The Alpha’s Rebellious Fiancee novel Chapter 26

Lucien POV

I stared at the letter in silence.

Don’t stop me this time.

Five simple words, written in her clean, sharp handwriting. No goodbye. No explanation. Just a sentence that hit harder than a sword to the chest.

Beside it, her Luna crest lay on the bed.

I picked it up slowly, letting my fingers run over the polished silver edge. It was still warm. She had held it. Probably just moments before she left. My wolf howled inside me, pacing with rage and panic.

She’s gone.

I gritted my teeth, gripping the crest tighter until the metal pressed into my skin.

How could she leave like this? After everything that happened between us? After the night we finally stopped pretending we didn’t want each other?

And then it hit me.

She saw me.

With her.

Outside the training hall. The girl in my arms. Blonde. Laughing.

To anyone passing by, it would’ve looked exactly like what Seraphina always feared—Lucien, with yet another she-wolf, flirting like nothing else mattered.

But that wasn’t what happened. Not even close.

That girl—Gianna—was crying moments before.