Chapter 1 Chapter 1

After having been married for ten years, my Alpha fell in love with an Omega and got her pregnant with an heir. Heartbroken, I proposed rejecting him, but he suddenly had an accident and lost his memory—his mind returned to the year he loved me the most. … The room was filled with luggage—once the mate bond was broken, I was going to leave the pack. After coaxing Lucas Dockett to sleep, I sat alone in the living room waiting for Leno Dockett. However, when the agreed-upon time came, he didn't return. "Luna, Alpha Leno was attacked by several Rogues in the forest. He is currently unconscious," Beta Jack Whiting informed me. "What? Where is he?" Shocked, I dashed out of the house with Beta Jack. Since the pack had stabilized, Leno hadn't been attacked again. I couldn't care less about breaking the mate bond and rushed to the forest with Beta Jack. The pack's werewolves had already gathered around Leno. Elisa was holding him, crying uncontrollably. Her bulging belly was clearly visible. "Why hasn't Alpha Leno woken up yet?" she cried. I found the healer and anxiously asked for the treatment outcome. "Alpha Leno was injected with a large amount of wolfsbane. Although the antidote has been administered, the dose was too high, so he has not regained consciousness yet," the healer told me. "You quack! The antidote was administered long ago, and Leno is still not awake. There must be something wrong with the medicine!" Elisa looked up and yelled at the healer, her gaze filled with panic. Leno had promised to hold a mating ceremony with her in two months, and today's sudden attack meant we hadn't broken our mate bond. If he didn't wake up, the pack would be directly inherited by Lucas, who carried Alpha blood. I ignored Elisa's hysterical questions and went to ask the Betas about the surprise attack. "Were all the Rogues who ambushed the Alpha captured? How did they get into the pack?" I asked. "Five wolves were captured. They climbed up from the unguarded cliff on the northern side." The cliff on the northern side was steep—one wrong step could send you falling into the abyss. "Why did they attack the Alpha?" I questioned. Beta Jack looked troubled as he leaned in and whispered, "Alpha Leno wiped out a small neighboring pack last month. These are wolves from the Fortune pack." In recent years, Leno had aggressively expanded his territory with ruthless tactics, even seizing many resources from my original pack—this made me increasingly disheartened toward him. Just as I was about to turn and leave, Elisa suddenly shouted, "Leno, you're finally awake!" He lay in Elisa's arms, confused as he looked at the people around him. He struggled to sit up and asked, "Who are you?" When he turned his head and saw me, his gaze lit up instantly. "Flora Hall!" Leno was then taken back to the hospital for further examination. "The excessive dosage of wolfsbane has damaged Alpha Leno's brain and nerves, causing temporary amnesia. His memory has regressed to 15 years ago," a healer said. "What? Can his memory come back?" Elisa asked with an unpleasant expression. "It can. There's still a small amount of wolfsbane in the Alpha's system. Once it's fully metabolized, his memory will return." Elisa breathed a sigh of relief. Anything was fine as long as it didn't delay their mating ceremony. Beta Jack glanced at her disapprovingly and continued questioning the healer. "How long will it take for his memory to return?""It's uncertain—could be as soon as tomorrow, or it might take five to six months for the wolfsbane to be fully metabolized." Five to six months? When Elisa heard that, she lost her temper again—their mating ceremony was in just two months. Her pregnancy was obvious—if the ceremony didn't happen before the pup's birth, she wouldn't become the Luna even if she gave birth to a pup with Alpha blood. "You must cure him before the wedding! Or else you can forget about keeping your job!" Elisa shrieked. Cold sweat dripped down the healer's face—Elisa was about to become Leno's new Luna, so offending her meant guaranteed exile. "There is a way! We can use past experiences to stimulate the Alpha's brain and help him regain his memory." Leno's memory was trapped 15 years in the past—if they could help him recall events from those years, his memory could come back. Elisa fell silent. 15 years ago, I was the only one by Leno's side.

Chapter 2 Chapter 2

Meanwhile, I was in the ward watching Leno and Lucas play with toys meant for wolf pups. Leno had learned from Beta Jack that I had already had a pup with him and asked me to bring Lucas over. "Flora, look! Our pup is so smart!" he exclaimed. Leno held up the structure they had built—two pairs of similar-looking eyes gazed at me brightly, full of anticipation. It had been five years since I'd last seen such an intimate moment between father and son. Because of his unique status, Leno had been isolated in the pack since childhood—he had no playmates and no toys. Now that he had returned to his 20s, he was even more excited about playing than Lucas was. There was a knock on the door, and the healer, sweating nervously, asked me to come discuss the treatment plan. "If you help Leno recover his memory, I'll let your pup be the next Beta," Elisa said haughtily. Her lofty attitude made it seem as if she were bestowing a favor by determining my pup's future. She actually had the nerve to suggest that Lucas, with Alpha blood, could serve as her pup's Beta. Those two wolves truly were a match made in heaven. I remembered three years ago, when Leno first brought up breaking our mate bond—he used the same patronizing tone and said, "Lucas is my pup too. Even if I break the mate bond with you, I'll still make him the pack's Beta." The position of a Beta in the pack was indeed a high one. However, Leno forgot who'd stayed by his side when he was outcast by his peers, who'd taken him in when he was exiled, and who'd helped him build this pack—our pup, Lucas, should have been the Alpha's heir. Behind Elisa, Beta Jack's expression darkened—just one sentence from her had stripped his own pup of the chance to inherit the Beta position. For the past three years, I had refused to break the mate bond because of Lucas' Alpha bloodline. But last month, Leno told me Elisa was pregnant, and if her child had Alpha blood, he would immediately change the heir. That was when I finally decided to break the mate bond and leave tha pack with Lucas. I couldn't let Elisa's pup become Lucas' Alpha! Now that the opportunity was in my hands, of course, I had to seize it. I suppressed the thoughts that surged in my mind and looked straight at Elisa as I spoke. "200 million dollars."

Chapter 3 Chapter 3

The morning after I had received a 50-million-dollar deposit from Elisa, I arranged to meet Leno. Leno and I strolled through the forest, where a small wooden cabin stood at the center. We had once met and fallen in love in that cabin, built a new pack together, and made the cabin our shared secret. "Flora, I heard from the Beta that we really did build a pack and that you became my Luna, right?" Leno's ears were flushed red, his eyes flitting nervously as he dared not meet mine. After I confirmed it, his whole being radiated joy. "That's great! I really made you my Luna," he said, smiling. His beaming smile under the sunlight seemed to overlap with the one he'd had 20 years ago, when I'd first agreed to let him court me—it left me momentarily dazed. I instinctively reached out my hand, but Elisa's voice suddenly echoed in my ears. "If you want 200 million dollars, fine. I'll transfer a deposit right now." Just yesterday at the hospital, Elisa had wired me 50 million dollars without hesitation. My eyelid twitched hard. As the Luna, I managed internal affairs for the pack, yet the funds I had at my disposal amounted to only 50 million dollars. And yet, Leno spoiled Elisa so much that she could spend 50 million without batting an eye. I had promised Elisa, "I'll give you back a Leno with his memories restored before the mating ceremony." I pulled back the hand I had extended to him, ignored his hurt expression, and quickly entered the cabin. Leno hurried after me, standing inside the cabin and looking at me cautiously. "Back then, when I was covered in wounds and thought I'd die here, you suddenly appeared. I thought the Moon Goddess had come to save me," he reminisced. Curled up at the door of the cabin and with knife wounds deep to the bone—that was how he looked when we'd first met. "Later, I realized you were the best gift the Moon Goddess ever gave me. I swore I'd make you the happiest Luna," Leno said. I had dragged him into the cabin, brought him medicine and food every day, and listened to him talk about past sorrows and future hopes. The passion of our youth bloomed every day like roses did. That was until three years ago. "Flora, did I do it?" Leno asked. He blushed, looking at me with a boyish shyness and hopeful anticipation. I looked at him coldly. "Leno, in two months, you're going to have a mating ceremony with another young and pretty she-wolf.""No way! You must be mistaken—I've loved you for so many years, how could I be with another she-wolf?" he shouted in disbelief. When I saw his agitated expression, my tears started streaming down suddenly. I thought to myself that I'd made a fool of myself again. Leno frantically wiped my tears and held my hand, repeatedly professing his feelings. My tears only flowed more uncontrollably at that. The Leno before me was still the same one who once swore under the full moon to make me his Luna. Now, his pack was strong, and I had become Luna—but he no longer loved me.

Chapter 4 Chapter 4

The next day, I arrived at the cabin separately from Leno. Every vase in the cabin was filled with fresh roses—it used to be my favorite flower. In the years Leno had been exiled from the pack, he had nothing to his name. Yet every morning, he would pick fresh roses to greet me with at the cabin. When Leno saw me arrive, he excitedly said, "Flora, look what I brought you." I walked into the cabin and revealed Elisa standing behind me. Her eyes were red-rimmed as she stood at the door, staring at Leno with grievance. Tears began streaming down her cheeks, and her tailored clothes made her protruding belly even more noticeable. He slammed the door in Elisa's face in anger and sat across from me, breathing heavily. "Why did you bring her here?" he demanded. "She has something she wants to say to you," I said. "I have nothing to say to her!" Leno glared at me, panting hard. He was clearly furious at me. I stayed silent and didn't respond. After returning yesterday, Leno asked his Beta about what had happened over the past decade. Upon learning about Elisa, he immediately denied any intention to hold a mating ceremony with her. He even found the moonstone brooch I once gave him and started wearing it whenever he went out. When Elisa found out, she approached me this morning and asked to go to the cabin with me. Of course, I agreed—after all, Elisa was my boss now. Elisa sat on the grass outside the cabin, sunlight filtering through the forest and casting a glow on her face—her face almost seemed to glow. I had to admit—she was truly beautiful. Especially the way she silently cried in the sunlight—it felt like I was looking at myself 20 years ago. "Flora, look! I picked all these roses this morning. Do you like them?" Leno asked excitedly. "Sorry, but I don't like roses anymore." Ever since I learned of Leno's cheating, I had stopped liking roses. His father had been the pack's Alpha. He seduced Leno's mother, had her bear his child, and only then told her he'd already had a Luna. After bringing them back to the pack, he ignored them completely. Leno and his mother were left to suffer bullying in the pack. He used to say he hated his father the most. He swore he would establish his own pack, become an Alpha, and stay loyal to his Luna forever. But ironically, he had become the very thing he'd once despised. His expression darkened with sadness, but he quickly collected himself and started talking to me again about the past. Elisa sat just outside the window, perfectly centered—she only had to slightly turn her head to see him. Leno kept his body turned away from her, but every time he got emotional, his gaze would involuntarily drift toward Elisa outside the window—his eyes full of unhidden admiration. After all, he was still in his 20s, and he hadn't yet learned how to hide his emotions. Every day after that, Leno brought me all kinds of gifts to the cabin. Precious gemstones, rare weapons—every item had once been a promise he made to me in that very cabin. I was the youngest daughter of the Black Wolf pack's Alpha. I had used the Black Wolf pack's resources to help him recruit talent and build his pack. As such, he had promised to give me every gift in the world I ever wanted. Yet the moment I refused to break our mate bond, he immediately turned to compete for the Black Wolf pack's resources. When I questioned him, all I got in return was his condescending mockery and his disgusted gaze as I sobbed in front of him. Elisa followed us every day, clearly seething with rage, yet always looking at Leno with tearful, pitiful eyes. Leno's glances at her grew longer and longer, and the struggle and pity in his eyes became increasingly obvious. I saw through his internal struggle—and so did Elisa. She looked at me smugly without saying a word, but the smile on her face said it all. "Flora, what do you even have to compete with me?" she mocked.

Chapter 5 Chapter 5

The gifts kept getting more and more expensive, as Leno kept using them to remind himself that it was me he loved. He told himself he wouldn't become a scumbag like his father. But there was no denying it—he was already drawn to a younger, prettier she-wolf. I calmly accepted Leno's gifts, even pretending to "accidentally" bring up more of the promises he had once made. In just two weeks, the gifts I received were worth more than the compensation Elisa paid me. Leno's guilt toward me slowly diminished with each day's gifts, while his pity for Elisa kept growing. He even started playfully teasing Elisa in front of me. Elisa, being in her 20s like him, could give him the youthful passion of a peer. … "Go from the south side—the guards won't check your luggage," I said as I handed the pass and luggage to Beta Toby, my Alpha father's Beta. "The Alpha has asked when you'll be coming back," Beta Toby said. "Next month. Tell my father to convert it into supplies as soon as possible. It has to be fast!" I urged. After watching Beta Toby leave, I returned from the forest. Inside the luggage I gave Beta Toby were all the gifts Leno had given me recently—each one could be exchanged for significant funds and supplies. While Leno was still suffering from amnesia, I intended to reclaim every bit of the Black Wolf pack's resources he had taken. When I returned to the cabin, I happened to catch Elisa clinging to Leno and playing around. The moment he saw me, Leno shoved her away and looked at me nervously. I avoided his gaze and casually sat by the window, looking out at the scenery. "Flora, let's go home together tonight. I even got a gift for Lucas," Leno said. When he mentioned our pup, a cautious smile appeared on Leno's face. Elisa stared from the side, gaze fixed on us. "I still have pack duties to take care of. You can give him the gift yourself," I said languidly. Leno's expression slowly darkened as he stared at me, unwilling to look away. "Flora, I've been trying to win you back for half a month now. Even ice should've started to melt by now," he sneered. The sudden coldness in Leno's tone reminded me a bit of the man he was before the amnesia. I shrugged indifferently. "It's not like I asked you to." Leno kicked over a stool and stormed out of the cabin. Outside the cabin window, I saw Elisa throw her arms around Leno, refusing to let him leave. Leno lowered his head and gave her a rough, aggressive kiss. Even though I had decided to give up, that scene still pierced my heart like a blade. Tears streamed down my face uncontrollably as I staggered away from the cabin. The two wolves, locked in their passionate kiss, didn't even notice I had gone. For 20 whole years, I had poured my heart and soul into helping Leno realize his dream and build a pack of his own. As the princess of the Black Wolf pack, I gave up a life of comfort to fight alongside him in the forest. When he was exiled and had given up on himself, I gave him resources and helped recruit people to his cause. Later, we established a pack together, claimed our own territory, and expanded the pack. Leno came home less and less often—until the day he asked me to break our mate bond. In 20 years, we had gone from deeply in love to bitterly resenting each other. We even wished the other would just die. … One day, I said, "Leno, let's break the mate bond."