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Chapter 414
~Zara’s POV~
"And how do you feel?"
Those words replayed in my head for a few seconds before I wore my best smile and hesitated a little before answering. "Like I did the right thing."
"Is that truly how you feel, Zara?"
Her words made something inside me tighten.
I wanted to say yes, to believe that cutting Snow off was the best decision for me. But the ache in my chest told a different story.
"I don’t know," I admitted. "I was so sure that if I left, if I rejected him, he would finally let me go and I could move on. But even now, it still hurts."
Luna Star sighed, setting her cup down. "That’s because love doesn’t just disappear, my dear. And your love for Snow... it was never weak."
I swallowed, looking away. "Then why wasn’t I enough? I had hoped that doing this would also make him see what he was losing and make him chase after me."
Luna Star reached over and squeezed my hand gently. "Oh, Zara. You were never the problem."
I bit my lip, feeling emotions threaten to spill over. My mum had tried to reach out and speak to me, but I never allowed her.
A part of me was scared she would use this opportunity to turn me from Snow and keep her to herself. Thanks to that, I shut myself out from everyone while letting my pain eat me up.
"Zara, I was there in the pack house, even on your Valentine’s celebration," Luna Star continued softly. "I saw the way Snow looked at you. I saw the way you looked at him. What you two had wasn’t just a simple marriage—it was a bond of souls. The kind of love that doesn’t break so easily. I also dug into my investigation and realised you two married based on a contract."
Her words knocked the breath out of me. "Mother!"
A subtle smile spread on her lips, but as soon as it came, it was gone. "Zara, do you and Snow take me for a fool that I wouldn’t be able to find out?"
"Mother, no. It wasn’t like that. It was never my intention to trick you either."
"But you did," she said, cutting in.
I stuttered but after some seconds, I schooled my expression and managed to compose myself before her.
If she knew, she should have told Snow and scolded him or even reported to Alpha Storm. The fact that she didn’t prove she wasn’t so mad at me... us." I glanced back at her face.
Her eyes were dull, cold and domineering. ’Or was she?’
"I am sorry. I believe Snow had his reasons, as I did mine."
"Hmm. I will come to that. However, my thoughts still stand. For people to go from a contract marriage to one full of love and bliss, your love with my son is great."
I clenched my jaw. "Then why did the Moon Goddess give him someone else?"
Luna Star was quiet for a moment before she sighed. "The Goddess may have chosen another for him, but that doesn’t mean he chose her."
Her words hit me harder than I expected. She smiled softly as her gaze held mine. "Snow chose you, Zara. Again and again. Even now, he’s still choosing you, even in his mistakes as a man with a mate."
I scoffed, shaking my head. "Then why didn’t he fight harder?"
Snow: Zara, pick up. It’s important. Life and death.
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~Snow’s POV~
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