My heart was pounding with excitement, my hand gripping the bottle of Aconitum potion tightly — my last remaining hope of escaping this place.

“What about my mother?” I asked, full of hope.

“Your mother… forgive me, I haven’t been able to find the hospital where your mother is being treated.”

I fell silent; my heart sank.

At first, my mother was treated at the pack hospital because it was free, a facility provided by the pack.

However, since I accepted myself as a breeder, Madam Freya had transferred my mother to the best private hospital in the city center for treatment.

However, she didn't tell me where my mother had been transferred to and didn't allow me to leave the pack, worried that it would interfere with my pregnancy.

“I understand,” I said. “I'll find a way to discover where Madam Freya transferred my mother. Logan must know which hospital my mother is being treated at.”

“Who are you talking to?!” The booming baritone voice startled me, causing my phone to slip from my grasp and fall to the floor. My eyes widened as I stared at Logan, who had been in my room for who knows how long.

He stood with a dark and suspicious expression. “Who are you calling? Is it a man?!”

"No, just a friend. I asked him if he could check on my mother at the hospital," I'm trying to stay.

Secretly, my hand moved to hide the bottle of Aconitum potion in my pants pocket.

Logan looked skeptical. He picked up my phone from the floor, but unfortunately, the screen was already dark.

“Tell me the truth, are you calling another man behind my back?!” His voice was filled with anger, but there was a hint of jealousy in it.

I stared at him for a long time, trying to remember how Olivia always managed to win Logan's heart.

“I really haven't been contacting any other men, Logan. After watching me all this time, can't you trust me even a little?” My voice was very soft, and I deliberately made my eyes water in front of him to get his sympathy.

“I was just calling a friend to ask how my mother was doing.”

This was my chance! I had to ask Logan where the hospital was where my mother was being treated.

I grabbed his hand. “Logan, it's been a long time since I've seen my mother. I really want to see her.”

The anger on Logan's face faded; he sighed and sat down next to me.

“If you want to see your mother, you just have to tell me. Don't contact someone behind my back, even if it's a friend.”

“Yes, I will always tell you every time I miss my mother. So can you take me to see my mother?” I made my face look pitiful.

Logan looked at me for a moment, then said, “Alright. I'll take you to visit your mother tomorrow.”

I smiled sweetly at him, “Thank you, Logan.”

Logan was stunned for a moment, his gaze intense as he looked at my face.

“It's been a long time since I've seen you smile like this,” he said with an unreadable look, reaching out to brush my lips, but pulling his hand back.

“Do you like the gifts I gave you?” He stared at the gifts lying on my bed.

“I like them. They're very beautiful,” I smiled to please him so I could carry out my plan to see my mother.

“Then why haven't you opened them?”

“Ah, I'm about to open them.” I picked up one of the gift boxes at random.

Suddenly, Logan grabbed my wrist.

“What's wrong with your hand?” Logan frowned when he saw my hand trembling slightly.

I gave him a cold glance for a moment, but still replied with a forced smile.

“My hands have been shaking a lot lately. The pain from my previous miscarriage has also been coming back more often since I drank the new potion you gave me.”

“Maybe it's a side effect. It will go away after a few days. The potion is from a high-level witch. It's very expensive, so you have to appreciate it. I'll ask the servant to make you another one.”

I just stared at him blankly.

“Okay.”

If I refused, Logan would pour it down my throat himself.

So, when the maid brought the potion, I pretended to drink it in front of Logan.

After he left, I flushed the poisonous potion down the toilet.

Logan kept his promise; he would take me tomorrow after the hunt with the pack's guests.

I felt restless, waiting for Logan to take me to see my mother after so long.

I calmed myself, walking around the packhouse while looking longingly towards the forest. From a distance, I could hear the low roar of the pack going on a hunt. Ah, how I missed being a wolf, running freely in the forest during the full moon.

However, for the past five years, Logan has always restricted me from going into the forest or forbidden me from exploring outside the pack's territory. If I unconsciously wandered off, there would always be a member of the pack who would catch me and force me back to the packhouse.

I really felt trapped here.

“Humph!”

My eyes widened in shock when a rough hand suddenly covered my mouth from behind, pulling me away. They then threw me into the cold pool.

“Damn Omega! She brings shame to our pack and our Alpha!” One of the maids said disgustedly as she pulled my hair to the surface.

I breathed a sigh of relief when I got oxygen again. I narrowed my eyes and stared at Olivia, who was crouching in front of me.

“Olivia, what else do you want?”

Smack!

“Wow, you're getting bold! Are you getting more daring because Logan keeps giving you gifts?!”

I pressed my lips together, my teeth chattering from the cold pool water.

“Luna, Alpha always loves you. There's no point in you always being jealous of me!”

Olivia pulled my hair. "True, but his attention is always divided between you. Did you know that after the miscarriage of the twins, Logan searched the world for a witch to find another potion that would better ease your pain and heal you? He wanted to use the children to keep you by his side! Even your children would be returned to you! Even though he treated you cruelly, he still cared deeply for you!"

She glared, then whispered in a voice only the two of us could hear. “Fortunately, I replaced the potion with a poison that will paralyze you. You will be paralyzed and become a useless doll, slowly dying. If I killed you outright, Logan would definitely investigate the matter.”

She grinned cruelly.

My father’s chest tightened, filled with despair.

Olivia then stood up, glanced at the maid beside her, and turned to leave. The maid nodded, then announced in a loud voice.

“Mia Klein seduced Alpha Logan into betraying Luna, then seduced the heir to the Alpha Moonstone Pack and members of the Crimson Pack while the guests were still here. She wants to disgrace our pack. This shameless and disgusting whore must be drowned so she doesn't disgrace the pack and tarnish the honor of our Alpha. Drown her!”

One of the maid grabbed my head, submerging me in the water. I couldn't breathe. My chest hurt as water began to fill my lungs.

Was I going to die here?

‘Mia, don't give up! You have to stay alive!’ My wolf screamed in my mind, bringing my chaotic thoughts back to reality.

My eyes opened with determination. I shook my head with all my might, pulling away the maid's hand that was pressing down on my head, then scratching her with my wolf claws until she released her grip.

I tried to climb to the surface. I couldn't die here. I had to get out of this place that was dragging me into the abyss of death.

Suddenly, someone helped pull me up, allowing me to breathe again. I coughed, spitting water from my mouth.

“How dare you try to kill Mia!”

“Madam Freya!” The maids were terrified, then bowed in front of Madam Freya.

One of the maids replied anxiously. “Mia has tarnished the name of our pack. She seduced and slept with the heir to Alpha Moonstone, even though she is Alpha Logan's woman. Luna... Luna asked us to drown her as punishment. That is the punishment that should be given to a shameless adulteress.”

Madam Freya slapped the maid's face. “I raised Mia, I know exactly what she is like. She is not what you accuse her of! You... Go to the barracks to receive your punishment!”

The maids were terrified, then hurried away.

I felt Madam Freya cover me with her coat, hugging me as I shivered from the cold.

“Mia, my dear child... why have you become like this?”

I grabbed Madam Freya's hand and whispered pleadingly, “Madam Freya... ah, Auntie, please let me go. This place will consume me if I stay here any longer.”

“I know, everything will be fine...”

“No, no, nothing has been fine for the past five years. I...”

Madam Freya nodded reassuringly. “It's all my fault for forcing you to become a ‘breeder’ for the sake of the Alpha bloodline. You've suffered so much. But please hang in there. You still have to have a fifth child. I will make sure you get the best care and recover quickly so you can get pregnant again.”

I shivered, not because of the cold from being submerged in the icy pool, but because of Madam Freya’s soft, soothing words, which felt like a knife slicing through my heart.

In the end, Madam Freya was just like her son.

I could only bow my head, numb. I had given up on the people in this pack: Logan and even Madam Freya.

“Mia, do you understand?”

I forced a smile on my face.

“I understand, Madam Freya.”

Madam Freya smiled softly and stroked my hair. “Good girl, stay a little longer, the freedom I promised you, you will get it. I promise.”

Madam Freya escorted me to my room, then angrily called the maids.

“Call Olivia!”

Olivia was summoned immediately. I heard them arguing outside my room. I closed my eyes, ignoring their argument, and waited for the Moonlight Birth Fest to arrive.

But someone pulled me out of bed and choked my neck in the middle of the night.

My eyes opened, my breath almost cut off, then Logan released his grip and dragged me out of bed.

“Just because my mother is back, you complained to her and enjoyed having Olivia whipped in front of the servants? Mia, why are you so cruel! Olivia has always been good to you!”

Logan didn't give me a chance to defend myself and dragged me out of my room.

In the middle of the night, wearing only thin clothes and still shivering from the cold, I was dragged to the main building and forced to kneel in front of Olivia's bed.

“Apologize to Olivia now!”

Olivia was lying in bed, her face pale and sobbing in pain. Her white nightgown had red streaks running down her back.

“Logan, it's not necessary... it's my fault for wanting to teach Mia not to tarnish the good name of the Pack and our pack,” she whispered weakly, her voice breaking as if she were dying. "Mia, I just want to protect Logan's and the Pack's good name because of your behavior towards John Martinez and the members of the Crimson Pack. The scandal has made you the subject of gossip among the other packs. Please don't blame me.“

I just stared at her blankly. ”I... why is all this my fault?“

”What did you say?!“ Logan snapped. ”Mia, if you don't kneel down and apologize to Olivia, I will forbid you from ever seeing your mother again and withdraw medical support for your mother!"

Logan's cold words made me panic. I gritted my teeth and knelt in front of Olivia.

“I'm sorry, it's all my fault. Please, let me see my mother. My mother can't live without medical care.”

Something flashed in Olivia's eyes. She coughed violently until blood spurted from her mouth.

“Olivia!” Logan ran anxiously to her bed. “Are you okay?”

“Logan,” Olivia called softly. "I'm in so much pain. So much pain... this is the first time I've felt whipped.“ She sobbed, leaning against Logan's chest.

Logan turned his cold gaze on me. ”Stay on your knees there until Olivia feels better.“

I took a deep breath, then replied, ”Yes, Alpha."

Olivia glanced at me with a sly smile on Logan's chest. “Logan, stay with me tonight. I beg you... it's almost full moon.”

Every time there was a full moon, Olivia felt pain from the silver poison she had suffered from five years ago.

“All right, I'll be by your side.” Logan sighed, then lay down on the bed and pulled Olivia into his arms.

I bowed my head, staring at the floor beneath me. I felt nothing anymore. Only by imagining my mother's face did I manage to get through this.

Logan finally let me go a few hours later after Olivia fell asleep. I returned to my room as dawn approached. I could barely feel my legs. However, I forced myself to be strong and went to see Logan.

"Logan, can you take me there now? I need to see my mother...“

Logan glanced at me irritably. ”Fine, I'll also take Olivia to the hospital in the city center for a checkup because Dr. Philip is on leave. Her wounds are infected from the whipping."

I wanted to argue, but I was worried Logan would get angry if I refused to go with Olivia, so I kept my mouth shut and followed him obediently.

Finally, we arrived at the famous private hospital. I breathed a sigh of relief, grateful that Madam Freya had kept her promise to take care of my mother at the best hospital.

When Logan and Olivia weren't paying attention, I secretly sent a message to Alpha Asher about the location of the hospital.

“Go ahead with Philip. He'll take you, I'll take Olivia to see the doctor.” Logan sent his Beta to take me, while he went with Olivia to see another doctor.

“Follow me.” Beta Philip treated me indifferently as he took me to one of the hospital rooms where my mother was being treated.

While Beta Philip stood guard outside, I entered the hospital room and checked on my mother.

My heart broke when I saw how thin my mother had become compared to five years ago. She had been in a vegetative state for fifteen years and had never opened her eyes.

I knelt beside the bed and held my mother's hand, pressing my cheek against her palm, feeling the warmth of her skin that I had missed so much.

“Mom, how are you? I'm sorry I haven't seen you for five years,” I whispered, full of longing, tears streaming down my cheeks.

Mom became vegetative because she protected me from impact during the car accident. Since then, her eyes have never opened. She survives by relying on medical equipment attached to her body.

“Mom, I promise. We'll leave this place and I'll take you to a beautiful place.” I kissed my mother’s thin palm.

Suddenly, my mother's hand moved, her fingers caressing my cheek. I blinked, looking at my mother's face with hope.

“Mom, can you hear me? Can you hear me?”

“Ah, so this is your mother, the one who made you survive as a breeder.”

Olivia's voice suddenly sounded behind me. I wiped my tears and stared at her sharply.

“What are you doing here?”

"I'm just curious about what your mother is like. Your mother has been like this for fifteen years. Don’t you feel sorry for keeping her alive in a vegetative state?” Olivia walked toward the EKG machine, her hands casually touching the medical equipment, while my heart pounded with alertness and anxiety.

I stood up and growled at her. “You've never experienced the loss of someone important, the only family member in the world, so you won't understand.”

"Ah, unfortunately, I don't want to understand. But I hate one thing... I hate that you're a breeder and cling to Logan like a parasite." She glanced at me with a cold look in her eyes as she held the ECMO (Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation) cable that was keeping my mother alive. She suddenly yanked the cables, knocking over other medical equipment and causing a sharp, deafening sound.

“What are you doing!” I rushed toward her in a panic, trying to stop her.

The alarm blared in the treatment room. My mother's body convulsed on the bed.

“Olivia!” I growled, pushing her aside and trying to reattach the medical device, then pressing the emergency button. “Mom, please hang in there...”

Olivia smirked, took the syringe, and stabbed her wrist.

“Arghh! Philip! Logan! Help me!”

The door burst open with a loud slam, Philip and Logan appearing at the entrance.

“What’s going on here?”

Olivia cried, running into Logan's arms. “Logan, I don't know what happened to Mia. I just told her to let go of her mother, but she suddenly went crazy and stabbed me with a syringe...”