---- I didn't return to my den. Instead, I followed him-floating silently, watching from the shadows wherever he went. One day, after a long, exhausting meeting, he casually checked his phone. There were several new messages in the alumni chat. At first, he intended to skip through them, but for some reason, his thumb paused, and he scrolled through. "T just flew with FullMoon Airways, but why didn't I see Kendra?" "T even checked the list of on-duty attendants. Her name wasn't there." "Elizabeth, did you lie to us last time?" "Why would I waste time lying to you?" Elizabeth replied. "She really works there. Maybe she wasn't assigned to the France route." ---- "That's possible." "Maybe she resigned." "Lucky for her she didn't see me. I would've humiliated her." "Yeah, she always acted so high and mighty. Like a queen looking down on everyone." I bit my lips, forcing the tears back down my throat. It hurt-how deeply rooted their prejudice toward me was. Back then, when Shawn chased me publicly, No one believed the bond would last. They thought I was playing games- The cold daughter of an alpha, who never accepted any male's courtship at school. They assumed I was just toying with him. That I only pretended to care. ---- But then... I surprised everyone. laccepted his love. I became his mate. We stayed together for three years. And slowly, their opinions shifted. They began to believe I was serious. They saw the way I looked at him. The bond we shared. But just when they were convinced I truly loved him... I was the one who severed it-coldly and without warning. The shock on their faces that day... It still lingers in their words, their tone, their disdain. After that day, everything changed.