---- il Kieran personally called the airline CEO, only to learn there was no record of me purchasing any tickets. His search teams reported back one by one-no trace of me anywhere. After searching day and night for half a month, they only knew I'd left in a car, but there were no border crossing records. Thad vanished into thin air... He refused to leave the house, locking himself in our bedroom, endlessly scrolling through my phone. My password was still his birthday, my wallpaper still our photo together. But my contact name for him had been changed to blank-no name, no symbols. She had stubbornly and decisively severed all connection between us. I'd deleted every chat record between us but kept every single message from Scarlett. He knew this was my punishment for him. ---- Those provocative messages crashed over him like a tide, drowning his entire world. He trembled uncontrollably, wondering if I had felt this same agony when I first saw these texts. He caressed everything I'd touched-the bed where I'd slept, the books I'd read, the words I'd written. Only this way could he still sense my lingering presence. When a servant tried to replace the withered roses on my nightstand, he roared furiously, "Get out! Who gave you permission to touch Aria's things!" The servant was immediately banished from the pack house. Every remaining staff member walked on eggshells, terrified of being dismissed by their unhinged Alpha. Days later, Kieran's grandfather arrived with Scarlett in tow. Kieran waved them away dismissively, unwilling to speak. ---- Scarlett wept beautifully. "Kieran, what's wrong with you?" "You were so good to Aria, but she abandoned you so easily. Kieran, someone like her isn't worth it." "Forget her. Look at me-I'm the one who truly loves you. I'll never leave you. From now on, let's live happily as a family of three, okay?" Kieran looked at her with disgust, his hand clamping around her throat like a vice, his eyes blazing crimson. "A family of three? You're not worthy! You deserve to die! How dare you harm my child!" "Tf not for you, how would Aria have found out? How would she have left me?" When you dared to provoke Aria, you should have expected these consequences!" Scarlett struggled, looking desperately toward his grandfather. The old man barked sternly, "Kieran, control yourself! She's carrying your child." Kieran laughed coldly. "What child? Just a bastard.