Again, I woke up in a bed in the treatment center.

“Awake now?” Lucius’s low voice came from my side. “How did you get brought back by ambulance? So eager to catch my notice that you wouldn’t even walk back yourself?”

I chuckled at the man who once vowed to the Moon Goddess to guard me forever. “Wisteria shoved me down the stairs. My leg broke again. I don’t even have a wolf spirit, how could I return by myself?”

Lucius’s face turned tight, and he seemed more hesitant when he looked at me.

“About what happened this time, just let it go. As Luna, you should also learn to be more open-minded later on.”

“Wisteria is pregnant with my child, and she also saved your father’s life. Can’t you even accept her?”

I shut my eyes, no longer wanting to keep arguing.

At that moment, I suddenly realized something.

The way he now looked at Wisteria, full of light, was exactly how he used to look at me five years ago.

I had no wolf, and Wisteria looked weak and helpless. Both of us could meet his need of “wanting women to rely on him.”

From the start to the end, what he loved was the she-wolf who could satisfy his need to protect, not me as a person.

The day I left the hospital was also my birthday, and Lucius arranged a banquet for me in the pack hall.

During the banquet, Wisteria entered elegantly in a pure white gown, like a soft white bloom, while purposely showing the necklace around her neck.

“Happy birthday, Luna.” She carried the present box in both hands, her smile bright and charming.

I quietly accepted the present, not even caring to open it.

When the music for dancing started, Wisteria shyly pulled on Lucius’s sleeve. “I have never been to this kind of dance… Alpha, will you guide me?”

Lucius turned to me. “Rosalie, it’s fine if we skip this once. Next year at this time, I will be with you…”

“No need.”

Lucius frowned and gave me a look that said, "You are throwing a fit again," then took Wisteria's hand and walked onto the dance floor.

Fine. Even then, he still did not understand that I had already chosen to leave.

All night long, Wisteria held onto Lucius and would not step away, at one moment asking him to feed her by hand, then asking him to ease the pup bothering her belly.

And I, the main one, was left forgotten in a corner.

Whispers from the guests nearby reached me from every direction.

“The Luna without a wolf, in the end, cannot beat the new lover who can have pups.”

“This child holds both healer and Alpha blood; a mother’s place rises with the child. I believe Luna’s role will soon be taken.”

I did not want to keep watching this poor show, so I left in silence with a blank expression.

As soon as I sat in the car and told the driver to go, Wisteria suddenly ran in front of it.

She looked at me, then tapped on my window in panic. “Luna, today is your birthday. Don’t be mad, I will return Alpha to you now…”

Wisteria cried softly, her frail body moving unsteadily in the night.

“Luna, do not be this way. I simply love Lucius too much. I do not want to hurt you…”

While she talked, she curved her lips at me, showing a cold, mocking smile that only I saw.

Then, without warning, she let go of the hand on the car door and fell straight backward.

Almost at the same time, Lucius, in wolf form, rushed forward from behind.

He saw Wisteria falling in front of my car wheel, and my car had started to move.

To him, I, this jealous mate, was trying to take the life of his cub and his loved one.

Lucius released a wolf howl that rang through the night, his big wolf body hitting hard against the side of the car.

Under the strength of the angry Alpha, the car rolled over roughly!

Heavy pain covered my awareness in a moment, blood moved from my forehead into my eyes, and my vision became completely red.

Those guests spoke the truth.

The Luna without a wolf, in the end, could not defeat the new lover who could give birth to his pups.

The severe pain kept my mind very clear, as I watched everything happening before me with my own eyes.

I saw Lucius change back into human form; he did not even look at the flipped car, with a worried face, holding Wisteria tightly in his arms.

“Wisteria! Is the baby alright?” His voice shook.

Wisteria leaned into his arms, crying without stopping. “Lucius… I only wanted to ask Rosalie to remain, she told the driver to move… if not because of you, our child would have been lost…”

Lucius quickly turned his head, looking straight at me, covered in blood.

“Rosalie, you truly make me feel sick.”

“How did you change from that soft and caring girl before, into such a cruel woman now? I gave you too much!”

And I was in such deep pain that I could not speak for myself at all

Lucius did not turn around as he carried Wisteria away. I stayed there for a long time before I slowly stood up on my own.

At that moment, I no longer wanted to visit the treatment center. I quietly went back home and treated my injuries on my own.

Over the next few days, I stayed in the room, keeping the door closed to everyone.

Lucius still went to look at the surveillance and found that Wisteria had rushed in front of the car by herself.

“Rosalie, I looked at the surveillance.” He stood outside the door, his tone showed rare guilt. “She only wanted you to remain, and she is pregnant and not steady in her emotions, so she made such a strong move.”

I did not even open my eyes. “So?”

“So I gave you fairness, I told her to reflect well, and she also said she wants to apologize to you.”

“Rosalie, do not be upset anymore, okay? I will take you to a party, okay?”

See, this was his so-called “fairness.”

Even when the facts were shown before him, even when I had been set up again and again, in his eyes, it was just one of Wisteria’s actions.

“Alright.” I quietly replied. “For the time ahead, whatever you want, I will go along.”

The moment I walked into the party, I saw Wisteria.

She was wearing a soft, white silk long dress, like a pure angel.

Lucius noticed my eyes and naturally put his arm around Wisteria’s shoulder.

“She made a wrong move, but she is still pregnant with my child. I must stay close to her at all times; I cannot let anything go wrong.”

I did not say anything; I only sat quietly in the corner, watching this odd scene.

After several rounds of drinking, someone brought up playing truth or dare.

After a few turns, I lost.

“Since Luna failed, then it should be something interesting!” A tipsy Beta laughed out loud. “Why not tell a secret that nobody knows!”

Lucius lightly moved the champagne in his glass, letting out a cold smile.

“What hidden thing could Rosalie have that I do not already know?”

His eyes held playfulness, and his face looked a little drunk. “If Luna’s secret is not interesting enough, then I will openly give Wisteria one request, how about that?”

Wisteria made a soft, teasing sound, her fingers slowly moving on Lucius’s chest. “Alpha, you are too much. This will make Rosalie unable to respond.”

“She?” Lucius lightly laughed. “She is Luna; someone in a high place would not care about such a small thing?”

While talking, he closely picked up Wisteria’s cup, and drank it in one swallow along the lipstick mark she left.

The Betas around seemed not to agree with what he did; their eyes toward me showed sympathy.

I raised my head, met his eyes, my voice calm.

“My secret is, after a few days, I will give Lucius and Wisteria a big gift.”

The entire place dropped into a dead quiet.

Lucius’s face looked very pleased; he likely thought that I had finally learned to be generous.

“Looks like my Luna has at last matured, becoming reasonable in a way that surprises others.”

He turned and lightly touched Wisteria’s back. “Did you hear? After two days, when your fetal energy becomes stable, go and perform her father’s surgery. Then, our family will celebrate well.”

Wisteria leaned into his arms, nodding in obedience, a brief flash of cruelty passing through her eyes.

I coldly laughed. Lucius still did not realize that my adoptive father was already resting inside a cold coffin.

Very early the next day, the sky looked dark.

I wore a simple long dress, planning to go to the cemetery to place a bouquet for my father.

Before going out, I purposely opened the safe, wanting to wear the keepsake my father had left me, a moonstone bracelet.

But the safe held nothing.

I hurriedly looked through every part of the room, but the bracelet could not be found anywhere.

I quickly opened my phone, planning to send Lucius a message, but I first saw a new selfie posted by Wisteria.

In the picture, on her thin wrist was that very familiar moonstone bracelet.

The caption said, [Alpha said this old item is best to protect the child and me. Thank you for his care.]

I felt my mind break apart like being hit hard.

This bracelet was a precious item given by the old Alpha after my father gained military merit.

At that time, his body was full of injuries, yet he gently placed the bracelet on me, saying that as long as I liked it, even if he died in battle, it would be worth it.

And now, this bracelet was on the wrist of the woman who led to my father’s death.

I hurried into Lucius’s study, opening the door without a knock.

Lucius sat behind the desk, dealing with documents, when he saw me rush in; his eyebrows tightened. “So careless, where is Luna’s proper behavior?”

“Return the bracelet to me!” My whole body shook. “That is what my father left for me, what right do you have to give it to Wisteria?”

Lucius pressed his temples; his voice showed impatience.

“It is only a bracelet, Wisteria will spend her strength later to treat your father, you are not even willing to give such a small thing?”

Treat my father?

Because Wisteria refused to help him, my father had already lost his life alone.

Now she even wanted to take the final thing I owned.

“Lucius.” I looked at him, letting out a cold laugh. “Your so-called treatment will never happen.”

The impatience on Lucius’s face became stronger. Just as he was about to ask more, the study door was slowly pushed open.

It was Wisteria; she looked even softer and more fragile, the moonstone bracelet on her wrist giving off a cold light.

“Sorry… did I interrupt?” Her eyes quickly turned red, one hand resting on her lower belly. “I heard Rosalie speaking very loudly; the baby seemed to have been scared, moving very strongly.”

“Stop pretending, return the bracelet to me!”

Wisteria stepped back slightly, lifting the hand with the bracelet. “Alpha said this item can calm the mind and help sleep; it is good for the child. You already have everything, can you not let me keep this?”

“Return it to me!” I moved forward, stretching my hand, trying to grab it directly.

Wisteria suddenly cried out, her foot lost grip, and her entire body fell toward the window.

Lucius responded fast and held her, and that moonstone bracelet slid from her thin wrist, flying straight out of the window.

“No!”

I shouted in pain, but it was already too late.