Contract Marriage With Alpha Snow novel Chapter 408

Chapter 408: What Matters

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Chapter 407

~Zara’s POV~

Snow’s face hardened. "She is not my mate in the way you think, Zara."

I scoffed. "Oh? Then what is she, Snow? How exactly is she now your mate, especially when you two have consummated the mate bond?"

He hesitated. And that hesitation said everything.

I shook my head. "That’s what I thought."

Snow’s grip tightened, desperate now. "Zara, be reasonable." He was about to say something else when realisation dawned on him. "Your... your necklace, Zara. Your protective necklace I gifted you for Valentine’s Day?"

Does it matter if I am wearing it or not? After all, witches had attacked me since then, and nothing stopped them." Hurt flashed in his eyes.

"But what if that was your protective charm? Since you didn’t wear it, maybe that was why you were attacked?"

"I highly doubt that."

"Really?" He bridged the gap between us, taking my hand in his. "Zara, listen to reason."

I lifted my chin. "I am listening to reasoning," I snapped more than I had planned. "That’s why I’m here. There’s one last thing left to do."

Snow’s blue eyes darkened. He knew. Still, he played dumb. "What?"

I inhaled sharply. "I am here to break the mate bond, Snow. Let’s move on for good."

The air in the room shifted.

Snow’s entire body went rigid, his eyes widening slightly in shock.

"Zara..."

"Face it, Snow." I took a step back, watching the way panic flickered in his gaze. "Even the Moon Goddess never wanted me to be yours. That’s why—"

"That’s why I want to prove her wrong." His voice was low and fierce.

I froze. "Really? How were you planning on doing so? By divorcing me?"

Snow’s gaze locked onto mine, unwavering. "I never wanted to divorce you," he said quietly. "You wanted it. You pushed for it. And besides..." He hesitated, something flashing in his blue depths.

"Besides what?" I pressed.

He shook his head. "It doesn’t matter."

But it did. He was hiding something from me and I really needed to know what it was. So, instead, I pulled my wrist from his grasp. "Fine. Then let’s end it now."

His eyes burned into mine, but I held my ground. My voice came out calm and steady as I proceeded with the much-awaited plan I had.

"I, Zara Gold-Zephyr, reject you, Alpha Snow Zephyr, as my chosen mate."

The second the words left my lips, pain seared through me. It was instantly painful like a dagger slicing through my chest, tearing apart something unseen, something binding.

Snow winced.

I saw the pain flash across his face. He felt it. We were still connected. It wasn’t just my suffering. He was feeling it, too.

"Zara..." His voice was almost pleading.

I clenched my fists, pushing past the burning agony in my chest. "Snow, do it."

I didn’t move. Didn’t dare breathe. And neither did Snow. We just stood there. Two people who once belonged to each other. _{freeweɓnovel.cѳm}

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~Snow’s POV~

Glacier was restless inside me, pacing, his growls low and sharp. "Go after her. Claim her again."