Collection- After Ten – Year Contracted Luna Expires, the Alpha Is Overcome With Heartbreak Ch 1
Chapter 19
After weeks of licking my wounds,I finally accepted an invitation to transfer packs. A fresh start. A clean slate.
So, I packed my bags, signed the transfer scroll, and moved to the Eclipse Pack.
Mississippi’s not huge, but it’s big enough that if two wolves go their separate ways, the Moon has to really want them reunited.
Funny how things work out. Back when I first mated with Alpha Godfrey, I left Eclipse behind like it was nothing. Abandoned a secure spot in the packhouse just so I could help him build his little empire.
Then, once he was basking in status and power, I slunk back into my own field, hoping
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to salvage what was left of my career.
Looking back now, all I can think is: damn. That was dumb.
Still, setting heartbreak aside, the professional experience had been decent. I’d led a few inter–pack negotiations, helped draft treaties between rogue enclaves and mid–tier packs, even did some fundraising for the Moonstone Orphanage.
But none of it went the way I planned. My career track had been derailed by love. And love? Love got hit by a runaway truck and exploded into flames.
Anyway, time passed.
The leaves turned, the moon cycled, and I kept to myself–quiet, unbothered, borderline feral.
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Then, one frosty afternoon, Zoe showed up at my door in a red scarf and an expression that said brace yourself.
She handed me an envelope. White. Gold trim. Tied with a satin ribbon that smelled faintly like lemongrass and nervous sweat.
“It’s finally happening,” she said. “We set a date.”
Took me a second to process.
“The wedding?”
She nodded. “This winter. It’s real this time.”
The date was printed in elegant script. Wolves from three packs were attending. A massive gathering. Of course, it had to be.
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And of course…
“Alpha Godfrey will be there,” Zoe said quietly. “Do you want me to talk to Leroy? Maybe we can… shuffle things around. Keep you two apart.”
I raised a brow. “You’re seriously going to alter your wedding logistics for me?”
Zoe sighed. “Well, I’m not gonna let you get ambushed by your ex in full Alpha form. That would be rude.”
I shook my head. “Nah. Don’t worry about me. It’s your day.”
She smiled. “You always do.”
The wedding day,I wore a deep emerald dress–sleeveless, backless.
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Alpha Godfrey arrived with Leroy, suited up and solemn. He was Leroy’s best man, after all. Tradition demanded it. And wolves are suckers for tradition.
He looked… almost like the wolf I’d first met. Tailored suit, slicked–back hair, jaw tight with tension.
I remembered that day like it was carved into my bones.
It was autumn, back in my university days. I’d just gotten rejected from every grad program and bombed every fall internship interview.
I’d climbed the back hill on campus, ready to howl at the moon–or jump off the damn thing.
And then he showed up.
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Out of nowhere, all confident and smug in a cheap suit that he somehow made look expensive.
“This is the best view on campus,” he’d said, standing next to me like we were old friends. “Sometimes you can see a rainbow.”
I looked.
He wasn’t wrong.
That rainbow saved me more than he knew. That one sentence, that stupid little glimmer of beauty… it anchored me.
Three years later, we met again. And the next seven years? Messy. Passionate. Tragic. Classic Alpha–meets–girl tale, minus the happy ending.
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Now, he was right in front of me again–but something in him was dimmed. His aura used to burn like wildfire. Now it flickered like a dying lantern.
And yet, when our eyes met, he froze.
So did I.
He stared like I was a ghost he never buried right.
I turned away, bent down, and fluffed Zoe’s dress train to give myself something- anything–to do.
Leroy was already lifting Zoe bridal–style down the narrow stairwell. The apartment was an old one, no elevator, packed with guests in various stages of shift. Kids were zooming around, half–shifted with fluffy tails and oversized paws.
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One of them–á particularly hyper cub- barreled into me from behind.
Wearing heels was my first mistake. Not training my reflexes after weeks off duty was the second.
I stumbled.
And just before I went full crash–landing into the concrete…
Godfrey caught me.
His arms were strong. Steady. Still annoyingly familiar.
And that scent.
Cigarettes. Jasmine.
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My stomach turned.I shoved him off me so fast he barely had time to blink.
“Don’t touch me,” I snapped, scrubbing his scent off my arm.
He staggered back, hitting the stair rail behind him with a thud. His mouth opened, but the words didn’t come right away.
When they did, his voice was soft.
“Yolanda… watch your step.”
His tone like we were still something. Like he hadn’t broken every part of me.
I didn’t respond. Just turned on my heel and followed Zoe down the stairs.
There were too many wolves, too many eyes, and I refused to let mine tear up in front of
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any of them.
Behind me, I could still feel his gaze, heavy on my back.
But I didn’t look back.
Because I wasn’t that girl on the hill anymore.
And there wasn’t a rainbow waiting for me this time.
Just frost, silence, and the sound of my own heartbeat–strong, steady, and finally, finally my own.
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