The coldness in his voice struck me like a blow to the chest. The man I had loved for years was truly gone, consumed by his pack, his duties, and his twisted allegiance to Lily.
Tears welled up in my eyes, not just from the pain of betrayal but from the profound disappointment. I had trusted and sacrificed everything for him, and yet here he was, heartlessly threatening the person I loved most.
"You disgust me," I said.
Seeing my tears, Talon hesitated for a moment, his brow furrowing. But before he could speak, Lily said, "Sloane, stop being so dramatic. It’s not like I dug your mother’s gravesite.”
After she said that, she turned to the pack’s scouts and ordered them to refill the grave. “Let my son rest in peace."
The pack’s scouts released me and began to shovel dirt over my mother’s grave. I lunged to stop them, but Talon grabbed me.
“Stop it!” He pushed me aside, and I stumbled, colliding with the urn that held my mother’s ashes. It toppled, spilling its contents onto the ground.
The rain began to pour down and turned the ground into mud together with some of my mom’s spilled ashes. I couldn’t think or move at the moment. The grief inside me exploded into a primal howl.
Watching my mother die with regrets was the most painful thing for me. Now, I couldn't even protect her ashes.
"No! No, no, no!" I desperately tried to gather the remains, but they slipped through my fingers, lost forever in the rain and dirt.
I want to shapeshift and slash Lily’s face with my paw, but due to intolerable pain, my wolf won’t come out. The betrayal she’s feeling over her mate protecting another female wolf is unbearable to even survive shifting.
Lily approached and looked down at me. "Enough with the theatrics, Sloane. It’s just ashes."
"Go away!" I shoved her hard.
She stumbled backward, but Talon caught her before she hit the ground.
"Slone, you almost knocked Lily over!" Talon shouted, furious. "I won’t let this slide! You need to learn your place!"
Talon pulled his phone from his pocket and called his Beta. "Nico, don’t send the apology gift anymore. Stop supplying Samantha’s medication and cancel the surgery too.”
There was a brief silence on the other end before Nico responded, "Alpha, your destined Luna’s mother passed away on your supposed to be union day. Also, the grave you’re right now to bury Lily’s dog... belongs to Samantha Wildheart."
