The Alpha King's Erased Mate

called our love a fairytale

vered his was a pregnant mistres

e gave me, while our pack whispered I was just the "bloo

versary, I han

ce papers and my

I disa

pte

a P

felt cold aga

teardrop-shaped sapphire so deep and blue

ith emotion as he declared me his, the orphaned she-wolf everyone believe

ed me, a phantom limb that still ached.

hrough a forest of ancient pines, had f

and deep within me, a voice I'd never heard before-the voice o

d, we were

ytales a

n beneath a loose floorboard in my closet. It was a cheap, disposable t

ls of a Mated pair, was supposed to be a channel of absolute trust. It was a constan

ould never push through. He said it was to protect my "delica

s faint, always scrubbed away, but my wolf-the part of me that had explosively awakened on my

d like Av

een of a social media app. Ava, a popular she-wolf influencer from our own Goldblood Pack, was

screen, gifting her a virtual "crown"

hant smirk on her face. "Thank you. Yo

ran cold.

little rituals to monitor my "unusual bloodline's fragility." As I waited, Ava walked

licate chain of silver and moonstones, an ancient Goldstein family heirloom passed down from

. Liam's Beta, Marc Chen, raised a glass, his w

s face. "A man who knows how to handle his... as

en me and the empty seat where Ava was supposed to be. They al

hift, my bones breaking and reforming in agony, he had held me, his powerful Alpha p

ing in my veins and preventing my wolf from healing, he'd defied the pack Elders, slici

aving me. He had

f. "If you lie to me, Liam Goldstein," I had whispered, my hand in his. "A true lie, a lie that breaks the heart of thi

d open. The de

mber I had memorized. The voice on the other

I'm activating the plan. I need you to erase Maya

melled of pine, winter, and the fai

et my eyes. He opened a velvet box, identical to the one on my dresser. Inside was the M

erfect, be

empty box. Inside, I placed two documents: a signed divorce petition for the huma

s just a sym

rds to his face, a final, agonizing ritual I wasn't sure I h

niversary, my love," I said sweetly. "Don't ope