Chapter 1

My Alpha husband had sex seven times in the jungle with the female werewolf warrior Sophia to save her from a heat-inducing drug.

When he came back, he held the nearly naked Sophia in his arms and looked down at me, begging for forgiveness.

"Mandy, Sophia was drugged trying to save me. I had to help her!"

Six months later, my husband begged me again:

"Mandy, Sophia is pregnant with my child! You can't have children because of your old injury. Once the baby is born, you can be the child's mother."

My heart ached terribly. I held back my tears and calmly replied, "Okay."

The pregnancy test report hidden in my hand was crushed into a ball and thrown into the fire.

The flames danced. Sophia coughed twice from the smoke.

Vincent immediately pulled her into his arms, frowning as he looked at me.

"Mandy, Sophia promised me that once the child is born, she'll give it to you to raise. You don't need to threaten her. She won't ruin our relationship."

I stirred the ashes in the basin. The smoke made my eyes red.

For a moment, I couldn't tell if I was crying because my partner had cheated or for some other reason.

I spoke calmly.

"Vincent, you can just reject me directly."

Vincent panicked and reached out to pull me toward him, begging again.

"Mandy, please stop making a scene, okay? Sophia took an enemy's fangs for me, and she was forced to take poison trying to save me. I owe her two lives. Giving her a child in return isn't too much!"

Though his tone was humble, his words were entirely protective of Sophia.

Seeing my expression darken, the others couldn't sit still either.

The werewolf warriors sitting around also begged me.

"That's right. Sophia is already pregnant. It wouldn't be too much for Vincent to marry her!"

"Luna Mandy, you used to be a warrior yourself. You should understand how dangerous it was for Sophia to desperately save the Alpha from those Rogues' fangs. Even though she's a female warrior, she was seriously injured saving the Alpha. We all saw how much she sacrificed for him."

"If you ask me, the Alpha should marry Sophia!"

"Shut up!"

Vincent roared, cutting them off.

"Mandy will always be my only mate! As for Sophia, I'll compensate her."

He looked down at the pregnant woman in his arms, his face unconsciously showing distress.

I felt my throat tighten. I opened my mouth but couldn't speak.

The others didn't know, but Vincent did.

I had once fought alongside him and even took a blade for him. That serious injury put my wolf into a deep sleep, and my health completely collapsed after that.

I was unconscious for three months. When I woke up, he sat by my hospital bed with red-rimmed eyes, begging me not to participate in any more battles, to give up my duties, to stop taking risks.

He said he would protect me for life.

And now, he was facing me this way again, but to protect another woman.

Sharp pain came from my lower abdomen. I turned and left in silence.

Vincent quickly caught up.

He gently draped his coat over me and tucked the hair by my ear.

"It's cold outside. Be careful not to catch a chill."

Then he suddenly sniffed the scent on me.

I thought he'd discovered I was pregnant.

But he only said, "Your body is weak. Don't come looking for me in such dangerous places anymore. Being exposed to too much death isn't good for your health."

Death.

Did that mean the child in my belly had already quietly died while I was tortured all night by the pain of my partner's betrayal?

I touched my lower abdomen, almost ready to tell him I was pregnant too, but his words interrupted me.

"Mandy, Sophia is afraid of the cold. Let her live in that temperature-controlled villa in the suburbs. You go rest at the island for a while."

My words stuck in my throat and I swallowed them down.

Years ago, when I blocked that blade for him and developed complications, he specially built that villa for me. Living there felt like eternal spring.

But the vacation house on that island was surrounded by sea winds on all sides. My current body couldn't withstand it at all.

Except for a few days during our honeymoon, we never went there again. It had been abandoned for a long time.

He used to place all the best things in front of me.

Now he wanted me to give them to Sophia.

I was no longer in his heart.

I lowered my eyes and agreed.

"Okay."

Vincent happily kissed my forehead.

"Mandy, you're still the most considerate and understanding."