Chapter 3

After finishing the resignation procedures, I left directly.

Ella, the wolf inside me, reminding me that the woman wasn't just provoking me—she was also trying to break the Mate Bond between Daniel and me.

In the werewolf world, this was one of the most unforgivable acts.

I suddenly remembered the full moon night when Daniel and I had confirmed our Fate Mate relationship.

Not only did some members of my home pack, the Silver Moon Pack, oppose me, but Sophia also gave me a hard time from the very beginning.

When we were alone, she’d say I “wasn’t worthy of Daniel, the Alpha heir.”

Though she was just an orphan adopted by the Midst Fang Pack, she’d grown up alongside Daniel since childhood. The elders had tacitly approved her status as an“official member”.

Daniel's mother, the current Luna of the Midst Fang Pack, had even targeted me repeatedly because of this. She always said I was "scheming," insisting that I had used underhanded means to form a Mate Bond with Daniel.

So every time there was a Pack gathering, she would deliberately refuse to give me the seat that a Luna should have.

Back then, I had naively thought that Sophia's tantrums were just the possessiveness of a child—she couldn't stand the fact that her "brother," whom she had grown up with, now had a Fate Mate.

But after repeated disappointments, I gradually saw the truth: she didn't see Daniel as a brother at all.

She saw him as her own "potential Mate," and I was nothing more than a "rival in love" in her eyes.

The interactions between the two of them had long crossed the line of ordinary brother and sister.

Daniel would share the exclusive Alpha heir’s herbs—herbs that only a Mate should touch—with her. During full moon training, he would only guide her. Even in Pack meetings, he would prioritize her suggestions, while my opinions were always ignored.

When I reached the boundary of the Midst Fang Pack, a hand suddenly grabbed my arm—it was Daniel.

He had raced over all the way in his wolf form, his voice urgent: “How long are you going to throw this fit? Are you really quitting the Pack just because of a dress?”

I wrenched my arm free in one sharp movement: “I already said it—either Sophia leaves, or I do. Are you not satisfied with this outcome?”

I turned to leave, but Daniel grabbed my arm again, his grip tighter than before, a note of panic creeping into his tone: “You can’t go. My dad tore into me—he said I shouldn’t have angered you into leaving.”

I pulled my arm back: “Is he upset because I’ve endured three years of grievances… or because he’s afraid that without me around, there’ll be no one left to cover up that shady relationship between you and Sophia?”

His eyes darted away, avoiding my gaze: “Don’t talk nonsense. My dad… he’s just worried about the Pack’s reputation. After all, Sophia is like their daughter.”

“So he found me—this so-called ‘fate mate’—to distract you, to make you forget about Sophia. Is that right?”

He denied it: “That’s not true. We are real fate mates…”

I cut him off: “We might be real fate mates, but your family’s scheming is just as real! I’ve had enough of these three years. I’m going to find the Moon Goddess to break our bond.”

Daniel’s face turned deathly pale in an instant: “Have you lost your mind? The Moon Goddess will punish you severely!”

I let out a laugh, sharp with scorn: “I’d rather take the punishment than keep being a tool for your family to cover up their scandal!”

I stepped back, putting a clear distance between us once and for all: “From now on, you and I have nothing to do with each other.”