On the day I become Alpha Ethan Sadler’s mate, he tells me, “Our mate bond is merely to honor the promise between our elders. You will be my Luna by name. You shall have everything in my name, except my love.”
For three years, I obediently played the role of his mate in name.
Then, a socialite named Sophia Kirk hands me a check for two million dollars, urging me to leave Ethan.
“Ethan said your mate bond exists only to repay the debts of the older generation. It’s a necessary sacrifice. Now, he needs a real family and a mate who can bear his heir. You’ve wasted three years of his life. It’s time to let go.”
It turns out Ethan already has a lover.
It is indeed inappropriate for me to take the place of his Luna any longer.
That night, I approach Ethan, who is going through some documents.
“You once promised to give me anything I wanted. Does that promise still hold?”
Ethan sets down the documents, removes his metal-rimmed glasses, and loosens his tie.
His ashen eyes swirl with emotions, and an eager smile curves his lips.
“Of course. Tell me what you want.”
I tighten my grip on the Bond-Breaking Agreement I am holding and place it before him.
“I want you to sign this.”
…
It had been three years since I became Alpha Ethan Sadler’s mate.
Everyone had said that it was a mere stroke of luck that I became the Luna of Silvercrest pack.
However, no one would ever know that the mate bond between Ethan and me had nothing to do with love.
It all began with my grandfather, who had been a reputable Elder within our pack. He had fallen ill due to an accident.
By chance, Ethan’s grandfather had recognized him when he was visiting an old friend. Ethan’s grandfather had been a legendary Alpha and a sworn friend of my grandfather. They had fought alongside each other in a past war.
As the two elderly men reminisced about their past, Grandpa sounded choked up when he brought me up in their conversation.
His only concern right then was that my stepmother and her family, having burned through our ancestral property, might eventually exchange me for money after he passed.
Ethan’s grandfather couldn’t bear to see him being so devastated, even as his time was coming to an end.
Instantly, he decided to take me in as his granddaughter-in-law, so that I was under the protection of the Alpha of Silvercrest pack.
The next day, I was informed of the sudden marriage despite having only just met Ethan the day before.
On the day after that, we had our bonding ceremony before the Temple of the Moon Goddess.
