Chapter 2

To keep Sylvia from being scrutinized, he deliberately blurred her face in the photo.

A message from his Beta pinged on my phone screen:

[Really sorry, Zara, but they honestly never cut ties. Seeing how whipped you were for Ethan, we just tried to save your pride. They've already sworn their blood bond now, so do yourself a favor and stop clinging to him.]

Catherine scoffed with sheer disgust:

"Now he calls it clinging? If he hadn't tracked your scent and begged you on his knees back then, you wouldn't have looked at him twice! He ruins you and then blames you. Typical bastard Alpha!"

I didn't utter a word.

My mind was entirely trapped on one single sentence:

"The truth is, they never really broke things off."

For five whole years... had Ethan been communicating with a corpse?

"Things have blown up this badly, so I'll go ahead and cancel your appearance at the upcoming inter-pack summit," Catherine sighed.

"Don't cancel it!"

I grabbed Catherine's arm.

Catherine stared at me in disbelief. "Don't tell me... you're still not over him?"

"He claimed I was the one desperately chasing him, didn't he?" I said coldly. "Then let's let both packs witness for themselves who was chasing whom."

Besides, I needed to look that 'Sylvia' in the eyes and uncover what was really going on.

When I showed up at the summit, Ethan was visibly surprised.

A mocking smirk curved his lips. "What? Still haven't given up?"

I didn't dignify that with a response.

The summit host stepped up, clearly eager to stir the pot:

"Word around the territory is that you were the one pushing the mating rumors between yourself and Alpha Ethan for the past five years, Zara. Did you truly not know Ethan already had a chosen female in his heart?"

"Of course I knew," I replied calmly.

The gathered wolves instantly erupted into murmurs and low, hostile growls:

[I knew that bitch Zara had no shame! She knew he was taken and still threw herself at him! Just bullying an ordinary she-wolf who doesn't have a voice! Disgusting!]

[Honestly, I don't care much for Ethan's nobody mate either, but I hate Zara way more! Go team Sylvia!]

"Who said I was the one throwing myself at him?"

I lifted my chin.

The very next second, the giant stone display lit up behind me, projecting signed soul-bond pledges and private messages across the entire hall.

The angry murmuring died instantly into dead silence.

Every single wolf in the room could see plain as day: Ethan Hart was the one who had begged, pursued, and initiated everything from the very start.

Ethan's breath hitched in his throat.

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The Alpha's Dead First Love### 全文翻译

The murmurs and whispers among the pack grew louder and more frantic:

[Wait a second... why is Ethan acting so submissive toward her? Isn't Ethan supposed to be an aloof, untouchable Alpha?]

[Oh god, Ethan called her "Sweetheart"! To hear an Alpha that cold whispering sweet nothings like that... do you have any idea how potent that is?!]

[Is that seriously your takeaway?! The real issue here is that your Alpha was playing two females at the same time!]

"Why the hell are you projecting these?!" Ethan snapped, his jaw clenched tight.

I gave a cold laugh. "People are out here spreading rumors that I spent five years desperately clinging to you. Am I not allowed to show everyone our actual blood oaths and pledges?"

I pointed directly at the newest message carved into the stone, one he had sent not long ago:

*"If I secure this new territory, will you finally be my Luna?"*

"Look, Ethan," I said, my voice cutting through the silence. "Those are your words. You were the one who begged me to mate with you!"

Ethan went pale.

The pack burst into chaos:

[Wait, this isn't what we were told at all. It looks like Ethan was the one stringing Zara along!]

[I don't even like Zara, but there's no denying that was an outright mating proposal!]

[Then why did he turn around and give the silver ring to someone else in front of everyone? Cheating and playing with someone's heart like that is messed up, no matter who does it.]

"Excuse me."

A familiar scent drifted through the air.

A chill ran down my spine.

From the shadows, a slender female stepped forward.

"Everyone, please don't be fooled by those pledges."

That scent... it belonged to Sylvia.

Identical down to the very last trace!