Broadcasted for the entire pack to see. The Alpha… cheating on his Luna. Again.
The livestream continued, the comments flooding in faster than I could read.
Some mocking me. Some pitying me.
I couldn’t breathe. My chest felt like it was caving in on itself, the weight of it all crushing me from the inside.
So this was why he didn’t come. Not because he was busy. But because he chose to be there. With her.
Tears slid down my cheeks before I could stop them, falling silently onto the screen of my phone.
I didn’t even realize I was crying until my vision became too blurred to see.
“Luna…”
The soft voice startled me. I quickly wiped my face, though it was useless. The tears wouldn’t stop.
I turned to see Elder Elisse standing at the entrance of the hall. Her once sharp and commanding presence had softened, weighed down by something that looked painfully like regret.
“I’m sorry,” she said gently as she walked toward me.
Her eyes flickered briefly to the untouched cake, the empty hall, the decorations that now felt more like a cruel joke than a celebration.
“For my son.”
Her son. Alpha Cain. The man who had just humiliated me in front of the entire pack.