Chapter 3 Blake's expression darkened for a split second - before twisting into a cold , mocking laugh . " Lena , you'll stoop to any lie , won't you ? Just because you found out about Hannah's pregnancy today , you're spinning this kind of tale ? " He pushed off the bed , striding toward the door without another glance . But as his hand touched the doorknob , he paused . " You're the one who refuses to share my bed . Don't go whining to Grandpa about neglect - it only makes me despise you more . " Then he was gone . The room plunged into silence . I stumbled into the bathroom , scrubbing my lips raw with toothpaste , desperate to erase the lingering taste of him . Once , Blake and I had loved each other . On my eighteenth birthday , when my wolf awakened , we found each other at the Mate Gathering . I still remember the way he looked at me - golden eyes bright with joy , his voice warm as summer . " Mate . You're my mate . " Those were the sweetest days with Blake . Though I had been part of the Whitemoon Pack for years , the ache of losing my birth family always lingered like a shadow , keeping me from fully belonging - until him . Until Blake . His gaze , warm as summer honey and just as golden , held a love so certain it seared through every lingering doubt . In those quiet moments between heartbeats , I knew - my soul had found its true home at last . The Whitemoon Pack wasn't just a refuge anymore ; it was the soil where my roots would grow deep , where my story would weave into its legacy . Even now , the memory of that happiness sends delicate tremors through me - like sunlight dancing on snow , fragile and dazzling all at once . For years after that , he adored me . I gave him everything in return . Then , when we turned twenty - two , Miles called us before him . " It's time you two sealed the bond . Lena , your grandfather saved my life . And fate has already chosen you for Blake . It's perfect . " That night , Blake's love vanished like smoke . No explanation . No goodbye . Just coldness . A year after our mating ceremony , I became pregnant . And Blake ? He barely came back home except for those times he took that woman Hannah to bed in our own home . I screamed 1 begged I demanded answers . But he only ever looked at me like I was insane . " You got what you wanted . You're Luna . You bore my heirs . What more are you crying about ? " " Stop playing the victim . You disgust me . Hannah would never be so unreasonable like you . " So I stopped asking I told myself that I could live with the fact that the love between Blake and me had gone . So cruel but true , that was how I brought the inner peace back to my life 1081 % BAXTADE CLD'S Dreame - Read Romance Stories 44 * FREE Installed Open Book Title My Mate and Brother's Betrayal I poured my love into our daughters instead . They were my light . My reason to endure . Just when I thought I finally got a piece of control over my life . Hannah and Blake blew it all and they just wouldn't spare any mercy for us . And now ? Now , even my daughters were gone . The next morning , before the funeral . I stood in front of the Packhouse , clutching in my hand my daughters ' favorite teddy bear - a tangible reminder of innocent days filled with laughter and joy . The girls were always fighting for this tattered teddy bear when they were just pups , and I find that I could still feel the lingering warmth of the girls on this teddy bear , as if their laughter and love had infused it with a comforting glow that transcends time and stays here with me . They had been so tiny at birth - two precious pups nestled in my arms . How was it possible that five years later , they were gone like this ? My throat burned , but I clenched my jaw , refusing to let a single tear fall . Sierra touched my shoulder gently . " Lena ... it's okay to cry . " I didn't answer . Instead , I turned to Miles , who stood by the black pack limousine , ready to escort us to the whitemoon pack burial grounds . " Alpha Miles , " I said softly , " the girls won't be buried in pack territory . I'm changing their surnames . They aren't Wilders anymore . They're Carringtons . My daughters . " Miles's face darkened with fury . " Where is that damned brat ?! How dare he miss his own daughters ' funeral ?! " Sierra flinched . " His phone's off . We ... we can't reach him . " For a long moment , Miles simply breathed , his fists clenched . Then , at last , he met my eyes . " You nearly died bringing them into this world . Do as you see fit . " I bowed deeply , my gratitude silent but endless . The pack had raised me . But my children owed them nothing . I wouldn't let them suffer even in death . As Miles's car pulled away , Sierra helped me to my feet . " Lena ... " Her voice cracked . " Lena , please " I gave her a faint smile , then turned and hailed a taxi . I needed to collect the girls ' belongings . That house was no longer their home . I wouldn't leave them there . But the moment I stepped inside , the sounds hit me like a physical blow . Moans Gasps The creak of our bed . " Faster - harder " " Wait , the healer said we have to be careful - the pup- " D Dreame - Read Romance Stories 44 * FREE Book title My Mats and Bothers Betrayal Installed Open 10.81 % My blood turned to ice . Hannah's voice . And Blake's . Here . Now . While our daughters had just left this world in a miserable way . Chapter 2