Chapter 2

"Are you sure you want to marry Callum's adoptive brother Sebastian? Don't you love Callum?"

My father confirmed once more. I nodded. "I'm sure."

"Alright, as long as you're happy! Then I'll contact Sebastian right now to ask his intentions!"

After receiving a positive response, my father immediately turned to contact the wedding planning company and book the venue.

The phone rang soon after. It was Callum.

"Lucia, could you be any more pathetic?" His voice was full of mockery.

"I never agreed to marry you, yet you've already booked the ceremony venue?"

"Callum, the person I'm actually marrying is—"

"I don't care what you want to say." He laughed coldly, interrupting me.

"Lillian is my destined mate. I'll only marry her. Stop pestering me."

He hung up. I put down my phone.

Fine. He'd soon find out the person I was marrying was his brother.

My family and Callum's were old allies. Sebastian was a beta adopted by Ash Pack, and we grew up together.

After we came of age, the pack leaders arranged a political marriage between Callum and me.

But in my previous life, Callum suddenly wanted to cancel the engagement, insisting on marrying his mate Lillian. I refused no matter what, and we had a huge fight.

Though I eventually married Callum with my twenty-year engagement backed by family pressure, he rarely came home after the wedding.

It wasn't until our third anniversary, when I caught him in bed with Lillian, that I understood—from beginning to end, he never wanted this family alliance. He only wanted his destined mate.

In the end, Lillian pierced my heart with a silver blade. I begged him to take me to the hospital,

But he told me to deal with it myself and continued having sex with Lillian, ultimately leaving me to die on the cold floor.

Callum didn't even attend my funeral. He took Lillian to a tropical island instead.

But after my death, Sebastian cried at my grave until he fainted from grief.

Three months later, Sebastian ended his life in his own study.

Guards found hundreds of my photos in his study, each with "MY LOVE" carved on the back.

My parents, overwhelmed with grief, both passed away within a year. With Raven Pack leaderless, all assets and territory fell into Callum's hands.

He and Lillian lived happily ever after.

In my previous life, because I clung to that marriage in name only, I died miserably and let down the one person who truly loved me.

I looked at Callum's photo on my phone and sneered inwardly.

Callum never knew until his death

that to maintain friendly relations between the two packs,

the Ash Pack Alpha had once promised my father

that whoever I married would become the next Ash Pack Alpha,

and I would forever be Ash Pack's most honored Luna.

Callum, I can't wait to see your anguished expression when you lose your power.

This life, I will protect the one who truly loves me.