Chapter 2Alpha Twins’ Regret After Choosing Their Stepsister

Aurora and I lay side by side in the pack infirmary.

The room was wrapped in heavy silence.

She must have overheard Alexander's furious tirade.

Aurora struggled to sit up, then reached over to grasp my hand.

Her once vibrant face was now pale as moonlight, drained of color by the silver poisoning. Alexander's cruel words had brought fresh tears to her eyes.

Those tears fell onto the back of my hand as she whispered:

"If only we had never mated to the Alpha twins."

She was worried about me, but I was more concerned for her.

She had once been the pack's most promising female beta wolf, destined for the elite warrior ranks.

Now, because of the silver poisoning that prevented her from shifting, she would be relegated to Omega status.

I opened my mouth to comfort her when her mate's call came through.

"My brother says Aria wants to terminate the pregnancy? Did you put her up to this? Can you two stop being hysterical for one day?" Ethan's voice crackled through the speaker.

"And I already told you yesterday that I was tracking the wolves who kidnapped Vicky. It's important. I told you not to disturb me with calls. Are you deaf?"

"I don't know why we mated with you two in the first place. Always plotting together, threatening divorce and termination! Who do you think you're scaring? If you want to leave, then leave. No one is begging you to stay!"

The call ended abruptly.

Aurora just shook her phone and shrugged at me, trying to seem unbothered.

But then her eyes filled with tears again.

I squeezed her cold hand and said, "Don't be upset. We're alive, that's what matters. Maybe we weren't meant to be together. The Moon Goddess is showing us we need to separate."

"Let's just rest for now. When we're stronger, we'll move out. Does that sound okay?"

Aurora choked out a simple "Okay."

Finally unable to hold back anymore, tears began to fall in large drops from her eyes.

She collapsed against my shoulder, and we held each other, sobbing uncontrollably. Fear, anger, and heartbreak—emotions we had suppressed for too long—were finally released.

We had thought we'd found our fated mates, but instead, we'd found nothing but misery.

I remember when I first mated with Alexander—the entire pack envied how my sister Aurora and I had mated to the Alpha twins.

"Two sisters mated to two brothers, that's the Moon Goddess's greatest blessing," they would say.

"The perfect double union to strengthen the pack bloodlines."

I remembered the day Alexander had performed the mating ceremony. How his eyes had shone with what I thought was love as he marked me. How Ethan had looked at Aurora with the same devotion. How we'd believed the twin Alpha sons would protect us always.

But the bubble of happiness burst three months ago when the twins' stepsister Victoria severed her mate bond with her partner.

Alexander began ignoring my calls and spent every night patrolling the borders.

Ethan was even worse—drinking heavily every evening and attending endless pack meetings without Aurora.

It was only then that my sister and I realized the truth: our matings had been nothing more than the twins' revenge against Victoria.

All their declarations of love, all the promises of forever—nothing but selfish calculations from the twin brothers!

They claimed Victoria was "just a stepsister," but in reality, she was the one the twins truly loved.

How pathetic that Aurora and I had been deceived for so long.

We watched silently as they welcomed the newly single Victoria back into the pack house, both brothers suddenly attentive and caring in ways they'd never been with us.

Two powerful Alphas neglecting their pack duties, ignoring their pregnant mates, showing no concern for their heirs—all while revolving around Victoria like moons around a planet.

For three months, Aurora and I technically had mates.

Yet there were no surprises on special occasions, no flowers, no romance.

They were physically present, but their love was nowhere to be found.

We overlooked the obvious: their affection had shifted elsewhere.

Or perhaps, there had never been any love at all!

The Moon Goddess must have been laughing at our naivety.

"The healer said the silver has permanently damaged my wolf," Aurora whispered against my shoulder. "I'll never shift again."

I stroked her hair gently. "And I'll never conceive again."

"Looks like we both lost the most precious parts of ourselves for mates who didn't deserve us."