Ron:
For a moment, sadness crossed Madeline’s face. Then I noticed her children clinging to her sides.
The way they looked at me made my chest tighten.
Even they seemed worried about me.
“Go fuck yourself,” I spat into the phone.
A low growl came from the other side of the call.
“You’re losing your mind, Ron,” Lady Abigail snapped. “If you stay on our side, your life will be filled with luxury. But if you don’t, sooner or later we’ll get our hands on Madeline. And everyone who helped her escape will be thrown back into prison.”
Her voice hardened.
“Do you really want to go back there? You’ve only just regained your freedom.”
She kept trying to reason with me, completely unaware that I had already been through hell.
There was no prison worse than the pain tearing through me now.
“What makes you think I’m afraid of going back to prison?” I shot back. “There’s nothing left for me here anymore, so fuck you.”
I let out a hollow laugh.
“I’m not an Alpha anymore. Go ahead and hand my pack over to Elgin or whatever greedy Alpha wants it. I’m going rogue.”
My voice hardened as I made my decision.
“And I’m standing with Madeline and her family.”
The moment those words left my mouth, I saw realization flash across Madeline’s face.
She finally understood that the call had been about her.
Before Lady Abigail could continue twisting the situation to justify herself, I hung up on her.
Then I pushed myself to my feet and glanced at Byron.
“You can let go now,” I uttered.
As soon as he released me, I slowly walked toward the ashes and knelt beside them.
I began gathering what was left of Yuvonne.
“Here—use this.”
Little Elara hurried toward me, clutching a small pig-shaped container in her hands.
Tears streamed down her cheeks as she held it out to me.
Maybe she was crying because I was crying too.
Taking it from her made the crushing emptiness inside me feel a little less unbearable.
Carefully, I placed the ashes inside the container and held it tightly against my chest.
“Please don’t cry. We’re here for you,” Elara whispered, gently patting the back of my hand like she was trying to comfort a child much younger than me.
Then Bodhi stepped closer.
She immediately crossed her arms over her chest.
But we both knew she would never agree to that.
Because Lord Jonah would never leave us.
“Well, I think we should all admit there’s one person behind all this misery,” Lady Eugenia muttered bitterly, throwing another sharp glance toward Madeline.
“Eugenia, my son was dragged out of his treatment at that hospital, most likely by pack members,” Lord Jonah said firmly. “And after everything that’s happened, you still want to go back and stand beside those people?”
For the first time, he forced her to hear the truth out loud.
Madeline was never the problem.
The packs were.
Their hierarchy. Their greed. Their obsession with power.
“Look at us,” he continued heavily. “Every single one of us has lost someone because of them, not because of this girl. And I’m not abandoning her. She’s my son’s wife. The woman he loved. The mother of his children. She’s my responsibility too.”
As he spoke, I noticed Madeline quickly wiping at her tears.
And honestly, he was right.
I was not leaving her either.
I had seen the way she stayed beside Yuvonne and cared for her despite years of cruelty and bullying.
Madeline truly was a good woman.

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