Chapter 51: I Don’t Hate You

Scarlett’s POV

​The packhouse was buzzing with activity. Maids, servants, and staff moved around quickly, preparing for the coronation happening tomorrow morning. From the balcony, I watched them rush back and forth, arranging everything. Tomorrow... The triplets would officially become Alphas.

​A small, bittersweet smile touched my lips.

​We used to dream about this day.

​Not just them... me too.

​I remembered how they used to argue about which of them I would end up with—who I would choose, who I would belong to. I even joked once that they could share me.

​But they all refused.

Strongly.

They could never accept it.

I didn’t mind sharing them... but they never wanted that.

Not even once.

​A soft sigh left my lips. Those were the good old days... Before everything became complicated... before I became nothing.

​The room suddenly felt too small. Too heavy. I couldn’t breathe.

a little while. Everyone was busy

moved downstairs quietly. The hallway was filled

toward the garden. The cool night

first time

​I could breathe.

arms across my chest, my gaze drifting over the blooming flowers. This garden had been built specifically for our late Luna; I knew it was her favorite place in the entire territory. A sharp pang of grief hit me. I missed her so

the silence. My wolf, Zoe, suddenly stood on edge, a

around, my heart

feet away was

step back. Since Ethan brought me

my face because

look like you’ve seen a ghost, Scarlett," he said

my head. I kept my eyes on his polished boots, trying to make myself as small as

silence hung in the air

that I

to find my voice, though it felt thin

had fallen apart, the Alphas—Lennox and Levi—never truly went out of their way to hurt me. They never sought me out for punishment, and they never raised a hand on

moved to the basement—out of sight and out of mind. I knew they didn’t hate me because there were so many ways they could have made my life a living hell if they wanted to,

my closest friend," Levi said, his voice softening just a little as he looked out at the flowers. "And your mother... she was like a sister to the late Luna. What happened to

If it didn’t bring him joy, why let it happen?

are the future of this pack. And as a father, I have to ensure that future is stable.

eyes weren’t filled with hate, but they

you," he said. "For the sake of the

was a warning wrapped in a piece of advice. Obviously he didn’t want me ending up with any of

let him leave without asking the one question that had been eating at me for two years. He turned to walk away, but I spoke up before I could

didn’t you give

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