“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.

“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 maid!”

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.

I gave him a cold stare. “Why should I apologize? I didn’t do anything to her! Everything she says is a lie.”

”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 stared at me with a cold gaze. “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 from Logan’s chest. “Logan, stay with me tonight. I’m begging you... the full moon is coming soon.”

Every time the full moon arrives, Olivia feels pain from the silver poison she received five years ago.

“Alright, I’ll be by your side.” Logan sighed, then lay down on the bed and held Olivia tightly.

I lowered my head to look at the floor.

Just imagining my mother’s face is what’s keeping me going through all of this.

Logan finally let me go a few hours later after Olivia fell asleep.

I ignored the pain throughout my body and forced myself to go see Logan.

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

Logan shot me an annoyed look. “Fine, I’ll also take Olivia for a checkup at the hospital downtown since Dr. Joseph is on leave. Her wound got infected from those lashes.”

Beta Philip was standing guard outside. I took a deep breath to calm my nerves before opening the door to the hospital room.

One summer day, the window was open, and the breeze blew through her shiny black hair. The woman turned her head, waved from the bed, and smiled brightly.

“Mia, my little star, where have you been? I was so worried about you.”

Tears streamed down my face.

The woman in the bed was a shadow of the woman in my memory.

Her hair had turned white. Her body was much thinner than it had been five years ago.

She had fallen into a vegetative state after shielding me from the impact during that car accident.

Since then, her eyes have never opened. She has survived by relying on the medical devices attached to her body.

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 longed for.

“Mom, how are you? I’m sorry I haven’t visited you for the past five years,” I whispered, filled with longing, as tears streamed down my cheeks.

“Mom, I couldn’t fulfill my dreams—are you angry? I’ve let you down and am no longer a source of pride for you.”

Silence.

I kissed the back of her hand. “I promise, Mom, one day I’ll take you to see a beautiful place.”

Suddenly, Mom’s hand moved, her fingers stroking my cheek. I blinked, looking at my mother’s face with hope.

“Mom, are you listening to 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…”

I turned with red eyes and lunged at Olivia, who was still crying in Logan's arms. “You tried to kill my mother!”

“Mia!” Logan grabbed me and threw me roughly to the floor. “I thought you were being nicer to Olivia, but it turns out it was just an act! Do you enjoy hurting people?”

“She's the one who hurt–”

The doctors entered and rushed to the patient's bed. “What's going on here?!”

I grabbed the doctor's leg,crying and begging. “Doctor, doctor, please save my mother. I beg you… my mother's hand is moving, she's going to wake up, doctor… I beg you, save her!”

“Stop!” Logan ordered coldly, stopping the doctors from putting the medical equipment back on.

Logan stared at me sharply. “Mia,you should apologize to Olivia!”

“I won’t apologize to her!She planned to kill my mother!”

“Fine, you keep lying and never regret hurting Olivia, even though you’ve done it repeatedly, right? Then don’t expect your mother to get medical treatment! Philip! Bring Mia back to the pack and lock her in the dungeon!”

“No! No! Logan, I’m sorry! I’m sorry! I beg you!”

I desperately crawled toward his feet, but Logan kicked me and carried Olivia out of the ward.

Beta Philip pulled my hand forcefully, dragging me out of the treatment room.

“No, no, I can't leave my mother!” I cried desperately amid my tears, looking at the confused doctors and my mother's body convulsing before finally stopping.

“Doctor, the patient… has passed away ....”

“What a shame.” The nurse covered my mother with a white sheet.

I cried my heart out.

My mother has passed away.

Her smiling face in my memory is now gone, covered in a white cloth.

Gone forever from a world where I can no longer see her.

“Mom! Arrghh!”

Philip didn’t care about my hysterics at all; he dragged me roughly like a piece of luggage.

Logan walked away, his back looking cold, while Olivia's sly smile peeked from behind his shoulder, as if announcing her victory.

My world collapsed right then and there. My mother died. And now, I was locked in a pitch-black underground prison. Lena's whispers no longer calmed me.

I felt like I was drowning in the thick darkness of the dungeon. This darkness no longer frightened me. All that remained was emptiness and a deep hatred for Logan, Olivia, the entire Sinclair family, and even this entire pack.

I pulled out my phone, shaking my hands, and texted Alpha Asher.

[It's all too late. Logan killed my mother. He killed my mother for his Luna.]

Alpha Asher's message came quickly.

[What happened? After receiving the hospital location you sent, I was already planning with my Beta to move your mother. I didn't expect this to happen. ]

I told him everything, about how Logan killed my mother, and that I wanted revenge.

Time seemed to freeze when his next message came in.

[I understand. I've arranged everything for your faked death at the dinner party. Once you're completely free from Logan's control, I'm willing to help you take revenge.]

Logan finally released me three hours early,as if to atone for his guilt. I was numb to everything.All I remember was Logan's whisper announcing my mother's death.

“Mia, if you hadn't hurt Olivia in the first place, your mother wouldn't have ended up like this.Let your mother go, she's been vegetative for fifteen years.This is her destiny.”

Destiny? That's nonsense!

My mother would surely wake up after all this time!But Olivia killed her. Logan killed my mother. And the pack, they were so indifferent at my mother's funeral.

My mother was cremated without a ceremony, that very day, to avoid bad luck at the Moonlight Birth Fest.

I stood there, my eyes red, watching my mother's body slowly turn to ashes, and I secretly vowed that one day I would get justice for my mother.

By then, I'll make Logan and Olivia beg me to let them go, crying their eyes out.

On the night of the Moonlight Birth Fest,the ballroom was magnificent,and the guests were dressed in their finest.

I stood in the corner of the party with a glass of champagne in my hand, The bottle of Aconitum potion was tucked neatly into my waist pouch.

Logan and Olivia, smiling, enjoyed the feast without a trace of guilt.

I wanted to burn their smiles. Burn this pack in the same fire that burned my mother to ashes.

But revenge isn't for now. Tonight, I must make sure I fake my death at Logan's hands so I can escape this place, escape my identity as a surrogate mother, and pave the way for my revenge.

Not far away, Alpha Asher,on the other hand,was chatting with his pack,nodding silently at me.

This was the signal we'd agreed upon, indicating that I needed to drink the aconite potion.

Once I finished the aconite potion, the "fake death" act that Alpha Asher had arranged for me would begin.

I quietly sipped the Aconitum potion.

After a few moments, I walk toward Logan and Olivia. The children have been taken to their rooms during the middle of the event. That makes me feel relieved.

“Alpha, Luna, good evening...”

The entire Moonlight Birth Fest hall suddenly changed. The melodious music was replaced by deafening noise.

Logan turned,startled,his eyes wide as he saw a group of Werewolf Hunters storming in.

They shouted, “Dirty wolves! Kill them all!”

They didn't hesitate and opened fire.

Shiny silver bullets flew in all directions, injuring many guests.

Several other Werewolf Hunters threw blue fireballs that instantly burned the decorations in the ballroom. Flames licked everywhere,creating terrible chaos.

In an instant, the pack of werewolves transformed and counterattacked.

Logan reacted immediately, pulling Olivia and me behind him, protecting us from the hail of bullets.

“Stay behind me!” he growled, his muscles tensing.

However, amid the chaos, a large, muscular Werewolf Hunter managed to slip through the crowd. He ambushed me from behind, grabbed my hand tightly, and pulled me away from Logan.

I struggled, trying to break free, but his grip was too strong.

Logan saw me being captured. His face paled, his eyes filled with rage.

“Let her go!” he roared,wanting to lunge forward, but the Werewolf Hunter held a silver knife to my throat.

“One more step, Alpha,and this woman dies!” he threatened.

“Argh! Logan, help me!” Olivia's scream caught Logan's attention.

At some point, another werewolf hunter had snuck up and captured Olivia. A silver knife was pressed against her neck.

“Alpha Logan，We need one of your women in exchange for the life of my sister, whom you killed five years ago! An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.” The Werewolf Hunter behind me grinned, pressing the knife against my neck, causing blood to flow.

“Choose, Alpha. This woman, or your Luna?”

“I owe you nothing!” Logan stared coldly at Werewolf Hunter.

“Let go of my Luna.Take Mia instead...”

A slight bitterness welled up inside me，the difference between love and indifference was so obvious.

“Logan...” Olivia sobbed into his chest after being released by the hunter.

The hunter then said without letting go of me. “Back off!”

Several werewolf hunters retreated from the fight. The werewolf hunter behind me pulled me with him.

My eyes closed for a moment, Logan's indifference clearly appearing in my mind.

When the knife at my neck moved away for a moment, I bit the hunter's hand and elbowed him hard in the stomach, causing him to let go of me.

Logan's gaze turned sharp. Suddenly, with a roar of rage, Logan lunged at the Werewolf Hunter.

His movements were lightning fast, and his sharp claws were aimed at the Werewolf Hunter behind me.

Logan's speed was unstoppable, and I smiled slightly as I stood in front of him.

His claws pierced my stomach.

My vision turned red,and a sharp pain tore through my stomach.

The crowd fell silent, and the battle stopped as the Werewolf Hunter retreated. All eyes were on me as I lay sprawled on the ground.

Logan, his face pale and his eyes empty, stared at his blood-stained hands, his sharp claws piercing my stomach.

“No...” he whispered,his voice hoarse, as if the world had just collapsed before him.

I held back the pain in my stomach and pulled on Logan's suit collar. My voice trembled as I spat blood into my mouth.

“Logan...I hate you, I hope you die...”

The image of my mother's smile danced in my mind. Tears streamed from the corners of my eyes.

What he doesn't know is that everything happening now is a carefully orchestrated scheme by me and Alpha Asher.

I let myself die at his hands, so that he would believe I was truly dead.

One day, I will take revenge for my past,for the children who were separated from me,and for my mother.

One day, Logan will beg for the life he took from me.