gone, I had nothing holding me back. Nothing left to lose. "You idiot! Drop the knife! This isn't how an Alpha acts. You're embarrassing our entire pack!" Gideon yelled.

"Declan, please stay for our children," Cassia begged through her tears. Everyone around me was using different guilt trips to make me stay with someone I didn't love, raise kids I never wanted, and live in a relationship I hated. Nobody gave a shit about my feelings. Nobody thought about Nora's feelings either. "You already screwed me over once. I didn't want to sleep with her, but you drugged me. Everything's messed up because of what you did! And I never wanted kids," I growled, my voice shaking with rage. Back then, I really didn't want to touch Cassia.

Hell, I felt sick just being in the same room as her. But the Council worked with her to drug me. When I woke up, my first thought was to strangle Cassia and then kill myself. But the Vale Elders cried and begged me, saying the pack needs an pure blood heir. They reminded me that I was the Alpha with the purest bloodline in the whole territory, raised from birth to lead, with the pack putting over 20 years into making me what I was. They wouldn't let me be selfish, thinking only about running away with Nora without giving them anything. Even Cassia got on her knees and begged me.

She swore she'd loved me for years and didn't want anything back. She said she'd gladly have my kid, and once the baby was born, she'd help me leave with Nora. Finally. Gideon brought my parents to threaten suicide along with Nora if I didn't do what they wanted. I was trapped with nowhere to go, so I gave in. But their greed just kept growing. 11:32 You Want Me Back? 2 205 Chapter 10 After Ayla was born, they said she'd be lonely as an only child and that a girl couldn't rule alone. They wanted a son. They kept making me compromise, driving me crazy.

Now that I finally had a way out, they'd driven Nora away. There was no way in hell I could accept that. We stood there staring each other down. Suddenly, Cassia doubled over, grabbing her stomach with a sharp scream. "It hurts!" The next second, she loosened her grip and Ayla almost hit the floor. "Cassia!" Gideon's face went white when he saw blood spreading through the white fabric under her dress. He shouted, "Get the doctor! Now!" After all the chaos, the Elders rushed the miscarrying Cassia to the hospital.

Just as they wheeled her into surgery, the Ravenna Pack came running over, panicking. Cassia's mother, Lavinia, slapped me hard across the face. "Declan, is this how you take care of Cassia? If anything happens to her, I'll never forgive you!" The slap knocked my head sideways, and blood dripped from my mouth. Even so, I just stood there like some empty shell, letting Lavinia point her finger in my face and scream at me. Seeing this, Gideon quickly jumped in to defend me. "Luna Ravenna, whatever went wrong was our fault.

I promise once Cassia gets better, I'll make sure Declan takes proper care of her and nothing like this ever happens again." Lavinia didn't buy it at all and laughed bitterly. "Take care of her? Declan's ready to run off with another woman. How's he supposed to take care of anyone? Cassia's given up everything for him all these years, had one kid, and she's carrying another. She asks for nothing, and this is how your pack treats her? "If you can't take proper care of Cassia, I'm taking her and Ayla back home.

The Ravenna Pack can support them just fine!" When Gideon heard that threat, he completely lost it and smacked me hard on the back. "What are you standing there for? Say you're sorry! Now!" I still didn't move, wouldn't even look at them. I hadn't done anything wrong, but they were blaming everything on me. All the screaming, begging, and chaos around me felt like an invisible hand slowly choking me. Right when I felt like I couldn't breathe anymore, an angry roar came from somewhere far off.

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