Chapter 11
Samuel’s POV
I left the wedding before it ended. Couldn’t bear to watch the rest.
I wasn’t even sure what was eating away at me, gnawing a hollow space inside my chest. In my last life, after marrying Felicia, I still couldn’t let Larissa go. I risked everything- death, disgrace, exile–just to fake my death and run off with her, leaving the Moonfang Pack behind. I thought I was finally free.
Now, with Felicia choosing Beta Kevin instead of clinging to me, I should’ve felt relieved. Free to be with Larissa, without guilt, without interference.
But instead, all I felt was this… aching
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emptiness. Like something vital had been torn from me.
Back at my house, I sat at my desk, staring blankly ahead. The silence pressed in around
- me.
Larissa arrived not long after. She slipped in quietly and sat beside me, her face glowing with a shy, hopeful smile.
“Samuel,” she said softly, “no one’s standing in our way anymore. Don’t you think it’s time we got engaged?”
She looked so beautiful then–delicate, expectant, radiant with dreams of a future I once promised her.
I forced a smile, trying to convince myself I was just overthinking. That this… feeling… was nothing.
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“You’re right,” I told her, reaching for words I wasn’t even sure I meant. “I’ll propose in a few days. Better get it done before Felicia changes her mind and comes back to haunt me.”
Larissa’s eyes lit up as she nodded eagerly.
But days passed. And I never prepared anything for a proposal.
Because deep down, I kept thinking–hoping -Felicia would come back.
In my past life, even after I faked my death, she stayed faithful to me until the very end. Never remarried. Never held it against me. Not truly.
So now? There was no way she’d actually marry Kevin. No way she’d really let me go.
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She was probably just furious, hurt, and trying to punish me.
I told myself she’d be back in a day or two. That I just needed to wait.
But all I got was news that Felicia and Beta Kevin were heading off together… on their honeymoon… to Green Moss Pack.
And I realized, maybe for the first time, that she wasn’t coming back.
Felicia’s POV
We were just about to leave when Gamma Samuel stormed ove. He blocked my path without so much as a greeting.
“Felicia,” he said, voice stiff and cold, “I’m warning you think carefully. If you walk away now, even if you come crawling back
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and beg me to marry you later, I won’t say yes!”
I blinked at him, stunned by the absurdity. Was he serious? I had already stood before the entire pack and announced Kevin as my mate. I had married Kevin. The ceremony had happened. And yet Samuel was still convinced this was some elaborate prank?
My brows pulled together in irritation. I opened my mouth to snap back, but Kevin gently caught my wrist and gave me a look- calm down, I’ve got this.
He stepped forward, all casual charm, but his words were laced with thorns.
“Samuel,” he said with a smile that didn’t quite reach his eyes, “you see Felicia and your future Alpha standing here. Shouldn’t you bow? Back when we were both just
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suitors, equals in title and standing, sure, things were loose. But now, I’m Alpha, and you and Felicia? You’re nothing to each other anymore. The rules have changed.”
The blow landed clean. Samuel’s jaw clenched as his face darkened. Kevin wasn’t wrong. I’d never cared much about formalities before, but Kevin had a way of making it sound like Samuel’s pride was the only thing in the way now.
Samuel had always been proud, only ever kneeling for Larissa. I could see the war going on behind his eyes as he looked past Kevin and locked eyes with me.
“If that’s truly Miss Felicia’s will,” he said tightly, “then I will bow.”
He thought I’d spare him. That I wouldn’t let him lose face like that in front of Kevin. How
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little he knew.
I sighed quietly. Ever since I married Kevin, Samuel had been acting… off. Moody. Jealous. Like he couldn’t believe I’d really moved on.
But here’s the strange thing–Kevin and I? We were actually doing fine. Surprisingly fine. He’d stopped hanging around the training grounds, quit sneaking off on reckless adventures, and now spent most of his time with me. It was weird at first, like someone had replaced the cocky flirt I used to bicker with–but I didn’t hate it.
In fact, I liked it. A lot more than I expected
- to.
Kevin might joke and tease like a rogue, but he never crossed the line. He never
embarrassed me, never hurt me. Even our
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arguments had softened into playful banter. And sure, he still whispered suggestive things just to watch me blush, but somehow even that had become part of our rhythm.
Like now–this little power play with Samuel? Definitely intentional.
I looked at Kevin, standing firm in front of me like he was daring the whole world to question our bond. My chest swelled with a warmth I didn’t have the words for.
“Kevin speaks for me,” I said clearly. “He’s my husband. He’s the future Alpha. And yes, Samuel, you should bow.”
The look on Samuel’s face–shock, disbelief, maybe even a little betrayal.
Kevin grinned smugly beside me. “You heard her. Bow, Samuel.”
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Samuel’s lips thinned. “Felicia, there’s a limit to how far a joke should go.”
Now I was just done.
“I’m not joking” I said, my voice calm but firm. “I’ve already made myself clear. Samuel, I did care about you once. I won’t deny that. But I’ve married Kevin. We’re mated, bonded, and building our future. There’s no reason for us to be tangled up anymore–not emotionally, not politically, not at all.”
That shut him up.
His whole body tensed before he finally bent at the waist, his voice tight with fury.
“I overstepped,” he said through clenched teeth. “Three days from now, I’ll propose to Miss Larissa. I hope Miss Felicia will honor
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us with her presence.”
And with that, he turned and walked away without looking back.
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